Hiatus vs Bobby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hiatus
This app helps you monitor accounts, track subscriptions, and gain control of your finances. It consolidates spending, identifies financial habits, and offers tools to save and earn money. Achieve your financial goals with smart budgeting and rate increase identification.
- Consolidate spending
- Track financial activity
- Identify bad habits
- Save and earn money
- Set monthly budgets
- Identify rate increases
- Bank-level security
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Say hello to Hiatus - the smart way to monitor your accounts, track your subscriptions and get control of your money. Our money saving app helps you achieve more in 3 easy steps: 1. Consolidate all your spending into one place 2. Track your financial activity over time and identify any bad financial habits 3. Use Hiatus’ tools and recommendations to save and earn money Hiatus is designed to help you take your money further. In addition to helping you spend smarter, Hiatus uses cutting-edge technology to set up monthly budgets and identify rate increases. See how good it feels to have control of your money and to reach your financial goals. BANK-LEVEL SECURITY to ensure privacy and protection • Hiatus uses 256-bit SSL encryption to further protect any sensitive information We believe that with the right tools you can easily reach your financial goals. Please contact us with any questions or feedback. Our Help Desk answers promptly at support@hiatusapp.com By downloading and using Hiatus, you agree to our current Terms of Use (https://hiatus.delivery/pages/terms-of-use.html) and Privacy Policy (https://hiatus.delivery/pages/privacy-policy.html).
Bobby
Effortlessly track your recurring expenses and manage all your subscriptions in one place. Get timely notifications for upcoming bills to avoid late fees and maintain better control over your monthly spending.
- Add custom and pre-defined subscriptions
- View all subscriptions at a glance
- Track monthly spending on subscriptions
- Receive bill due date notifications
- Prevent late payment fees
- Avoid insufficient funds
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Bobby is the easiest way to get insights in your fixed costs. Manage your subscriptions and get notified when a bill is due. EASILY ADD SUBSCRIPTIONS Adding subscriptions is easy, choose from hundreds of existing subscriptions or create your own custom subscriptions. Enter all contract details to get the most out of Bobby, or use Bobby as a quick way to calculate your monthly payment for you. YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT A GLANCE Bobby provides a clear overview of all your subscriptions and upcoming bills. This way you'll always know the amount of money spent on subscriptions, which helps you to control your monthly spendings. GET NOTIFIED Bobby also notifies you when a bill is due, so you'll never have to deal with late payment fees you didn't know about again. Besides that, it prevents you from having insufficient funds on your account on the day a payment is due.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bobby at 4.7 against Hiatus's 4.2. Bobby also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (56% vs 25%). Hiatus's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Hiatus sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Bobby sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bobby holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.9K and 8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Hiatus's written reviews are positive against 56% of Bobby's.
Hiatus ships an update every 10 days, Bobby every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiatus | Bobby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6.9K ratings) | 4.7 (8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.2% of reviews | 55.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.9K | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiatus Inc. | Yummygum |
Customer experience
Hiatus
Bobby
User reviews
Hiatus
From 6.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Saves money on bills and subscriptions
- 🔒 Securely tracks finances
- 👍 Helpful customer service
- 💡 Useful budgeting and negotiation tools
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate subscription tracking
- 💰 Expensive monthly subscription
- 🤖 Automated cancellations without permission
- 🔁 Difficult to cancel subscription
- 🤔 Unclear pricing and billing practices
Bobby
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic utility
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Simple yet intuitive
- 👍 Love the app
- 👍 Amazing app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notifications don't work
- 🐛 Crashes on launch
- 🐛 Everything disappears
- 🐛 Unreliable and broken
- 🐛 Glitchy, doesn't work well
Bugs and requests
Hiatus
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Incorrect account and subscription information
- Unauthorized charges and billing issues
Requested features
4 requests- Expand support to more countries
- Improve user interface and navigation
- Provide more transparency on negotiation process
- Allow users to manually add and manage subscriptions
Bobby
Reported bugs
10 issues- Notifications don't work
- Crashes on launch
- Everything disappears
- Unreliable and broken
- Glitchy, doesn't work well
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- Notifications are not working
- Notifications randomly stop working
- Notifications come at wrong times
- Subscription data disappeared
- iCloud sync issues
Requested features
11 requests- Add widgets
- Allow editing of subscription details
- Separate monthly and annual subscriptions
- Add ability to mark subscriptions as paid
- Add categories/folders for subscriptions
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- Allow custom icons for subscriptions
- Add ability to hide/pause subscriptions
- Improve notification system
- Add Apple Watch app
- Improve currency conversion
- Add ability to export data
In-app purchases
Hiatus
- Hiatus Premium$9.991 Month
- Hiatus Premium Monthly $14$13.991 Month
- Hiatus Premium Monthly $21$20.991 Month
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- Hiatus Premium Yearly $36$35.991 Year
- Hiatus Premium Yearly $48$48.001 Year
- Hiatus Premium Yearly $60$59.991 Year
Bobby
- Unlock Subscription Limit$0.99
- Visual Pack$0.99
- Security Pack$0.99
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- Unlock Category Limit$0.99
- All-in-one Pack$1.99
- All-in-one Pack v2$2.99
Questions
Is Hiatus free?
Is Bobby free?
Which has better reviews, Hiatus or Bobby?
Do Hiatus or Bobby have ads?
Which is updated more often, Hiatus or Bobby?
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