SubBuddy v1.3.0: Pin, Pause & Budget Your Subscriptions — Plus Multi-Currency, Dark Mode & Full Spanish Support

Every release of SubBuddy tries to solve a handful of real problems that come directly from user feedback. v1.3.0 might be the most practical update yet—every feature in this release answers a specific "I wish I could…" that users have sent in over the past month.

Here's the short version: you can now pin, pause, and budget your subscriptions. You can track services in different currencies and see everything converted to your display currency automatically. The dashboard is fully available in Spanish. And you can switch to dark mode without leaving the sidebar. Let's break it all down.

Pin (Star) Subscriptions: Your Most Important Services, Always on Top

You probably have 2–4 subscriptions you check on constantly. Maybe it's your most expensive one, or the one that renews next week, or the one you share with your family. Until now, they sat wherever the sort order put them.

Not anymore. You can now star any subscription to pin it to the top of your list. Pinned subscriptions always appear first—on the subscriptions page and in the dashboard preview.

The dashboard overview preview now prioritizes pinned subscriptions first, then active ones, before applying the 5-item limit. A subtle star icon on each pinned row makes it immediately clear what you've prioritized.

Why it matters: Your subscription list grows over time. Pinning gives you a personal "watchlist" inside SubBuddy—the 3–4 things you always want to see at a glance, without scrolling.

Pause & Resume: Stop Tracking Without Losing History

This was one of the most requested features since launch: "I paused my Spotify for a month, but I don't want to delete it and lose my history."

Now you can pause any subscription. A paused subscription:

• Stops counting toward your monthly spending total
• Disappears from calendar reminders and renewal events
• No longer shows spend-over-time bars in its detail drawer
• Keeps all its data intact—resume it any time and pick up right where you left off

The status selector in the edit form is now a clean, unified dropdown with four options: Active, Paused, Canceled, and Trial. No more confusing combinations—you pick one status and that's what the subscription is.

The filter dropdown on the subscriptions page also includes a "Paused" status filter so you can quickly find everything you've put on hold.

Monthly Budget: Set a Spending Target, Track Progress Visually

Many users told me they set a mental budget for subscriptions but had no way to track it inside the app. v1.3.0 changes that.

Budget controls are now integrated directly into the Monthly Spending card. You can set, edit, or remove a monthly budget right from the dashboard. Once set, you'll see:

• A progress bar showing how much of your budget you've used
• A clear "remaining" or "over budget" indicator
• Color-coded feedback — green when you're under, red when you've exceeded your target

The budget logic rejects zero or invalid values to prevent broken calculations. It's a lightweight feature by design—no complex budgeting categories, just one number that answers: "Am I spending more on subscriptions than I want to?"

Why it matters: Tracking spending is step one. Having a target to compare against is what actually changes behavior. The monthly budget turns your dashboard from a report into a scorecard.

Multi-Currency: Track Each Subscription in Its Own Currency

If you live outside the US—or use services priced in different currencies—this one's huge. SubBuddy now supports per-subscription currency selection.

When adding or editing a subscription, you can pick the currency that service actually charges you in. SubBuddy will then automatically convert it to your display currency (the one you set in Settings) using daily exchange rates.

Here's where it shows up:

• Dashboard UI — subscription rows, cards, and detail views show converted amounts in your display currency, while preserving the original source-currency value for context
• Analytics — monthly spending, category breakdowns, comparisons, and aggregates all convert per-subscription amounts before computing totals
• Renewal emails — email reminders now convert amounts and include the source currency when conversion was applied
• Chrome Extension — the Gmail import overlay includes a currency selector, and parsed/AI-detected currency is carried into the form payload

Non-convertible items (e.g., if a rate is temporarily unavailable) are skipped with explicit messaging rather than mixing unnormalized currencies into one sum.

Supported currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, CAD, AUD, MXN, BRL, JPY, CNY, INR. ARS, CLP, and COP have been removed from the selectable list to match the current supported set.

