Why I Built This
A few years ago I was doing a lazy Sunday audit of my bank statements and found something embarrassing: I had been paying for a gym membership I hadn't used in 14 months. Then a VPN trial I'd signed up for and forgotten about. Then a design tool I'd tried for a single project and never opened again.
In total, I was burning through roughly $280/year on things I couldn't even name if you'd asked me the day before. And I'm not particularly disorganised — this just happens to everyone now that signing up for things takes 30 seconds and cancelling takes effort.
I tried existing subscription trackers. Most were either too manual (you had to enter everything yourself) or too intrusive (requiring full bank account access). None of them did the thing I actually wanted: find the subscriptions I didn't know about.
What Subscription Incinerator Does
It connects to your Gmail (read-only) and scans for subscription receipts and renewal notices. It uses AI to parse these emails and surfaces anything that looks like a recurring charge — with a confidence score, so you can decide whether to add it to your tracker or dismiss it.
You can also import bank statements directly if you prefer not to connect Gmail. The import parser recognises common merchant names and flags recurring amounts.
Once you've built your subscription list, it sends reminders before billing dates so you're never surprised by a charge. It tracks your total monthly cost and shows you trends over time.
The core tool is free. There's a premium tier ($9/mo) for users who want Gmail scanning and bank imports — the detection features rather than just the tracker.
The Team
It's just me. Solo project, built in the evenings. No VC funding, no growth targets — just a tool I wanted to exist.
If you have feedback, find a bug, or want a feature that doesn't exist yet, the best way to reach me is through the app.
On Privacy
Gmail access is read-only. We can't send emails, can't delete emails, can't modify anything. We only read emails that match subscription-related patterns, and we only store the structured subscription data you approve.
Bank statement imports are processed locally — we extract merchant and amount data and store only what you explicitly approve as a subscription.
We don't sell data. We don't have advertisers. The business model is the premium subscription — that's it.