Why subscriptions slip past you

The problem

Nobody loses track on purpose

Forgotten subscriptions aren't a discipline problem. They're a visibility problem, and the way subscriptions are billed makes them almost invisible by design.

Three reasons they disappear

The amounts are small on their own

A single charge rarely stands out on a statement. It's the sum of eight of them, over twelve months, that turns into a number worth noticing — and that number is never shown to you anywhere.

They renew on different days

One on the 3rd, one on the 17th, one annually in March. There's no moment in the month when they all line up, so there's no moment when you'd naturally review them.

They're paid in different places

Some go through the card, some through the App Store, some through PayPal. Each place shows you its own slice, and none of them shows the whole.

37%

of people surveyed in the EU had kept paying for a digital subscription they had stopped using and forgotten to cancel
18% said it happened often, 19% sometimes.

Source: European Commission, Fitness Check of EU consumer law on digital fairness, 2024.

What actually fixes it

Two things: seeing them all in one place, and being told before the money moves rather than after. That's the whole premise of NoBill — a screenshot of wherever your charges live becomes a single list with a monthly and a yearly total, and reminders arrive one to three days before each charge.

What NoBill does

  • Reads a screenshot of your banking app, App Store, Google Play, PayPal or an e-mail receipt
  • Lists every recurring charge it finds, with the service, price and billing cycle
  • Adds up what the list costs you per month and per year
  • Lets you check and correct every entry, and add ones it missed
  • Sends a reminder 1–3 days before each charge, by e-mail and push
  • Warns you before a free trial turns into a paid plan
  • Gives step-by-step cancel instructions for each service, with a help chat for questions

What it doesn't do

  • Connect to your bank — there is no bank login and no account access
  • Cancel subscriptions for you — you cancel yourself, with instructions
  • Negotiate prices or claim refunds on your behalf

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