Why it matters: If you pay for Netflix in USD, Spotify in EUR, and a local gym in MXN, your "total monthly spending" was meaningless before. Now it's accurate—every amount normalized to one currency before any math happens.

Dark Mode Toggle in the Sidebar

SubBuddy has supported dark mode since launch via your system preferences. But users wanted a manual toggle—and they wanted it accessible, not buried in Settings.

There's now a sun/moon icon button directly in the sidebar, above the sign-out button. One click to switch between light and dark mode. It works in both collapsed and expanded sidebar states.

Simple. No page navigation required. No system settings to change. Just click.

Sidebar Remembers Its State

A small but important quality-of-life fix: the sidebar now persists its collapsed or expanded state across page navigations and browser sessions using localStorage.

If you prefer the sidebar collapsed for more screen space, it stays collapsed. No more re-collapsing it every time you navigate to a different page.

Full Spanish Localization

The entire SubBuddy dashboard is now fully localized in English and Spanish. This includes every settings section, the onboarding wizard, analytics, calendar, and notification components.

This isn't a partial translation. Every string, every label, every tooltip—100% coverage in both languages. If you set your SubBuddy language to Spanish, the entire experience is native-level Spanish.

More languages are planned based on user demand.

Duplicate Subscription Detector

Ever accidentally added the same subscription twice? It happens more than you'd think, especially with the Chrome Extension making it so easy to add new services.

SubBuddy now warns you when you're about to add a subscription with the same name as one that already exists. An amber warning banner appears with the option to dismiss it and add anyway if it's intentional (e.g., two separate Netflix accounts).

The warning only triggers for new subscriptions, not edits—so renaming a subscription won't cause false alarms.

Dashboard Overview → Detail Drawer

Previously, clicking a subscription on the dashboard overview did nothing. You had to navigate to the Subscriptions page to open the detail drawer.

Now, clicking any subscription row on the dashboard overview opens the same detail drawer used on the subscriptions page—full history, spend chart, renewal countdown, notes, AI insights. Consistent experience everywhere.

Filter by Status: Active, Trial, Canceled, Paused

The filter dropdown on the subscriptions page now includes a Status section alongside the existing Category and Tags filters. You can filter by:

• Active — currently running subscriptions
• Trial — in a free or discounted trial period
• Canceled — services you've ended
• Paused — subscriptions you've temporarily stopped

Great for subscription audits: filter to "Canceled" to review what you've dropped, or "Trial" to see what's about to start billing you.

Improved Chart Design

All analytics charts—monthly trend, category spend, and spending comparison—have received a visual design refresh with better colors, more readable tooltips, and improved responsive layouts on smaller screens.

No new chart types in this release, but the existing ones are noticeably cleaner and more useful, especially on mobile.

Bug Fixes

Several important fixes in this release:

• Paused subscriptions no longer appear in calendar — paused services don't generate reminders or events, which was confusing before
• Paused subscriptions excluded from spend timeline — detail drawer no longer renders spend bars for paused services
• Status inconsistency fixed — the edit form no longer allows conflicting Active + Paused combinations
• Budget zero edge case fixed — saving a budget of 0 or invalid values no longer breaks progress calculations
• Version mismatch fixed — Settings page previously showed the wrong version; it's now dynamically sourced from package.json
• Currency validation added — API now rejects invalid currency codes instead of silently accepting malformed values
• Calendar currency display corrected — calendar events now convert from each subscription's source currency before rendering

What's Next?

v1.3.0 rounds out the core subscription management experience. Pinning, pausing, budgeting, multi-currency, and localization were the top unfulfilled requests—and they're all live now.

Next up: family sharing improvements, smarter renewal predictions, and more integrations. If you have ideas, reach out at subbuddymanager@gmail.com or on social. Every message gets read.

Thank you for using SubBuddy. Your feedback shapes every release—v1.3.0 is no exception.