My $7 spreadsheet ended a 4 year subscription cycle

Last month I finally sat down and counted every single subscription I had, from streaming to apps to that obscure cloud storage I forgot about. It was 14 total and they added up to $212 a month, which honestly made me feel sick. So I spent an afternoon building a simple Google Sheet with each service, the cost, and when I last actually used it. Turns out I hadn't opened half of them in over 3 months, and the other half had cheaper annual options. I cancelled 8 of them right there, which saved me $94 monthly, and then I switched my two most used ones to yearly plans for another $18 off per month. That's over $1,300 a year in savings from just one boring afternoon, and I'm actually excited to check my bank statement now. Has anyone else done a full subscription audit and found something you were paying for since like 2018? What did you cut that you thought you absolutely needed?

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rowan_anderson15d ago

Used to think subscription audits were for people with zero self control. Like, just cancel stuff when you see it, right? But then I found a music service I signed up for in 2018 for a free trial. Never used it after the trial ended. Four years of $9.99 every month. That's almost $500 gone. Your spreadsheet thing actually makes sense now. People don't realize how much small stuff adds up until they see it all in one list.