Comparison

Blips vs Subster

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

Head to head
About

Blips

Effortlessly track all your recurring bills and subscriptions in one place. Get timely reminders for renewals and payments, and gain a clear overview of your spending to manage your budget effectively.

Highlights
  • All subscriptions and bills in one place
  • Automatic service details and logos
  • Calendar and timeline views for due dates
  • Renewal and payment reminders
  • Track costs in multiple currencies
  • Budget setting and spending analysis
  • Organize subscriptions by spaces and categories
Features
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Every subscription, recurring bill, and one-time payment in one place, so nothing renews, charges, or expires without you knowing first. Add a service in seconds. Search for it and Blips fills in the logo, category, typical billing cycle, and currency automatically. The only thing you need to type is the price. Everything Blips fills in for you is still yours to edit, and you can always add something manually with a custom icon or photo instead. STAY AHEAD OF EVERY RENEWAL • Calendar and Timeline views show exactly what's due, day by day • Reminders notify you before a renewal or a one-time payment is due • Free trials get their own reminder before they convert to paid • Pause, cancel, or schedule a status change in advance, and Blips keeps the full history SEE THE REAL COST • Every billing cycle is supported: daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual, or yearly • Track subscriptions in different currencies and see true totals converted to one • Price history logs every time a subscription's cost changes • If your actual charge date shifts, update it and every future charge follows • What you owe on a shared subscription gets its own history, updated every time it changes • Toggle any subscription between its as-billed price and a per-month or per-year estimate • Set a monthly or yearly budget for any category or space, and see how your spending compares • Group by status, category, space, or billing cycle, and sort by price to spot what's worth cutting STAY ORGANIZED • Group each subscription into a space: personal, shared, and work come built in, or create your own, like family, and filter or group by it • Log one-time purchases too, and filter or group them apart from recurring subscriptions • Preset categories for streaming, software, gaming, fitness, cloud storage, and more • Tag each subscription with the payment method you used for it • Mark a subscription as shared and split it with the people you share it with. Your totals count only your share, with the full price a tap away YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Blips has no analytics, no ads, and no outside trackers, ever. Your subscriptions are stored on your device by default. To sync them across your devices, turn on iCloud sync and they move to your own private iCloud account instead, since Blips itself has no server. BLIPS PRO Blips is free to use. Blips Pro removes all limits and adds: • iCloud sync across your devices • Family Sharing, so your whole family gets Blips Pro from one purchase • Home Screen widgets for your upcoming renewals • Custom reminder times • Custom categories and spaces for Subscriptions • Exporting and importing your data Download Blips and finally see everything you're paying for, all in one place. Privacy Policy: https://blips.space/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Subster

Features
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Subster helps you track subscriptions, utility bills, pay-as-you-go services, and other recurring payments in one simple app. Stay organized with renewal reminders, monitor your monthly and yearly spending, and keep everything in one clear view — without needing an account. Features: - Track subscriptions, utility bills, PAYG services, and more - Get reminders before renewals or expiry dates - View your spending with simple Insights - Choose from a large library of service templates - Add your own custom services - No sign-up required - No ads - Works offline Whether you're managing streaming services, mobile plans, insurance, memberships, or household bills, Subster makes it easy to stay in control. Take control of your recurring spending with Subster.

Screenshots

Blips4 screens
Subster4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Subster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Blips versus Subster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlipsSubster
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrija UrosevicJanis Akmentins

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Blips

Subscriptions2
  • Blips Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Blips Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Subster

One-time1
  • Subster Pro$6.99

Questions

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

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