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I built a free subscription tracker that needs no bank login (and just added renewal alerts)

If you've ever found a charge for something you forgot you subscribed to, you're not alone — the average person underestimates their subscription spend by a wide margin, and most "subscription tracker" apps want read-access to your bank account to help. That trade felt backwards to me, so I built a small tool that does it the opposite way.

SubScan: a subscription audit that never touches your bank

  • No bank login. No account. 100% on-device. Your list lives in your browser's local storage — nothing is uploaded.
  • Your true monthly + yearly total the moment you add a few subscriptions.
  • "Possibly forgotten" flags for ones you haven't used in a while.
  • AI-tool stacking cost broken out separately (a category that quietly balloons).

It's a PWA — works offline, no install needed.

What I just shipped (the Pro side)

The free audit stays free. I recently made the Pro tier actually earn its keep with three things that work end-to-end:

  1. Renewal alerts — add an optional next-renewal date and it rolls forward by your billing cycle, then warns you before you're charged ("⏰ 1 renews within 7 days"). This is the feature I wanted for myself.
  2. One-click cancellation guides — for 100+ services, a direct "How to cancel →" link that matches the subscription name (no dead ends).
  3. CSV export of your full list.

Pay-once, no subscription-to-track-your-subscriptions.

Why I'm sharing it

I'm building this in public. It's free, it's privacy-first, and it solves a problem I actually had. If you try it and something's missing, tell me — that's the next feature.

Try it: SubScan — see what your subscriptions really cost

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