How to find paid subscriptions on iphone

Cord cutting has long been touted as the answer to costly monthly cable bills. Don't pay for channels you never watch; just stream your favorite shows and movies online. That was the dream, but TV and cable execs have caught on.

If you want all the popular originals—The Witcher on Netflix, The Mandalorian on Disney+, Star Trek: Discovery on Paramount+, Ted Lasso on Apple TV+—plus exclusive access to deep movie catalogues on HBO Max and Amazon Video, things get expensive pretty fast.

Then there's the music you enjoy, the workouts you stream, the comics you read, and the video games you play. Every piece of content you could consume has its own subscription service that will bill you on a monthly (or yearly) basis. So this begs the question: Are you paying attention?

Mastercard now has a policy requiring merchants to get a cardholder's approval at the end of a trial before they start billing, but you still need to do most of the work yourself. Unless you meticulously examine your statement each month, a small bump in price—or a free trial automatically converting—is easy to miss.

If you didn't catch Netflix's most recent price bump, there are apps and websites that will notify you when a service hikes its prices, help you cancel any services you're not using, and—in some cases—provide financial aid services. You can also manage your subscriptions directly from the App Store or Google Play store on your phone.

Manage Subscriptions on iOS or Android

If you subscribed to a service through Apple's App Store, you can manage these subscriptions right on the device. Navigate to Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions (if you don't have any, this will not appear) to view your services. Tap the service you want to cancel and select Cancel Subscription. On a Mac, you unsubscribe from Settings.

Android users can do the same from Google Play. Click your profile icon in the app and select Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions to view a list of services you signed up for through the Play store. Here, you can select a service and tap Cancel subscription, or choose Manage > Pause payments to put a service on hold for a specific period of time.

Truebill

Once you set up Truebill(Opens in a new window) on your phone and link your bank account, the app will automatically fill in your financial data. Monitor spending from the custom dashboard, set up a budget, add alerts and notifications, and cancel unwanted subscriptions.

Each recurring payment on your account will be grouped together in the app, allowing you to monitor them in one place. Inspect a service to see how much you have spent on it or change how the app keeps track of it. If you want to cancel the service, Truebill provides you with the instructions and contact information you need.

A Premium version starts at $3 per month for automated cancellations, custom categories, smart savings features, automatic refunds, live chat support, and the ability to sync your account. Other services, like bill negotiation and outage refunds, cost a percentage of your savings.

Mint

If you're looking for a free and easy-to-use personal finance service, Mint is our five-star Editors' Choice pick. With Mint(Opens in a new window), you can connect your bank account to track credit card payments, recurring subscriptions, utilities, and even offline payments.

Mint's Bill Negotiation will automatically suggest areas where Mint users could be saving money on monthly subscriptions and connect them to Billshark to negotiate rates. Mint also just rolled out a premium version of Mint on iOS for $4.99 per month, which will let people see all of their subscriptions in one place and cancel any unwanted subscriptions directly in the app.

Bobby

If you don't want to link a bank account, Bobby(Opens in a new window) lets you enter all your subscriptions manually. The iPhone app includes many popular subscription services. Select one to add to your list, set the price, the billing cycle, and other information to start tracking the cost.

Don't see the service you want? Bobby sells upgrade packs for $0.99 each. The $2.99 All-in-one Pack bundles them together. Navigate to Settings > View Upgrades to buy.

• Organization Pack: Filter subscriptions and divide them into different categories.

• Unlimited Subscriptions: Add as many subscriptions to your account as you want.

• Security Pack: Secure your account with iCloud Sync and set up Face ID and a passcode.

• Visual Pack: Customize fonts, switch to dark mode, and choose a different homescreen icon.

Subby

Subby is an Android app that requires you to enter recurring paid subscriptions manually. Add types of payment, create categories, and set reminders. Once the app notifies you of an impending charge, you can note when you've paid the bill. A $2.99 in-app Pro upgrade removes ads, allows data to be backed up to Google Drive, offers access to the Subby widget, and gives you the ability to request icons for apps that don't have them.

Track My Subs

TrackMySubs is a website that can track your subscriptions once they are added to your account manually. It doesn't include every subscription service out there, but you can create new ones when necessary. Once data is entered, TrackMySubs will display the cost of each subscription and when the service is due to renew. Set up notifications, add attachments, and view payment history for each entry.

The service's free tier allows you to track up to 10 services with 10MB of storage. Increase the number of subscriptions, storage, alerts, and payments types with a TrackMySubs subscription(Opens in a new window) that starts at $5 per month.

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