Keeping track of subscriptions

Subscriptions slip past unnoticed. Each one is small on its own; together they aren’t.

The Subscriptions tab

On the Recurring Payments screen, the Subscriptions tab shows only what renews — no installments, no loans.

At the top is your Monthly subscription total: everything worked out on a monthly basis, yearly plans included, so the figures are comparable.

The recurring screen, where the Subscriptions tab lives.

The calendar

The screen marks the days payments fall due and lets you move between months. That’s how you see a heavy week before it arrives.

Finished and cancelled

Subscriptions you’ve stopped move to Completed & cancelled, so they stay in your record without crowding the list.

On the free plan

You see only the first few in the list.

Tips

• Look at the monthly total every couple of months. That’s the number that opens eyes.
• Enter yearly plans on their yearly cycle, not a monthly one — the app divides them correctly for the total.
• Before cancelling, look at the subscription’s transactions and see how much you actually used it.

Common problems

The total is higher than I expected — a yearly plan is in there, divided across the months. Open it and see.

A subscription I cancelled keeps renewing — cancel it where you bought it too; the app follows subscriptions, it doesn’t cancel them.