Comparisons and explainers for the decisions around subscriptions: which app is worth installing, what "free" covers, how free trials turn into charges, and where buy-once apps still exist. Written by the team that makes On Top of Subs, and honest about it.
Most subscription apps solve a different problem. These posts compare them on what they can actually do, what they need from you, and what they cost.
8 apps compared honestly on what they can actually cancel, whether they need your bank login, and what they cost.
→Sort your subscriptions by who bills them and the right app picks itself. The tool for each pile, three things no app can do, and a five-step plan.
→Free to download is not always free to use. What each manager's free version covers, and how to manage every subscription without paying for another one.
How to use a free trial without paying for it, and how to tell a buy-once app from a subscription before you download.
A trial is a subscription with a countdown. What you agree to, where to see the trials already running, and the routine that keeps them free.
→How to spot a one-time-purchase app on the store listing before you download, the words that give a subscription away, and where buy-once apps still live.
The how-to guides walk you through cancelling on your phone or with a specific service.
Settings, your name, Subscriptions. The exact path on iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, plus free trials and refunds.
→The Google Play steps on any Android phone, Samsung included, or in a browser. Plus pausing, free trials and refunds.
→Cancel Plus, Pro or Go where you are actually billed: chatgpt.com, the App Store or Google Play. Plus refunds and Business plans.
→The four places subscriptions hide (App Store, Google Play, your cards, PayPal) and how to check each one in about 15 minutes.
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