The price anchor
| Renewcheck | Rocket Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $6–12/mo (Premium) |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $96 |
| 5-year total | $15 | $480 |
| 10-year total | $15 | $960 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($6–12/mo (Premium), ~$96/yr); the Renewcheck column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Two months of Rocket Money Premium costs more than Renewcheck does, once, forever.
- After 1 year: Renewcheck has cost you $15 total — Rocket Money has cost $96.
- After 3 years: Renewcheck is still $15 — the subscription is at $288.
- After 5 years: Renewcheck is still $15 — the subscription is at $480.
What you get for $15 once
- Add subscriptions manually. No bank link, no Plaid, no OAuth to a financial account — just name, price and renewal date.
- Renewal countdown & reminders. Native OS notifications before a charge hits, with enough lead time to actually cancel.
- Spend totals. Monthly and yearly totals calculated automatically as you add subscriptions.
- Category breakdown. See spend by category — streaming, software, fitness, whatever you define.
- Price-change history. Log a price bump when it happens and see the trend per subscription over time.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $15 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/renewcheck-mvp. The $15 buys the packaged installer and updates.
Why manual entry instead of bank sync?
Because bank sync means handing a third party read access to your entire transaction history to solve a problem that's really just "remember these dates." If auto-detection from real transactions matters more to you than privacy, Rocket Money is the better fit.
Does it cancel subscriptions for me?
No — Renewcheck tracks and reminds; it doesn't call vendors on your behalf like Rocket Money's paid concierge service does.
How do reminders work?
Native OS notifications a configurable number of days before each renewal date.
Renewcheck — $15, one time
Or get Renewcheck plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.