We Wouldn't Need This App If You Read Your Bank Statements
There's an app that finds the subscriptions you forgot you pay for and helps you delete them.
We all probably have some subscriptions — Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, Tidal, Amazon Instant Video, HBO Go, Apple Music, Sling TV, Pandora, Deezer, YouTube, and on and on — that we never think about. Truebill is an online service that checks your bank accounts and reminds you where all your money goes every month.
If you were an actual adult who looked at your bank statements every once and awhile, you wouldn't need Truebill. But if you're like me, and your online banking password is written down on a post-it that currently resides somewhere southwest of a dust bunny under your bed, you just might.
For example, just the other day, I got this email from Hulu about its updated terms of service.
I thought it was weird when the email thanked me for "being a part of the Hulu community," because I have no recollection of signing up to be a part of the Hulu community.
Then, a few hours later, I got this email from PayPal, reminding me that I pay $10 a month to listen to the same four Jeremih songs over and over again on Spotify!
Receiving these two messages back-to-back left me with a distinct sense of unease. How many other streaming services had I forgotten I was paying for? I mean, http://ift.tt/16gajHh. So I decided to deal with the problem the way I deal with most financial decisions — by ignoring it completely.
But the very next morning, I got a press release from Truebill about its new mobile app. Truebill, which has been available on desktop since January 2016, boasts that the average consumer saves $512 a year by canceling unused subscriptions. I decided to give it a whirl.
After I gave it permissions for my PayPal and credit union accounts, it took Truebill a little while to find anything good.
Overall, the experience was better on desktop than on mobile, which was laggy. It did immediately turn up my Spotify subscription, and eventually, my $7.99 a month Hulu subscription. But I already knew both of those existed because of the email alerts I got the day before.
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