A Bobby alternative for when the reminder is the point

Bobby is a well-made tracker, and the people who leave it tend to leave over one thing. Its one and two star App Store reviews keep coming back to reminders that never arrived. If that is why you are here, this page sets out what Bobby does well, what to check in any replacement, and where Subby stands on each point.

By the Subby team·Last updated October 17, 2026

Why people look for a Bobby alternative

Bobby has been on the App Store since 2016, and in the US store it holds a 4.7 average from more than 8,000 ratings. Most of the people using it are happy. The ones who leave mostly leave for the same reason. Read its one and two star reviews and one complaint comes back year after year, from 2019 to the end of 2025: the reminder never arrived, or it arrived with the wrong date on it. For an app whose job is to warn you before a charge, that is the failure that counts.

To be fair to Bobby, its latest release goes after exactly this. Version 3.10.4, from December 2025, is titled “Improved notifications for long-running subscriptions” in its release notes. If your trouble started before that update, install it and give it a month before you move anything.

The other complaints are smaller. Several reviewers say the free version stops at five subscriptions, and the listing sells “Unlock Subscription Limit” as its own purchase. And there is no Bobby on Android at all, which is the whole subject of Subby vs Bobby.

What Bobby does well

Bobby comes from Yummygum, a design studio in Amsterdam, and it looks like it. It also charges once instead of every month. The listing sells one-time unlocks, with an “All-in-one Pack” at $2.99, and nothing connects to your bank. You add each subscription yourself, which is how Subby works too. If Bobby's reminders reach you and the free limit or the unlock price doesn't bother you, keep it. Switching trackers costs an evening, and a tracker that already works is worth more than a better one you never finish setting up.

Bobby and Subby on the points that decide it

What to check in any Bobby alternative

Whichever app you try next, these checks take ten minutes and catch most bad fits.

• Test a reminder before you trust it. Add one subscription that renews tomorrow, set its reminder for today, and see whether it arrives. Then restart the phone and try again.
• Read what the reminder says. A notification that names the amount and the card lets you decide on the spot. One that only names the service sends you into the app to find out.
• Fill the free tier before you pay. Add your whole list first. A cap tends to appear when you are halfway through.
• Look for trials. A free trial is the charge most likely to surprise you, because it has never charged before. The app should take an end date and warn you ahead of it.
• Find the way out. Check that the app exports or backs up your list somewhere you control before you type in forty subscriptions.

Subby passes the first four on the free version. Backup to your own iCloud or Google Drive is part of PRO, and your payment history exports as a CSV file at any time.

Moving your list from Bobby to Subby

1. Open Bobby and screenshot every subscription with its next payment date showing.
2. Install Subby. There is no account to create and no bank to link.
3. Add each subscription from the 600+ built-in services, or let PRO's screenshot import read the shots you just took. You check each one before it saves.
4. Set the lead time for each reminder, and the hour reminders arrive in Settings.
5. Keep Bobby until Subby's first reminders have reached you, then delete it.

Product names above belong to their owners and appear only to identify the products being compared. We read Bobby's facts off its US App Store listing and its public reviews on October 17, 2026. A review is one person's report, not a measurement.