Subscription Audit Worksheet

Every recurring charge gets listed, priced, and judged. Toggle on what you're paying for, mark each one Keep or Kill, and walk away with a cancel plan that shows exactly what you save — per month and per year.

Total monthly spend

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Monthly waste

$0.00

Annual cash drain

$0.00

STEP 1

Streaming & Entertainment

Flip on everything you're subscribed to. Prices are typical plan rates — edit any of them to match your actual bill.

STEP 2

Delivery & Membership Creep

The quiet ones: delivery passes, warehouse memberships, cloud storage. Small charges, stacked monthly, forgotten fast.

Bill spikes this month

A fixed bill that jumped this month — a utility spike, a phone overage — isn't a subscription, but it's still money out the door. Log the extra amount above your normal bill.

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STEP 3

Keep vs. Kill

One question per charge: would I sign up for this again today, at this price? If the answer isn't an instant yes, it goes on the Kill List.

STEP 4

Your Leak Report

This is your cancel plan. Work the Kill List top to bottom, cancel each one, and the savings start next billing cycle.

Monthly Leak Report & Cancel Plan

Total monthly spend (all charges)$0.00
Bill spikes logged this month$0.00
Still paying after cuts$0.00
Total monthly savings$0.00
Total annual savings$0.00

Cancel in this order: biggest charge first. Set a calendar reminder 3 days before each free trial or renewal date so nothing re-subscribes itself.

Go deeper

Subscription Drain Audit

Grade each subscription on cost vs. actual use and find the ones draining you on autopay.

Run the audit →

Put savings to work

Emergency Fund Runway Calculator

See how many months of runway your freed-up cash builds — and how fast the Kill List gets you there.

Check your runway →

Turn this audit into a monthly habit

Grab the Subscription & Bill Cut Audit printable and the Zero-Based Budgeting Binder on Gumroad — run this same teardown on paper every payday and the leaks never come back.

Get the printables on Gumroad →

Quick answers

How often should I run this audit?

Monthly is the habit that works — tie it to a payday so it takes five minutes while you're already looking at your money. At minimum, run it every 3 months: that's how long it takes a forgotten $12.99 charge to quietly become $39 gone. Any time you sign up for anything new, add it to the list the same day.

What's the free-trial trap?

A "free" trial converts to a paid plan automatically unless you cancel before the deadline — and companies count on you forgetting. The defense is mechanical: the day you start any trial, set a phone reminder for 2–3 days before it ends. If you can't remember the last time you opened the app, cancel now and re-subscribe later if you miss it. You almost never do.

Is annual billing actually cheaper than monthly?

Usually — annual plans commonly run 15–25% less than paying monthly (e.g. $119/year vs. $14.99/month = $179.88/year, a $60 difference). But the discount only wins if you'll use the service all year and you've already kept it through a full audit. Rule: monthly while you're testing, annual only for proven keeps. Paying a year upfront for something you kill in month three is the most expensive option of all.

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