Comparison

CostMe vs Subscription Manager

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CostMe

Features
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See what your everyday purchases really cost. CostMe helps you track the things you buy again and again: coffee, takeout, parking, rides, snacks, subscriptions, or anything else you want to understand. Create a tracker, set your usual price, and record each purchase with Quick Add. Then see both how often you buy it and how much it adds up to. SEE THE PATTERN β€’ Review spending by day, week, month, year, or a custom date range β€’ Compare monthly totals and purchase counts β€’ Explore averages, weekday patterns, and your top trackers β€’ Filter reports by tracker or category and export them as CSV MAKE IT YOURS β€’ Choose your own tracker names, colors, and categories β€’ Set a default price for Quick Add β€’ Choose an optional monthly or one-time budget for trips, events, or everyday spending β€’ Review and edit each expense’s date, quantity, amount, and note β€’ Edit, reorder, archive, and restore trackers β€’ Share a tracker as a card START WITH FIVE TRACKERS All features are available with up to five active trackers. Need more? Unlimited Trackers removes the limit with a one-time in-app purchase. No recurring subscription. YOUR RECORDS, ON YOUR DEVICE No CostMe account or bank connection is required. Your trackers and expense entries are stored on your device. Export a JSON backup and import it on another phone when you need to move your records. Track the thing. See the real cost.

About

Subscription Manager

Features
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Fixed costs and subscriptions creep. Rent, insurance, phone, utilities. Streaming, music, cloud storage, work tools you pay for every month. Each one is small. Together, they quietly erase your sense of what you can actually spend this month. Amaru brings your fixed costs and subscriptions into one place and turns them into a single number: what you can safely spend. ONE NUMBER Enter your monthly income, fixed costs, savings goal, and any yearly payments. Amaru calculates your Safe to Spend amount β€” the number that matters. Yearly charges like car insurance or an annual subscription are automatically converted into a monthly reserve, so one heavy month never comes as a surprise. PLANNED COSTS AND CHECK-IN See upcoming fixed costs and annual charges on a calendar. Planned dates advance automatically, so payment confirmation is never required. A short weekly check-in keeps your forecast current without daily tracking. If you want it, optional due-date tracking adds paid, overdue, and per-payment reminders from Settings. REVIEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS Sort each subscription into Keep, Review later, or Cancelled. Save a cancellation link if you have one, so future you doesn't have to search for it. See how much monthly room you'd free up by cancelling what you're not sure about. Insights β€” the tab that shows these patterns, including how much of your income is fixed costs and which month carries the heaviest yearly payments β€” is free to view. Opening the Review list to sort items one by one is a Pro feature. QUIET NOTIFICATIONS Monthly forecast and weekly check-in reminders arrive quietly and never at night. Per-payment reminders appear only when optional due-date tracking is enabled in Settings. PRIVACY BY DESIGN No bank or credit card linking, ever. Everything is entered by hand and stored only on your device β€” nothing is sent to a server, nothing is used for analytics. Because you enter it yourself, you always know exactly what's being tracked. FREE Track up to 6 fixed costs and subscriptions with the full forecast and calendar. If you enable optional due-date tracking, set up to 2 payment reminders. AMARU PRO Unlimited fixed costs and subscriptions, a yearly view that smooths irregular payments across the year, the full Review list, CSV export, more payment reminders, and home screen widgets. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Prices are shown for your App Store storefront. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. Amaru isn't a daily expense tracker. It's a quiet, occasional check on the money that's supposed to be fixed β€” but somehow keeps growing. AMARU Β· PRIVATE BY DESIGN Β· MADE QUIETLY IN JAPAN Privacy Policy: https://pomeranianstudio.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://pomeranianstudio.com/terms

Screenshots

CostMe4 screens
Subscription Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

CostMe and Subscription Manager are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. CostMe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Subscription Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CostMe versus Subscription Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCostMeSubscription Manager
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size58 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvaro jose Camacho Neumannkurihara kazuki

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CostMe

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Trackers$3.99
3 purchases

Subscription Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Amaru Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Amaru Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Amaru Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is CostMe free?
CostMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subscription Manager free?
Subscription Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CostMe or Subscription Manager have ads?
Neither CostMe nor Subscription Manager shows ads.

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