Is it worth what you’re paying?
Independent breakdowns of what subscriptions actually cost — the annual number, the break-even point, and when the answer is “cancel it.”
Every price read from the company that charges it, and dated. How we do it.
Browse by category
Streaming
14 breakdowns
Netflix, Disney+, Max and the rest — what each service costs a year, what it actually carries, and when the answer is to cancel for a month.
Software & Productivity
11 breakdowns
Notion, Adobe, the AI subscriptions and cloud storage. The annual number, the free tier that may be enough, and what paying up front really saves.
Trackers & Tools
8 breakdowns
Finding the subscriptions you forgot you had, cancelling them, and stopping the next one from renewing quietly.
Memberships
6 breakdowns
Prime, DashPass, Instacart+ and the other fee-shaving memberships — and how many orders a year each one takes to pay for itself.
Meal Kits
4 breakdowns
HelloFresh, Blue Apron and the budget boxes, priced per serving after the intro discount ends, which is the only price that matters.
All breakdowns
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Is Kindle Unlimited Worth It in 2026? Check the Catalogue First
Kindle Unlimited runs about $144 a year. Here’s the break-even maths, why the catalogue isn’t the Kindle store, and who should use a library card instead.
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Is Audible Worth It in 2026? Do the Credit Maths First
Audible runs about $180 a year for 12 credits. Here’s the break-even maths, what the same books cost elsewhere, and who should skip it entirely.
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Best Coffee Subscriptions Worth Setting Up in 2026
Specialty coffee subscriptions run $14.40 to $21 a 12 oz bag — $288 to $420 a year for one mug a day. The per-cup maths, and the cadence trap.
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Is Paramount+ Worth It in 2026?
Paramount+ is $8.99 or $13.99 a month. If you pay for Walmart+ you already have it free — and NFL fans should pay monthly, not annually.
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5 Subscriptions You’re Probably Still Paying For
The five that survive longest aren’t the expensive ones. They’re the ones designed to be invisible — and four of them hide outside your bank statement.
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Prime Access: The Half-Price Amazon Prime Most People Miss
If you receive SNAP or Medicaid, Amazon Prime costs about half the standard rate. It’s barely advertised and widely unclaimed — here’s how it works.
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Is a Meal Kit Worth It for One Person?
Meal kits scale badly downward. For one person the real cost lands near $15 a plate — takeout money for food you still have to cook.
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Is Amazon Prime’s Free Trial Actually Free?
Yes — but only if you do one thing on the day you sign up. Here’s the trick that makes a Prime trial genuinely free, and the trap that doesn’t.
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Best Prime Video Channels Worth Paying For in 2026
Prime Video Channels bills 100+ streamers through one account. The consolidation is the real product — here’s which channels justify the line item.
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Best Budget Meal Kits Under $8 a Serving (2026)
Two services advertise $5.99 a serving. Shipping means you only actually get under $8 a plate if your box is big enough — here’s the threshold.
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Annual vs Monthly Billing: When Paying Upfront Actually Saves You Money
Annual plans typically save 15–20%. That’s only a saving if you’d have kept the subscription anyway — here’s the break-even in months.
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Amazon Music vs Spotify vs Apple Music: Which Is Actually Cheapest?
All three cost about $12 a month alone — and about $20 for a whole household. The family plan is worth more than the choice between them.
Prices from the source
Read from the company that charges them and dated on the page. Where a price could not be confirmed, the article says so.
The maths, shown in full
The annual number and the break-even point, worked out so you can run it against your own usage rather than take our word for it.
We say when to cancel
Every verdict names a group of readers who should not buy. Who pays us is disclosed at the top of each article — in full here.