Blips vs Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Control
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Control is the budgeting app built for two — or your whole household. Share budgets, split bills, and see who's actually paying what, all with an interface that makes managing money feel effortless instead of tedious. SHARED BUDGETING • Shared budgets with your household via iCloud • Split bills when adding a transaction • Who Pays What — see each person's contribution at a glance • Fair Share: see if everyone carries a fair part of shared costs, by income or equally • Couple Score: your financial health as a couple in one simple number • Debt tracker to keep track of who owes who • Comment on transactions with your household SMART LOGGING • Apple Pay & Bank Notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Receipt scanning with camera • Ask AI — instant financial insights powered by AI • Siri Shortcuts • Photos for transactions BUDGETS & TRACKING • Monthly, weekly, yearly, and category budgets with visual progress • Custom budget start day • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Variable recurring payment amounts • Tags for organizing transactions • Multiple currency support with conversion NET WORTH & INVESTMENTS • Net worth and investment tracking • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Credit cards REPORTS & INSIGHTS • Beautiful reports and spending insights LIFESTYLE TOOLS • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Past trips page • Groceries list with Live Activity • Wishlist shopping page • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Business page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits WIDGETS & DEVICES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support APPEARANCE & SECURITY • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • Face ID • iCloud backup • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today — together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Blips and Control are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Blips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Blips | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrija Urosevic | Alex Patrick Palacean |
In-app purchases
Blips
- Blips Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Blips Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$4.99
Control
- Control Shared Budget Monthly$3.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$18.99









