Subscription Tracker
Track recurring subscriptions and monthly burn.
Overview
The Subscription Tracker corrals every recurring charge that quietly leaves your account each month: streaming, software, cloud storage, gym, news, music, productivity tools, AI assistants, hosting, domains, audiobooks, meal kits. Add each subscription with its name, billing amount, currency, billing cycle (monthly or yearly), and renewal date, and the tracker computes your monthly burn, your annual burn, and the renewal calendar so the next charge is never a surprise.
Subscriptions are the textbook example of small charges adding up to a number you would not have agreed to upfront. Seeing the combined monthly figure on one screen is often enough to trigger an honest review: which services are earning their slot, which are forgotten, which are duplicates. The tool turns the implicit total into an explicit one.
How it works
Each subscription stores its name, amount, currency, cycle, and renewal date. The tracker normalises yearly subscriptions to a monthly equivalent for the burn calculation (annual divided by twelve) so a $120-per-year service appears as $10 per month in the combined total. The renewal calendar lists upcoming renewals so cancellations can be timed before the next charge lands.
Marking a subscription cancelled does not delete the row; it preserves the history so you can see what you used to pay for and what you cut. A reactivated subscription can simply be flipped active again without re-entering its details.
Examples
- Log Netflix at $15.49 monthly, a cloud storage plan at $9.99 monthly, and a yearly software licence at $99 to see how the yearly entry appears as an $8.25 monthly equivalent in the combined burn.
- Catch a forgotten free trial that converted into a paid subscription by adding it and noticing it sits near a duplicate service you forgot you had.
- Plan a cancellation by checking the renewal date and timing the cancel a few days before the next charge to avoid an awkward partial refund.
- Compare a monthly versus annual upgrade for the same service by toggling the cycle and comparing the monthly equivalent before committing.
FAQ
Why normalise yearly to monthly?
Because the only honest way to compare a $9.99 monthly subscription with a $99 annual subscription is to put them in the same units. The combined monthly burn is the figure that matches your bank account's monthly rhythm.
Does it cancel subscriptions for me?
No. It surfaces what you pay and when the next charge lands; the cancellation itself happens in the vendor's account portal.
What about free trials?
Add them with a renewal date matching the trial's auto-charge date so the tracker reminds you to decide before the first paid charge.
Can I track shared subscriptions?
Yes. Log the full amount you pay and use the notes field to record who reimburses you, or split it in the Shared Expenses tracker.
Does it know which subscriptions I do not use?
No usage data is collected. The review is on you; the tracker just shows the cost so the decision has the right inputs.