Looking for a TrackMySubs Alternative

Why People Look for an Alternative

TrackMySubs has been around a long time and does the fundamentals correctly. The reasons people move are rarely about missing features.

1. The interface shows its age

The product predates most current design conventions and feels like it. Everything works, but adding a subscription takes more clicks than it should, and the reporting views are dense. For a tool you are meant to open monthly, friction compounds — a review that feels like work stops happening.

2. The free tier is restrictive

The free plan caps subscriptions low enough that most users hit it during initial setup, which makes it closer to a trial than a free tier.

3. It is more tool than personal use requires

TrackMySubs is built around business needs: expense categorisation, multi-currency, tax-relevant tagging. If you are tracking Netflix and Spotify, that machinery is overhead rather than benefit.

Where TrackMySubs Is Better

Expense categorisation depth. Tagging is more granular and better suited to handing a structured export to an accountant.

Multi-currency handling. Mature and well-tested for businesses paying suppliers in several currencies.

Longevity. It has been running for years with a stable user base, which counts for something when choosing where to keep a long-lived record.

If you are a freelancer or small business whose main need is clean categorised software spend for tax purposes, TrackMySubs does that job well and switching may not be worth the migration effort.

Where SubTracker Is Better

Setup speed. Adding a subscription takes a few seconds. When the tool is fast, the monthly review actually happens.

A free tier that is genuinely usable. Ten subscriptions, no expiry.

Per-subscription reminder lead times. Configurable individually rather than globally, which is what catches annual renewals with notice periods.

Shared workspaces. Up to ten people, useful for both households and small teams.

Simpler pricing. €5.90/month unlimited, €9.90/month for Family.

EU data residency. Frankfurt, under GDPR.

What Changes When You Switch The practical difference between manual and bank-linked tracking is not features — it is what the service knows about you. A bank-linked tracker holds a continuously updated copy of your transaction history through an aggregator such as Plaid or TrueLayer. That is what makes automatic detection possible, and it is a real capability. It also means a third party can see everywhere you spend, not only your subscriptions. A manual tracker knows what you typed in: provider, amount, renewal date. There is no transaction history, because none was collected. SubTracker stores this in the EU (Frankfurt) under GDPR, and every account can export to CSV or JSON and delete permanently from settings. Whether that trade is worth ten minutes of setup is a personal judgement. It is worth making deliberately rather than by default.

Moving Your Data Across Switching trackers is less work than it appears, because the list you need already exists. **Export from your current tool first.** Most offer CSV. If yours does not, take a screenshot of the list — you only need provider, amount, interval and renewal date. **Add the expensive ones first.** Sorting by cost and entering the top five captures the majority of your total spend in a couple of minutes. The long tail can wait. **Set reminder lead times as you go.** This is the step worth doing carefully. Monthly services need about seven days; annual ones need thirty or more because notice periods are commonly that long. **Keep the old tool for one cycle.** Run both for a month and compare. If the new one caught everything, close the old account — and remember to revoke any bank connection, which is a separate action from deleting the account.

The Honest Recommendation

Stay with TrackMySubs if: you need detailed expense categorisation for accounting, or handle complex multi-currency business spend.

Switch if: you want a faster interface, a usable free tier, shared workspaces, or you are tracking personal rather than business subscriptions.

Getting Started

The free plan covers ten subscriptions with no time limit and no card required. Plus (€5.90/month) removes the limit and adds renewal reminders plus export; Family (€9.90/month) adds shared workspaces for up to ten people.