SubBuddy v1.1.0: Subscription Detail View, Bulk Actions & More — Everything New This February

When I launched SubBuddy, the mission was simple: give you a private, honest view of where your recurring money goes—without handing your bank credentials to a third party.

Since then, the feedback has been incredible. Hundreds of you told me what was missing, what was annoying, and what would make SubBuddy the tool you actually open every week.

Today I'm shipping v1.1.0—the single biggest update since launch—and almost every feature in it was born from a real user request.

Here's everything that's new, why it matters, and how to use it.

Subscription Detail View: Every Subscription Tells a Story

This is the headline feature, and the one I'm most excited about.

Before today, tapping a subscription on your dashboard showed you… not much. A name, a price, a renewal date. Useful, but shallow.

Starting now, every subscription opens a full detail slide-over panel with:

• Spend-over-time chart — A visual bar chart that shows how much you've paid to this service over the months. Instantly see if a price hike happened or if you're spending more than you realized.
• Renewal countdown — A clear timer showing exactly how many days until your next charge. No more "wait, when does this renew?" anxiety.
• Full history — Every data point you've tracked, in one scrollable view.
• Notes — Add private notes to any subscription. "Using partner's login," "Cancel after March," "Shared with roommate"—whatever context you need.
• AI insights (Premium) — Our AI analyzes your spending pattern for that specific subscription and surfaces personalized suggestions. Things like "You're paying 22% more than the average user for this tier" or "This service increased their price in January—consider the annual plan to lock in the old rate."

The detail view works on both desktop and mobile. On phones, it slides up as a drawer—smooth, fast, and designed for one-handed use.

Why it matters: Managing subscriptions isn't just about knowing what you pay. It's about understanding how your spending evolves over time. The detail view turns SubBuddy from a list into a financial lens.

Bulk Actions: Clean House in Seconds

You've done your audit. You've found 6 subscriptions you don't need. Before today, you'd have to delete them one by one. Tedious.

Now you can select multiple subscriptions and delete them all at once.

Here's how it works:

1. Enter Bulk Mode — on desktop, it's a button in the subscription table header. On mobile, long-press any subscription card.
2. Check the boxes next to every subscription you want to remove.
3. Hit the Bulk Action Bar that appears at the bottom — confirm, and they're gone.

It's the kind of feature that saves you 30 seconds each time, but makes the entire experience feel faster and more intentional.

Getting Started Checklist: Your First 5 Minutes

New to SubBuddy? The first thing you'll see after signing up is a Getting Started checklist on your dashboard.

It walks you through the essentials:

• Add your first subscription
• Set your preferred currency
• Enable renewal reminders
• Explore the analytics dashboard

There's a progress bar so you can track how far along you are, and it disappears automatically once you've completed everything (or you can dismiss it early if you're a power user).

This was born from watching new users sign up and then… not know where to start. Now there's a clear path from "just signed up" to "fully set up."

Profile Editing

A small but frequently requested feature: you can now edit your username, name, and surname directly from Settings → Account.

Previously, the only way to change your display name was through your authentication provider. Now it's two clicks inside SubBuddy.

Quality-of-Life Improvements

The kind of changes you might not notice individually, but together make SubBuddy feel noticeably better:

Better Currency Display

Quick-add subscription suggestions now show prices in your chosen currency instead of always defaulting to USD. If you set SubBuddy to EUR, you'll see €12.99 instead of $13.99. Simple, but it removes a constant mental conversion.

Refresh & Timestamps

The dashboard header now shows a "last updated" timestamp and a manual refresh button. You always know when data was last fetched, and you can force a fresh pull whenever you want.

Improved Mobile Navigation

Bottom nav tap targets are larger, labels are easier to read, and the overall mobile experience is more accessible. If you felt like the nav was a bit cramped on smaller phones, this one's for you.

Subscription Image Fallback

If a subscription logo fails to load (which happens more often than you'd think with smaller services), you'll now see a clean letter avatar instead of a broken image icon.

App Version in Settings

You can now find the current app version at the bottom of the Settings page. Useful for support conversations and knowing if you're on the latest release.

Bug Fixes

We squashed several bugs that were affecting real users:

• Spend-over-time chart — The bars in the subscription detail chart weren't rendering at the correct height. Fixed — they now display proportionally as expected.
• Sign-out reliability — Signing out from the Settings page could silently fail, leaving you in a strange state. It now works reliably every time.
• Calendar page data leak — Visiting the Calendar page could accidentally remove inactive subscriptions from your main list. This is fully resolved.

What's Next?

v1.1.0 is a big step, but we're just getting started.

If you have ideas, feature requests, or just want to tell me about a bug, hit me directly at subbuddymanager@gmail.com or reach out on social. Every piece of feedback gets read.

Thank you for trusting SubBuddy with your financial clarity. Every feature in this update exists because you asked for it.