PSA: That $30 subscription for a meal planning app I barely used for 3 months

I signed up for this meal planning app back in January thinking it'd save me time and money on groceries. Turns out I only opened it twice, once to set it up and once to realize the recipes all had ingredients I never buy. Lost $90 total before I finally canceled it yesterday. Has anyone else wasted cash on an app they thought would fix their routine?

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fiona_west214d ago

My friend Sarah fell for a "guided meditation" app that was $20 a month. She used it exactly one time to try and relax after a bad day at work, but the narrator's voice annoyed her so much she got more stressed. Then she forgot to cancel for four months straight because life got busy. Eventually she found the charges and just sat there staring at her bank statement. Total waste of $80 for something that made her feel worse.

mark_carr74d ago

My neighbor paid $40 a month for a sleep app and it just played crickets.

kimr744d ago

Tbh your neighbor got off easy. I had a coworker who signed up for one of those "premium sleep sounds" deals where they promised ocean waves recorded at some sacred beach in Hawaii. $50 a month. She was so excited the first night, put on her fancy headphones, and it was just... a guy breathing heavily into a microphone for eight hours. Like someone doing a prank call but charging your credit card for it. She didn't even realize it wasn't actually waves until like three nights later because she kept falling asleep before it got to the good part. Honestly those apps just bank on you being too tired to notice you're getting ripped off.