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Price change history and plan changes for subscriptions

See how Subdue tracks subscription price history, plan changes, restored plans, and recurring cost changes without losing context.

Subscription costs drift quietly

Recurring services rarely keep the same price forever. A promo period ends. A monthly plan becomes yearly. A provider raises the base rate. A service is restored later at a different amount. None of these changes feels dramatic on its own, but together they make subscription memory unreliable.

Subdue treats price movement as part of the subscription record, not as a detail you are supposed to remember on your own.

What the feature keeps visible

Premium in Subdue includes price history and cancellation history per service. The app also supports plan changes, restored plans, promo pricing, and scheduled cost changes that need to take effect on the right date.

That matters because a clean record helps other views stay accurate. Upcoming charges should reflect the price that applies on each charge date. Summary and Insights should not mix an old amount with a new plan. When a previous plan is restored, the change should still read like normal history instead of a broken reset.

Why history helps more than memory

When subscription history is readable, practical questions get easier:

  • Did the provider raise the price, or did I change plans?
  • When does the promotional rate end?
  • Was this restored amount the same as before?
  • How much of my spending increase comes from one service?
  • Is this a price problem, a plan problem, or a service I should cancel?

Without that timeline, recurring spend starts to feel random. With it, a rate increase, an intro price, and a deliberate plan switch stop looking like the same event.

What the feature actually means

Subdue is an iPhone subscription tracker that can keep price history and cancellation history per service. It also supports plan changes, restored plans, promo pricing, and scheduled recurring price changes so Upcoming Charges, Summary, and Insights can reflect the right price on the right date. Subdue does not claim automatic bank monitoring. It is subscription record keeping built for clearer review.

Best way to use it

Update a service on the same day a provider changes its price or plan. Keep the old amount, the new amount, and the effective date clear in your notes or record. If the change is promotional, temporary, or a restore of a previous plan, record that context too. The more accurate the service timeline is, the more reliable your next review becomes.

Turn subscription notes into decisions.

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