SubBuddy Changelog
A concise record of the product improvements we have shipped: tracking controls, analytics, imports, localization, and quality-of-life updates for managing recurring expenses.
Latest release
v1.5.0
Current focus
Activation + price hikes
Languages
English + Spanish
Inbox scan, groups, and price-hike alerts
This release attacks the empty-dashboard problem and closes the price-hike loop: the Chrome extension can now scan your recent Gmail for subscriptions privately in your browser, works on Outlook and Yahoo, and captures receipts from any page. Subscriptions can be organized into groups, and price increases are surfaced everywhere.
- The Chrome extension can scan the last 90 days of Gmail for subscription receipts, parsed entirely in your browser, with a review list to confirm, edit, or dismiss each detection. Free users can scan too, up to their plan limit.
- The Add to SubBuddy button now also works in Outlook Web and Yahoo Mail, using the same local parser as Gmail.
- Select receipt text on any page and use right-click, Add selection to SubBuddy, to capture it as a detected subscription.
- The extension icon now shows how many detected subscriptions are waiting for review, and the popup lets you add or dismiss them in one tap.
- Subscriptions can be organized into free-form groups such as Streaming or Household bills, with a grouped view and per-group monthly totals on the web and group support on Android and iOS.
- Price increases are now tracked proactively: an upward edit shows the percentage change, recent hikes appear in the dashboard alerts, and the monthly recap email lists the month's increases.
Smarter reminders, recaps, and saved totals
This release makes SubBuddy more useful after setup: free users now get a limited next-renewal email, paid users get earlier annual warnings, recaps summarize monthly spend, and the dashboard shows how much canceled subscriptions have saved.
- Renewal emails now support a free-plan 1-3 day reminder for the nearest renewal or trial, while paid plans keep custom schedules and broader coverage.
- A monthly spend recap email can summarize spending, changes, upcoming renewals, and cancellation wins.
- The dashboard now shows a cumulative Saved with SubBuddy total based on canceled subscriptions.
- Inactive users with upcoming renewals can get a stale-data check-in so reminders stay accurate.
- Android and iOS now share the recap setting, saved counter, and app activity tracking needed for the new reminder emails.
- Dashboard, Chrome extension, and Android metadata are now aligned on version 1.4.5.
Meet the new SubBuddy
This release gives SubBuddy a warmer, more polished identity across the website, dashboard, and Chrome extension while adding more practical controls for renewals, imports, calendar actions, and bulk cleanup.
- A refreshed SubBuddy look that feels clearer, friendlier, and more consistent across the product.
- Redesigned Chrome extension with System, Light, and Dark themes plus richer Gmail import fields.
- Per-subscription renewal controls for custom reminder timing, snoozing, cancellation links, and cancellation notes.
- Calendar and upcoming reminder actions for snoozing, pausing, resuming, canceling, and opening renewal controls faster.
- Editable CSV import review table with confidence badges and clearer partial-success feedback.
- Expanded getting-started checklist that helps new users set up budgets, notifications, imports, tags, and calendar feeds.
Pin, pause, budgets, currencies, dark mode, and Spanish
This release made SubBuddy more flexible for real recurring-expense workflows: important subscriptions can stay visible, paused subscriptions no longer need to be deleted, and international users can manage subscriptions in their own currency and language.
- Pin your most important subscriptions so they stay easy to find.
- Pause subscriptions without deleting history or renewal context.
- Set a monthly budget and see progress against recurring spend.
- Track subscriptions in multiple currencies with conversion support.
- Use dark mode from the sidebar.
- Use SubBuddy fully in Spanish.
Gmail import, spending charts, tags, and smarter insights
This release focused on finding subscriptions faster and making the dashboard easier to analyze once everything is added.
- Detect subscriptions from Gmail with the Chrome extension and add them in one click.
- See spending distribution with a new category pie chart.
- Compare subscription spending month over month.
- Organize subscriptions with custom tags and AND/OR filters.
- Track which payment method each subscription uses.
- Get smarter AI insights for subscriptions that may deserve review.
Subscription detail view, bulk actions, and onboarding polish
This release improved the core management workflow: each subscription got more context, and larger cleanup sessions became faster.
- Open a detailed subscription view with spend history, renewal countdown, and notes.
- Use bulk actions to clean up multiple subscriptions faster.
- Follow a clearer onboarding checklist for first-time setup.
- Edit profile details more easily.
- Benefit from interface fixes and quality-of-life improvements across the dashboard.
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