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Show HN: I made an app so you never forget to cancel a subscription

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42% of consumers waste more than $100 per month on unused subscriptions.

That's $1,200 a year. That could do a lot for you don't you think?

I saw a Twitter (X) post about how someone forgot to cancel a subscription and it cost them almost $50.

It's happened to me before and I'm sure it's happened to you. I built Subout to fix that.

And so you don't have to pay a subscription to track and cancel unused subscriptions, I have a one-time payment of $5 for lifetime access. The price increases up to $50 for new customers as I add the features below.

=> Finding you one-time payment deals

=> SMS or WhatsApp reminders

=> Analytics on Monthly Subscriptions.

=> Dealing with difficult subscription cancellation

There's also a generous free plan where you get: => To track all your subscriptions in one mobile view

=> An installable mobile web app

=> Email notifications on the 2nd to last day of the month about subscriptions to be renewed in the next month.

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I also had this idea before, and actually used several tools like this.

The main problem, is that I keep having new subscriptions, old ones are cancelled or changed, and then I have to keep maintaining this list, which ends up being out-dated very quickly.

Some tools use your connected bank account to check for subscriptions, but that is too privacy-invasive for me (and even illegal in many countries).

I am not sure what the solution can be in today's world.

My bank has this built into its own app.

I expect that that would be the case but I have distinctive features like finding you one-time payment alternatives.

I'm still thinking about the integration with the bank for now.

But for the list management. The aim is to get the whole thing updated so you barely have to do any work to track things.

So you invented a calendar with ads.

Yes that's my thought as well. I'd appreciate more details perhaps if I gave it access to my credit card or bank account and it scanned through my charges to find recurring subscription charges that would be useful. But if I have to literally put them in the app when I sign up for something in order to get a reminder to cancel I already have a calendar.

Yes I've thought ahead for that too. I'm just not at a stage where I want to deal with financial data without seeing if people even want stuff like that.

The plan is to get the whole thing automated.

Well, maybe the free tool.

But he’s promising…

- Finding you one-time payment deals

- Dealing with difficult subscription cancellation

> Finding you one-time payment deals

That‘s the ad part.

No no, I don't plan to run ads. I only plan to give you alternatives. Only thing is they could be affiliate links but I'd let you know though that they are affiliate links.

Exactly.

No no, no ads

I like the idea, but I think your "free" tier is confusing for users. It has a $9.99 crossed out next to it and redirects you to stripe which makes me think it'll ask for my credit card details...

I think you should use a different account creation system than stripe so users don't get confused about whether they'll be charged or not

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