Detect forgotten subscriptions from Gmail & Outlook
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SubRadar connects to your Gmail or Outlook in read-only mode and automatically detects your active subscriptions — Netflix, Spotify, Adobe, Apple, and 120+ more.
No more forgotten subscriptions draining your bank account. SubRadar alerts you 7 days before each renewal so you can cancel before you're charged.
Key features:
• Automatic detection via Gmail & Outlook
• Email alerts 7 days before renewal
• Centralized dashboard with monthly spending
• 120+ services recognized
• 100% private — email content never read
• Free plan up to 5 subscriptions
• Freelancers who lost track of their SaaS subscriptions
• Families paying for streaming services they no longer use
• Anyone who wants to audit their monthly recurring expenses
• People who forget to cancel free trials before being charged
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Hi Fazier community! I built SubRadar after losing track of too many subscriptions myself. It connects to your Gmail or Outlook and automatically detects all active subscriptions — then alerts you 7 days before each renewal so you can cancel before being charged. Would love your feedback!
I just recently did this just using my Gmail, how is this different?
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Great question! Doing it manually in Gmail means searching keywords once, but you miss services that don't include obvious words in the subject, and you get no ongoing alerts. SubRadar automates the whole thing: it detects 120+ services automatically, updates your dashboard continuously, and sends you an email 7 days before each renewal so you can cancel in time — not after you've already been charged. It also works with Outlook/Hotmail, not just Gmail. Think of it as the difference between a one-time search and a subscription watchdog that runs 24/7.
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This is indeed a very effective tool to manage your personal finance. Especially useful to those who subscribed to many services online. Highly recommended!
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Exactly — and the more subscriptions you have, the more useful it gets. Thanks for the kind words, really appreciated!
I like the simplicity of SubRadar. Instead of wasting time searching for quality communities, it brings relevant subreddits together in one place. As someone building products, finding the right audience is often harder than building the product itself. This is a practical resource I'll definitely bookmark for future launches and market research.
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Thanks! Quick clarification — SubRadar scans Gmail/Outlook to detect paid subscriptions, not subreddits :) It's a subscription tracker, not a community aggregator. But glad it caught your attention!
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Most people don't realize how many subscriptions are quietly charging them each month. Trial signups, apps you used once, forgotten streaming services - they add up fast. SubRadar catches these silently because it monitors your actual transaction history instead of relying on you to remember. The 7-day warning before renewal is crucial because it gives you time to actually cancel before you're charged. This solves a real financial problem for anyone who subscribes to multiple services.
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Spot on Gal — "silent" subscriptions are the worst because you don't even remember signing up. That's exactly the problem we built SubRadar to solve. The 7-day window is intentional: enough time to cancel without panic, not so early you forget again.
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The 7-day renewal reminder is the strongest part for me. A lot of people forget free trials or small SaaS subscriptions until the charge appears, so detecting subscriptions from Gmail or Outlook removes a lot of manual tracking. The privacy angle is important too, since email access is sensitive. If the dashboard clearly shows monthly spend and upcoming renewals, this could save users real money with very little effort.
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Thanks Junjie! The dashboard already shows monthly spend + upcoming renewals with the privacy badge front and center. And yes — annual renewals are fully supported, we catch them from email receipts regardless of how infrequent they are.
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The 7-day warning before renewal is a smart UX touch - gives you enough time to actually cancel without the panic of last-minute charges. Most subscription trackers just show you what's active, but the fact that you're integrating directly with Gmail/Outlook inboxes means you catch subscriptions even if they're signed up with different email variants. The "100% private - email content never read" positioning is crucial for trust given how many password managers and financial apps fumble privacy.
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Thanks Omri, really sharp observations. The privacy angle is central — we only read sender + subject, never email body. That's the core trust promise. Your point about multi-email variants is exactly why email-based detection beats manual bank statement review.
The Gmail/Outlook scanning approach is smart — subscription charges are almost always confirmed in email so the signal is reliable. The forgotten subscription category is genuinely underserved; most people only notice these on their credit card statement months later. Would be interested to see how it handles subscription pauses vs cancellations, and whether it catches annual renewals that come around once a year and get forgotten.
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Thanks Umut! Annual renewals are fully supported — we catch them from email receipts regardless of frequency, so yearly plans don't slip through. On pauses vs cancellations: most services don't send a consistent 'paused' email, so we flag the upcoming renewal either way and you decide. Good idea for a manual override — adding it to the roadmap.
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Detecting forgotten subscriptions via read-only Gmail/Outlook access is a practical approach — most people have no idea how many trial conversions and recurring charges are quietly running. The 7-day pre-renewal alert is the killer feature here because you actually have time to act. Solid product, great launch!
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Thanks Bom! Exactly — by the time it shows on a bank statement it's already too late. The 7-day window is the whole point. Appreciate the kind words!
indie hacker
This is a really useful idea. Most people don’t realize how many subscriptions they’re still paying for until it’s too late. SubRadar makes the problem easy to catch by detecting subscriptions from Gmail or Outlook and sending renewal alerts before the charge happens. Simple, practical, and very valuable.
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Thanks Qiao — you nailed it. Most people only find out when they check their bank statement 3 months later. SubRadar catches it before the charge hits.
Looks really great, keep going
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Thanks! Keep building 🙌
Email-based detection makes sense because renewal receipts and trial notices are often the most reliable source of truth. The 7-day warning is practical too, because users still have time to cancel instead of noticing after the charge. For trust, I’d love to see a very clear explanation of what read-only access can and cannot inspect.
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Thanks Jie! Good point on transparency. We only access sender name + subject line — never the email body or attachments. It's covered on our privacy page, but we're adding a visual breakdown directly in the connect flow so it's crystal clear before you authorize.
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does it just detect and alert, or can it help with the actual cancellation too?
SubRadar
Both! Detection + alerts are the core, but we just shipped a GDPR Kill Switch — 1 click generates a legally binding Art. 17 demand sent to the company's DPO. They have 30 days to respond or face CNIL sanctions. Works on Adobe, SFR, Netflix, Spotify, and 100+ others.
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The 7-day pre-renewal alert is the killer feature here � most people only notice a subscription after the charge hits the card. I work on personal finance tools and forgotten renewals come up constantly as a leak in monthly budgets. Question: does detection work with bank/fintech notification emails in other languages, or only English templates from the 120+ known services?
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Great question! Detection is sender-based, not language-based — we match on the known service's sending domain (e.g. [email protected]), so it works regardless of the email language. The 120+ service list covers most EU/FR services too. Bank/fintech notification emails are trickier since they vary by institution, but we're actively expanding that coverage.
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Will this help to cancel subscriptions easier too
SubRadar
Yes! We just shipped a GDPR Kill Switch: 1 click generates a legally binding Art. 17 demand sent directly to the company's DPO. They must respond within 30 days or face CNIL sanctions. Works on Adobe, Netflix, SFR, Spotify and 100+ services.
Email parsing is a solid signal since renewal receipts are usually reliable, but the gap I'd worry about is subscriptions charged straight to a card with no email trail, gym memberships, some local streaming bundles. Have you thought about layering in transaction data as a second detection path, or is staying purely email-based a deliberate privacy tradeoff?
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Deliberate privacy tradeoff — staying email-only means we never touch bank APIs or card data. You're right that gym memberships and cash subs are a blind spot. The fix we're exploring: a manual "add subscription" flow so users can track anything even without an email trail. Bank/open banking integration would be a separate product decision down the line.