How do I remember to cancel a free trial before it charges me?

Free trials are built to convert. The signup is easy, the cancellation date is buried in an email you get once, and the charge lands whether you meant to keep the subscription or not.

A few ways to catch it in time

• Set a phone reminder the day you sign up. Works if you remember to set it, and don't dismiss it by accident later.
• Cancel immediately after signing up, if the service still lets you use the trial after cancelling. Not every service allows this.
• Check your calendar the week the trial ends. Only works if you wrote the date down somewhere you'll actually look.
• Get a message before the trial ends, automatically. This is what Wardly does.

How Wardly does it

Add the trial under Free trial — the end date and what it costs once it converts. Wardly sends a message on Telegram before that date, so the decision to keep paying or cancel is yours, made on time.

CNET and YouGov found people lose about $200 a year on subscriptions they forgot they had — free trials that quietly became paid ones are a common cause.

What is Wardly, in full