Subscription tracking glossary

Plain-English definitions of the terms SubRemind uses. Each term has its own page with a longer explanation and links to related concepts.

• Base currency

  The single currency you pick in SubRemind settings to display all stats and charts in. Other-currency subs are converted into it using live exchange rates.

• Billing cycle

  The interval at which a subscription charges you. SubRemind supports monthly, quarterly, and yearly cycles.

• Category

  A tag that groups similar subscriptions for filtering and the donut chart. SubRemind ships with built-in categories and supports per-user custom ones.

• Free trial

  A period at the start of a subscription during which you are not charged. SubRemind tracks the trial end date and excludes the trial cost from your monthly total.

• FX rate

  Foreign-exchange rate. The ratio used to convert one currency into another. SubRemind refreshes FX rates hourly from open.er-api.com.

• Monthly equivalent

  The averaged per-month cost of a subscription, regardless of its cycle. Yearly subs are divided by 12, quarterly by 3.

• MRR

  Monthly Recurring Revenue. From a customer's point of view, the per-month sum of all your active subscriptions on a monthly-equivalent basis.

• Payment brand

  The card or wallet used to pay a subscription — Visa, Mastercard, Amex, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Twint, Revolut, etc.

• Projection chart

  SubRemind's 12-month spending chart — three past months and nine future months — that shows yearly and quarterly renewals in their actual months instead of averaging them.

• Renewal

  The point at which a subscription cycle restarts and you are charged again.

• Row-level security (RLS)

  A Postgres feature that filters every database query so users can only read or modify their own rows. SubRemind uses RLS for every table.

• Subscription

  A recurring charge you pay on a fixed cycle (monthly, quarterly, or yearly) in exchange for ongoing access to a service.

• Trial conversion

  The moment a free trial ends and the subscription rolls over to a paid plan.