Subscription audit checklist
How to find every subscription and decide on each: a year of statements, app stores, email, cancelling properly, trial reminders and a repeat in six months.

[ ] Review twelve months of card statements
    Look for regular charges of identical amounts. Twelve months, because annual subscriptions are invisible in a quarter.
[ ] Check subscriptions in the app stores
    On every device and in every account, including children's. Half the forgotten charges live there.
[ ] Search your email for renewal messages
    Search for \u201csubscription\u201d, \u201crenewal\u201d, \u201creceipt\u201d. That finds services you would never recall on your own.
[ ] Make a full list with amounts and dates
    Service, amount, period, next charge date, who uses it. The annual total is usually a surprise.
[ ] Decide on each: keep, cancel or change plan
    A simple test: did you use it in the last month. If not, cancel rather than \u201cit might come in handy\u201d.
[ ] Complete the cancellation and keep proof
    Many services need confirmation, and cancelling in an app does not always stop the charge. Check the status afterwards.
[ ] Set reminders for every free trial
    Two days before they end. Trials are the main source of forgotten charges, and one minute prevents it.
[ ] Move what you keep to an annual plan
    If you use it constantly, annual is usually cheaper. But only after deciding to keep it, not before.
[ ] Check family plans and the agreements around them
    Who pays, who uses it, what happens if people move apart. Shared services cause more friction than expected.
[ ] See where your cards are stored
    Stores, services, payment systems. While you are there, remove cards from services you no longer use.
[ ] Find duplicates and overlaps
    Two storage plans, three streaming services, the same subscription in two accounts. More common than anyone likes.
[ ] Check whether prices have gone up
    Services raise prices quietly. Compare the current amount with what you signed up for.
[ ] Add up the annual total
    The annual figure, not the monthly one, shows the real scale. It is the most persuasive part of the audit.
[ ] Schedule the next audit in six months
    Subscriptions accumulate again. Six months is enough for the next audit to pay for itself.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/subscriptions-audit