Recurring charges watched for increases, so the $2 creep gets noticed the month it starts.
Subscription prices rise the way rent does: quietly, regularly, and always 'just a couple of dollars.' Three services a year times five years is real money.
The notification email exists, technically -- buried under a subject line designed to be skipped, which is exactly the business model.
This routine watches your recurring charges and flags the ones that increased: what went up, by how much, and what it costs you annually now.
You catch the creep in month one, when canceling or downgrading is a two-minute decision instead of a sunk cost.
Copy this prompt into a new Littlebird routine. Edit the days and times to fit your schedule.
Every month check my subscriptions for any price increases and flag them
Skills are a good demo. You open a chat, paste in yesterday's context, and get a pretty solid answer -- once.
Tomorrow you do the whole thing again: same paste, same wait. The skill does not know your meetings, your threads, or what changed since Monday.
This routine knows all of that before it runs. It fires on schedule and hands you the result where you already work.
Same charge, bigger number. The routine compares recurring amounts across runs and flags the jumps.
It flags; you decide. Some hikes are worth it -- the point is choosing, not sleepwalking.
Monthly by default. Tighten it in the prompt if your subscriptions are numerous.
No -- Mac and Windows are both supported.
Yes. Littlebird runs on Mac and Windows, so a Windows machine works fine.
Put Littlebird to work.
Apple Silicon · macOS 13+
Apple Silicon · macOS 13+
