# Cert Watch: SSL Expiry Alerts — TLS & HTTPS Certificate Check

> TLS & HTTPS Certificate Check (iPhone/iPad app by Keith Batterham.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cert-watch-ssl-expiry-alerts/id6774979236 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Keith Batterham](https://appshunter.io/developer/6774322466)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 42 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cert-watch-ssl-expiry-alerts/id6774979236/reviews.md

## What is Cert Watch?

Cert Watch keeps a silent eye on the TLS certificates of any domain you care about. Add a domain, let it check, and you get an instant snapshot of the certificate — issuer, expiry date, and how many days are left. From then on it checks automatically in the background and notifies you before anything lapses.

Expired certificates are embarrassing at best, catastrophic at worst. Visitors see a security warning, browsers block the page, and trust evaporates instantly. Cert Watch catches the problem days or weeks before it happens.

Add any domain you want to watch. Cert Watch checks the certificate transparency logs, finds the current certificate, and stores a baseline. Background checks run every 1, 6, or 24 hours depending on what you set. You get a push notification at 30, 14, 7, and 1 day before expiry — and again the moment a certificate is renewed or replaced.

The event log keeps a full history of every change, so you can see exactly when a certificate was renewed, who issued the new one, and whether anything unexpected happened.

Built for developers managing their own infrastructure, security engineers keeping tabs on third-party services, or anyone who has ever had a certificate lapse at the worst possible moment.

No account required. Everything runs on device.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.2 — 2026-08-14

Refreshed the App Store screenshots to show the current app, plus minor under-the-hood updates.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-08-06

• Fixed: opening a link or QR code from the SecURL command line tool now reliably pre-fills the target when the app is already running
• Minor reliability improvements

### 1.2.0 — 2026-07-26

• Fixed: a certificate is no longer reported as renewed when only the served certificate rotated. A renewal now requires a genuine change to the expiry date
• New: share a certificate's status straight from the watch screen
• Clearer next-step wording when a certificate needs urgent attention
• Accessibility improvements and reliability fixes

### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-21

• A richer certificate event timeline on each watch, with clear explanations of what changed and what to do next
• Your watch list now leads with what needs attention first
• Reliability improvements

### 1.0.7 — 2026-07-10

New: a Settings screen with certificate warning policies (Production, Strict, Renewal) and a default check frequency, a first-launch intro, and a Check full site posture action. Plus reliability improvements.

## More apps by Keith Batterham

- [SecURL: Website Security Check](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/securl-website-security-check/id6774322464)
- [Header Watch: Security Monitor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/header-watch-security-monitor/id6774599437)

All apps by Keith Batterham: https://appshunter.io/developer/6774322466

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