Introducing LemSubs: track subscriptions, renewals and wasted spend
Published 2026-08-17. For: Anyone seeing LemSubs for the first time.
What this video covers
This is the tour to watch first. It shows how a subscription list is built, what each record holds, and how the dashboard turns that list into a monthly and yearly total you can trust.
The video covers the four groups of people we build for: freelancers with a personal stack, families sharing services, small businesses with a dozen tools, and finance teams who need one owner per licence. Each group gets the same core screens, and the business-only screens stay hidden until a workspace is set to business.
It also states the boundary out loud. LemSubs does not connect to your bank. Nothing is read from your account. You add records by hand, by CSV, from a receipt, or through the browser extension, and you stay in control of what is stored.
What you will learn
How to add your first subscription and set its billing cycle
Where the monthly and yearly totals come from
How renewal alerts are timed
Why there is no bank connection anywhere in the product
LemSubs is a privacy-first subscription tracker. Track every recurring charge, lifetime deal, and renewal in one place — no bank connection, no Plaid, no credentials. Free for individuals.
Built by Deepak Shukla after losing $47,000+ to forgotten renewals and zombie subscriptions across six businesses. Used by founders, freelancers, and small teams who want to know what they're actually paying for without handing a third party read access to their bank accounts.
What LemSubs does
Renewal alerts 7, 14, and 30 days before every charge
Cancel guides for 500+ vendors (Adobe, Netflix, AWS, and more)
Lifetime deal break-even tracking with payback math
Zombie subscription detection — flag what you stopped using
Multi-currency, team workspaces, custom metadata, CSV/PDF export
Smart receipt import — drop in an email or PDF, get a parsed entry
Why no bank connection
Every other tracker on the market — Rocket Money, Mint, Bobby, Trim — asks for your bank credentials through Plaid. LemSubs does not. You add subscriptions manually, forward a receipt, or import a CSV. Your bank stays your bank.