# ntfy — Push notifications via REST

> Send push notifications to your phone via HTTP API. (iPhone/iPad app by Philipp Heckel.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ntfy/id1625396347 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Philipp Heckel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1625396349)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 401 App Store ratings · 106 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2022-05-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ntfy/id1625396347/reviews.md

## What is ntfy?

Send push notifications to your phone from any Bash or PowerShell script, or from your own app using PUT/POST requests, e.g. via curl on Linux or Invoke-WebRequest.

ntfy is a client for https://ntfy.sh, a free and open source HTTP-based pub-sub service. You can subscribe to topics in this app, and then publish messages via a simple HTTP API.

Uses:
* Notify yourself when a long-running process is done
* Ping your phone when a backup has failed
* Alerts when someone logs into your server

Example:

$ curl -d "Your backup is done" ntfy.sh/mytopic

Find more examples and usage instructions here: https://ntfy.sh/docs

## Key features

- Send notifications via REST API
- Subscribe to topics
- Publish messages via HTTP
- Integrates with Bash/PowerShell
- Free and open source client

## What do users think of ntfy?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Simple and easy to use
- 🔒 Great for self-hosting
- 👍 Reliable and works as expected
- 🚀 Quick and easy to set up
- 🚀 Lightweight and functional

**Cons**

- 🐛 Notification issues on iOS
- 🔍 Limited features compared to other platforms
- 🔍 Lacks customization options
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or delivery issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Notifications not working on iOS
- Broken click URLs in notifications
- Compatibility issues with iOS notification summarizing

**Most requested features**

- Ability to change notification sounds
- Support for Apple Watch
- Customizable topic names/aliases
- Improved iOS notification handling
- All topics view and read/unread indicators

## Recent user reviews (10 of 106)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ntfy/id1625396347/reviews.md

### 3/5 — So simple yet difficult

*2026-07-28*

Unable to get the actual notification to my phone. 
Even though my phone is set to loud badges and notifications. The app never makes a noise or show a notification has been received. Desperately need this to work but no luck

### 3/5 — Nice app, but needs a usability improvement

*2026-07-27*

I appreciate that a free app is basically someone's hobby. I'm grateful for having this. But why do so many apps insist on cutting off long labels with ellipsis and make my it impossible to read the full label?

This app requires use of obscure topic/channel names. Okay great, but how am I ever supposed to retrieve the topic if there is literally nowhere in the UI where it is displayed fully? 

Suggested improvement: extend the topic display to be dynamic text and not a limited one line label. having multiline topic is essential.

### 5/5 — Simple and brilliant

*2026-06-10, version 1.7.0*

It’s not trying to be a multi-tool. It does its one thing - providing an endpoint for mobile notifications - very well and free of charge or advertising. Thank you!

### 5/5 — The perfect solution

*2026-06-10, version 1.7.0*

This solves a simple yet pervasive and valuable problem darn near perfectly.

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-06-04, version 1.7.0*

Loved it

### 5/5 — Great update!

*2026-06-01, version 1.7.0*

New update adds inline image support, something that sorely been missed.  Works great on macOS desktop too!

### 5/5 — used on my small business

*2026-05-22, version 1.6.0*

thank you. there isnt much else to say.

### 5/5 — awesome

*2026-05-17, version 1.6.0*

This is a awesome app

### 4/5 — Limited Settings

*2026-05-07, version 1.4.1*

Don’t get me wrong, this is a brilliant app considering its price (free) but I wish there was an option to change the notification sound in settings.

### 5/5 — Can’t be THIS easy to use

*2026-04-29*

Literally one step setup 😭 needed a notification system for a bot i made. Was doing email notifications but it was flooding my mailbox. Switched to this. Can spam the notification topic as much as i want

## Frequently asked questions about ntfy

### What does this app do?

This app allows you to send push notifications to your phone from any script or application using simple HTTP requests. It connects to a free and open-source pub-sub service, enabling you to receive alerts and updates directly on your device.

### How can I use this app?

You can use this app by subscribing to topics within the application. Then, you can publish messages to these topics using a simple HTTP API, for example, by using `curl` from a Bash script or `Invoke-WebRequest` from PowerShell.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app itself is free to use. It acts as a client for ntfy.sh, which is a free and open-source HTTP-based pub-sub service. There are no in-app purchases or ads mentioned.

### What are some common use cases for this app?

Common use cases include receiving notifications when a long-running process is finished, being alerted if a backup fails, or getting notified when someone logs into your server. Essentially, it's for any situation where you need to be proactively informed about events.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.0 — 2026-05-29

This version adds attachment and image support. See https://docs.ntfy.sh/publish/#attachments for details.

### 1.6.0 — 2026-05-13

* Tap a notification to open its click URL, or copy the message text if no click URL is set
* More crash-fixes

### 1.5.1 — 2026-05-07

This release continues the iOS stability push from v1.4.1, with improved background polling reliability, better error handling and logging, and a few small UI fixes. The minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 15.

Features:

* Bump minimum iOS version to iOS 15

Bug fixes + maintenance:

* Improve background poll reliability by waiting for polls to finish before calling the fetch completion handler, and saving notifications on the Core Data context queue
* Make poll_request parsing more tolerant and surface concrete poll errors instead of failing silently
* Poll subscriptions when the subscribed topics list appears, for more reactive updates
* Fix bug where tapping "Add user" a second time would briefly open and then dismiss the add user view
* Split SettingsView into separate files to improve readability
* Add Firebase subscribe/unsubscribe logging to aid debugging

### 1.4.1 — 2026-04-15

This is the first iOS release in 3 years, focusing on stability fixes as per the improvement plan (see issue #1680).

### 1.3 — 2023-11-22

This release (hopefully) fixes a few of the UI inconsistencies around messages not being shown or live updated. There are more updates to come, but I wanted to get this one out asap.

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