Comparison

Zuko vs Subscription Manager

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

Head to head
About

Zuko

Easily track and manage your recurring bills and subscriptions. Get timely reminders before renewals and access guided cancellation steps for popular services, all without linking your bank account.

Highlights
  • No bank login required
  • Renewal and trial reminders
  • Price change alerts
  • Step-by-step cancel guides
  • Import from receipts, PDFs, emails, photos
  • Home Screen widget
  • Subscription management score
Features
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Cancel subscriptions without linking your bank. Zuko finds forgotten subs, alerts you before renewals, and walks you through canceling — all on your phone. Built for people who don't want their bank data scraped. WHY ZUKO • No bank login required. Your data stays on your device. • Renewal and trial reminders before you get billed. • Price change alerts when subscriptions hike. • Step-by-step cancel guides for popular services. • Import subscriptions from App Store receipts, bank PDFs, email, or scanned photos. • Long-cycle review surfaces yearly subs you forgot about. • Home Screen widget for next renewal at a glance. • Monthly and yearly totals with a management score. WHO IT'S FOR People tired of surprise renewals, apps demanding bank logins, forgotten free trials turning into paid charges, and yearly subs that auto-renew before you remember. PRIVACY Zuko works without bank connections. No Plaid. No screen scraping. No selling your transaction history. Your subscription data lives on your phone. PRO Zuko is free to start. Pro unlocks iCloud Sync, unlimited subscriptions, premium import (PDF, email, photo), and export. Stop surprise charges. Cancel without your bank.

About

Subscription Manager

Effortlessly track all your recurring bills and subscriptions in one place. Get a clear overview of your monthly spending, set custom renewal reminders, and avoid surprise charges. This app helps you manage your financial commitments with ease.

Highlights
  • Track recurring bills and subscriptions
  • Customizable billing cycles
  • Renewal reminders with custom timing
  • Overview of weekly, monthly, and yearly spend
  • Categorization of subscriptions
  • Calendar view of upcoming renewals
  • Statistics and spending insights
Features
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What are you actually paying in subscriptions each month? Bills44 is a subscription tracker for recurring bills, renewals, and monthly spend totals. No ads, no account needed. Bills44 works as a personal subscription tracker. Add each subscription from a built-in catalog of 150 popular services or type a custom name. Set the cost, currency, billing cycle (monthly, yearly, every 3 weeks, every 28 days, anything a service might charge), brand color, category, and renewal reminders. See your week, month, and year totals at a glance, plus a calendar that plots every upcoming renewal. Answers to your subscription questions • How much do I spend on subscriptions each month? • Which subscription is renewing next, and when? • What's my total yearly spend across every recurring bill? • Which category costs me the most each month? • How do I avoid surprise renewal charges? • Am I still paying for subscriptions I no longer use? Track every subscription • Pick from a catalog of 150 popular services or add your own with a custom name • Custom billing cycles: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, every 3 months, every 28 days, whatever the service charges • Per-subscription cost, currency, brand color, and category • Optional notes for free-trial end dates, shared payment details, or anything else worth remembering • Active, paused, and cancelled status for every plan • Renewals anchored to a start date with correct month-end behavior, so a plan on the 31st renews on the last day of February without drifting • Optional end date for fixed-length subscriptions Renewal reminders • Pick how many days before each renewal to be notified • Set the exact hour and minute the reminder fires • Multiple reminders per subscription for early warnings and day-of nudges • Preset day offsets: 0 (day of), 1, 3, or 7 days before • Notifications fire in your device language no matter which locale you set them in Home & calendar • Spend totals for the rolling week, current month, or rolling year • Bar chart of upcoming spend split into daily or monthly buckets • Next renewal date and active subscription count above the list • Sort by renewal date, price high-to-low, or name • Filter by active, paused, cancelled, or category • Calendar screen plots every renewal on a month grid with brand-color dots • Tap any day to see exactly what renews Statistics & insights • Total subscription spend for the week, month, or year window • Spend breakdown by category, biggest categories first • Top three most expensive subscriptions for the period • Average monthly cost across every active subscription • Monthly savings from subscriptions you cancelled or archived • Cycle mix showing how many bills run daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly • Payment-day distribution: early, mid, or late month • Spend over the trailing 12 months on one bar chart Customization • 30 themes, including Paper, Ink, Coral, Graphite, Cobalt, Velvet, Forest, and Neon • Brand color picker for every subscription • Categories you create and rename: Streaming, Software, Music, Gym, whatever fits • Archive subscriptions you want kept on file without showing on the home screen Ad-free & private • No ads • No account required • All subscription data stays on your device • Works completely offline • Available in 38 languages Bills44 is a subscription tracker for anyone tired of surprise renewal charges. Add your subscriptions once and the app keeps the monthly total, upcoming renewals, and category breakdown lined up automatically. Subscription Manager runs offline. No ads, no account needed. Track every subscription. See every charge. Disclaimer Bills44 helps you track subscriptions but does not modify or manage them. To start, cancel, or pause a subscription, contact the original service provider directly. Bills44 is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Netflix, Amazon, or any other service named in the catalog — those names are included purely so you can identify the bills you already pay.

Screenshots

Zuko4 screens
Subscription Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Zuko at every 2 weeks against Subscription Manager's every 2 months. Subscription Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

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. Zuko sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Subscription Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zuko against 5.0 for Subscription Manager. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zuko ships an update every 2 weeks, Subscription Manager every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zuko versus Subscription Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZukoSubscription Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerabiodun oyetomiEHM TECH LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Zuko

Subscriptions2
  • Zuko Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Zuko Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zuko Pro Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

Subscription Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Zuko free?
Zuko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subscription Manager free?
Subscription Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zuko or Subscription Manager?
Zuko and Subscription Manager are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Zuko or Subscription Manager have ads?
Neither Zuko nor Subscription Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zuko or Subscription Manager?
Zuko ships an update every 2 weeks, and Subscription Manager every 2 months. Most recently, Zuko was updated on October 25, 2026 and Subscription Manager on October 24, 2026.

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