Is Bobby cheaper than Recurra?

Yes. Bobby is a one-time purchase of a few dollars with no recurring fee. Recurra has a free tier, and Pro costs 4.99 US dollars per month or 29.99 per year. If you only need a list and a reminder, Bobby is the better value and we would tell you to buy it.

Do either of them connect to my bank?

Neither does. Both are manual trackers that store your list on your own device, which is the main reason people choose either one over a bank-connected app.

What does Recurra do that Bobby does not?

An on-device AI advisor that gives each subscription a verdict, price-hike history so you can see when a service quietly raised its rate, a savings ledger that tracks what cancelling actually saved you, screenshot import that reads your Apple subscriptions page with on-device text recognition, and iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad.

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Recurra AI vs Bobby

This is the closest comparison on this site, because Bobby and Recurra agree on the thing that matters most: neither one touches your bank account. The difference is what happens after your list exists.

Let's be straight about this up front: Bobby is a one-time purchase of a couple of dollars and it has been quietly doing its job for years. If what you want is a list of your subscriptions and a reminder before each one renews, Bobby does that, it does it well, and it will cost you less than a coffee — once. You do not need to read the rest of this page.

Where they differ

Recurra starts from the same place — manual entry, stored on your device — and then tries to answer a second question. Not just what am I paying for, but which of these should I actually keep.

	Recurra AI	Bobby
Bank connection	None	None
Where data lives	On device, optional sync through your own private iCloud	On device
Price	Free tier; Pro $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr	One-time purchase, a few dollars
Renewal reminders	Yes	Yes
Service catalog	Yes, with typical prices pre-filled	Yes, large library
Advice on what to cut	AI advisor gives each subscription a verdict — keep, cancel, downgrade, watch	Not a feature
Price-hike history	Yes — logs every price change per service	No
Savings tracking	Yes — logs what each cancellation actually saved	No
Screenshot import	Yes — reads your Apple subscriptions page on device	No, manual entry
Cancellation help	Deep-links to the right page, drafts the message	No
iPad	Yes, native	iPhone-focused

Accurate as of July 2026. Check the App Store listing for each before buying.

The honest way to choose

The question is not which app has more features — Recurra obviously does, and that is not automatically a virtue. The question is whether you want a record or a recommendation.

A record is enough for a lot of people. You know your six subscriptions, you want to remember when they bill, and you are not looking for an opinion. Bobby is built exactly for that, and its one-time price reflects an app that is finished rather than one that has to keep justifying a monthly fee.

A recommendation matters when the list gets long enough that you have stopped evaluating it. Twelve subscriptions, two of which overlap, one that quietly went from $13.99 to $15.49 last spring, and an annual plan that would save you 20% if anyone pointed it out. That is the case Recurra is built for.

Pick Recurra if…

You have enough subscriptions that you have lost track of the value of each one
You want to catch price increases as they happen
You want to see what cancelling has actually saved you over time
You use an iPad as well as an iPhone
You would use a nudge toward the annual plan or the cheaper tier

Pick Bobby if…

You want to pay once and never again
You have a handful of subscriptions and already know them
You want a list and a reminder, nothing else
You prefer software that does one small thing and stops

Try the advisor before you pay for it

Recurra's free tier tracks your subscriptions and reminds you before every renewal. Pro adds the advisor, and starts with a free trial.

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