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Subscription cancellation assistant

An app that finds forgotten subscriptions, helps cancel them and drafts refund requests for a monthly fee.

Estimated cost

Not estimated

Who you sell to

Customers in India and abroad

First version

Likely needs more than AI tools alone

What it is

Users connect their email or upload bank statements. The app spots recurring charges from streaming, apps and software, and lists them with amounts and renewal dates. Users pick the ones to stop, and the app drafts the cancellation message and, if they were charged recently, a polite refund request written for that company. The free level detects up to five subscriptions and helps cancel one a month, and a paid level removes those limits. It starts in India and later adds the US, UK, Europe and South-East Asia with local pricing.

The problem it solves

People sign up for free trials and streaming plans, then forget them. Small charges repeat for months before anyone notices. Cancelling can mean hunting through settings, calling support, or being steered into keeping the plan. Asking for a refund feels awkward, so most people never try.

Who it suits

  • Builders comfortable with privacy and security work
  • People with experience in personal finance apps
  • Teams that can run a small support desk

How it makes money

  • Free tier that detects five subscriptions and cancels one a month
  • Premium at ₹99 a month in India
  • Premium at $5 in the US, €4 in Europe and $3 in South-East Asia
  • Annual plans at a discount, plus affiliate partnerships

How to test it this month

  1. 1Skip the app and offer a manual service: ask 20 friends to share statements with account numbers hidden, and list every recurring charge.
  2. 2Write and send the cancellation and refund messages for them by hand, noting which companies make it hardest and which requests actually work.
  3. 3Charge a small one-time fee for the review, and build automation only for the steps you repeated the most.

What to watch out for

Reading inboxes and bank data makes you responsible for protecting it, and email providers review apps that ask for inbox access. Data protection laws apply in India and in any other country where you have users, so get professional advice first. Companies can make cancelling hard on purpose, so full automation across services will not work reliably.

Costs and prices are estimates from our plan, not results from a real business. Nothing here promises income.

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