# Prowl: Easy Push Notifications

> iOS push notification client for computer and app alerts. (iPhone/iPad app by Prowl Solutions LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prowl-easy-push-notifications/id320876271 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Prowl Solutions LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/320876274)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 106 App Store ratings · 243 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2009-07-03
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prowl-easy-push-notifications/id320876271/reviews.md

## What is Prowl?

Prowl is an easy push notifications client iOS. Push to your device notifications from your Mac or Windows computer, or from a multitude of apps and services. Easily integrate the Prowl API into your applications.

A list of supported apps/services: http://prowlapp.com/apps.php

The only limit of what the service can do is your imagination.

REQUIREMENTS
To receive notifications from your computer, you need the latest:
• Growl on your Mac @ growl.info, or
• Growl for Windows @ growlforwindows.com, or
• Snarl on Windows @ fullphat.net, or
• Any program or web service using the public API.

THE CRITICS
"I was extremely impressed with Prowl and the elegance with which I was able to view Growl notifications on my iPhone.”
—Aron Trimble, TUAW

"[A] powerful tool to connect your Mac with your iPhone, seamlessly over the air.
—Federico Viticci, MacStories

"Great idea. This opens up iPhone push notifications for anything you can think of.”
—John Gruber, Daring Fireball

"Probably the best $3 I’ve ever spent in the App Store.”
—Darrell Etherington, The Apple Blog

FEATURES
• Push Notifications—When a Growl notification pops up on your computer, it's sent to Prowl and displayed on your iOS device within seconds.

• Sweet application support—Prowl has support from a bunch of cool applications and services. Check out the full list at http://prowlapp.com/apps.php

• Redirections—Launch a different application when you open a push notification. For example, a notification from your desktop Twitter client can relaunch into your favorite mobile client. You can even pick custom URLs to launch, so you can go anywhere!

• Email to push—Use your Prowl email address (from the Prowl homepage's "API keys" tab) to get email delivery right on your device. Generate as many email addresses as you need!

• An amazing API—Use the Prowl API with a multitude of libraries in various programming languages. You can send notifications from anything that can talk to the internet, and do some fun things along with it.

• Quiet Hours—During the hours you specify, only the badge numbers are updated. No matter the source. Instead of getting a noisy alert, messages are quietly delivered. You can allow emergency-priority items to break quiet hours.

• Do Not Disturb—Keep the application quiet whenever you're busy, or when you need a break from a constant alert. Controllable from within the application.

• Control—Open the edit view to get a quick glance at your notifications, and do away with pesky ones. Quickly copy, email or SMS a notification directly from Prowl (depending on device and iOS version).

• Browse quickly—Use Prowl's internal browser to quickly open links from a notification without having to open Safari.

• History—Up to 10 days of notifications are kept on the server. You can delete notifications that you don't want to see any more, or remove all of your history.

• Customized notifications—Only events you want are sent to Prowl. You can specify all kinds of conditions from the Prowl plugin for Growl.

• Send any message to your device—From the Prowl website, you can send any text to your device: links and phone numbers are automatically linked, so you can easily navigate around without having to worry about typos. From the website or API, you can also automatically redirect to the attached URL.

SETUP
Prowl is built into Growl 2.0. For earlier versions: http://prowlapp.com/installation.php — for Mac.
http://growlforwindows.com — for Windows.

SUPPORT
@prowlapp on Twitter
http://prowlapp.com/support.php

## Key features

- Push notifications from Mac/Windows
- Support for numerous apps/services
- Email to push functionality
- Customizable notification delivery
- Quiet Hours and Do Not Disturb modes
- Notification history and control

## What do users think of Prowl?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Works consistently and reliably
- 🚀 Versatile and customizable
- 👍 Easy to set up and use
- 👍 Indispensable for monitoring and notifications
- 🚀 Prompt and fast push notifications

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional visual bugs or glitches
- 📚 Interface looks dated and needs update
- 🔋 High battery consumption when used extensively

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inconsistent notification delivery
- Login issues on mobile app

**Most requested features**

- Support for modern iPhone screen sizes
- Custom notification sounds
- Improved notification management (e.g. delete multiple)
- Integration with Apple Watch

## Recent user reviews (10 of 243)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prowl-easy-push-notifications/id320876271/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Still Solid!

*2026-05-16, version 1.5.3*

10 years(!!!!!!!) since the last update and Prowl is still dependable! My only wishlist item would be customizable icons honestly, none of Prowl’s other UI holdovers from yesteryear bother me at all. Reassuring to know this app will never have “Liquid Glass”. But choice of icons would be a great add!

### 5/5 — Perfect for notifications

*2026-03-16, version 1.5.3*

Love this capability... wrote a Python script to push notifications from Raspberry pi projects to my phone, works great.

### 5/5 — Awesome with a few caveats.

*2026-03-01, version 1.5.3*

This application is absolutely awesome. However, it is need of a serious facelift. Would be nice to have a dark mode and some additional sounds. Praying the developer sees this. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

### 5/5 — Jahrelanger Nutzer

*2025-08-06*

In etlichen Skripten seit zig Jahren verbaut, funktioniert einfach und tut exakt was es soll.

### 5/5 — What can I say?

*2025-02-22, version 1.5.3*

I’ve used Prowl for over a decade and what can I say about it?

It just works! I’ve never identified a failure.  How much better could it be? It couldn’t with that kind of track record!

### 5/5 — So handy

*2024-12-31, version 1.5.3*

I’m using Prowl to get notifications from my home automation system while I’m away. Recently I added some sensors at my father’s house so I can be alerted if he hasn’t moved recently, or got up at the usual time. So simple to do (using Node-RED) and Prowl gives me an audible alert and a record of the time when it occurred.

### 5/5 — Very useful

*2024-10-27, version 1.5.3*

Works as advertised, tons of bindings for devs, just an awesomely useful tool!

### 4/5 — Sweet and Sour

*2024-03-22, version 1.5.3*

Remembered Boxcar in course of (once again, 12 years later!) looking through my purchase history for a way for my self-hosted mail server to notify me of new mail, found that I'd have to use another app to do essentially the same thing because Boxcar was long dead (and, seriously, no official solution for push email from a standard self-hosted IMAP server in 2024? Really?). Prowl still works, but it does need an update, if not for the visuals then surely at least for integration of time-sensitive notifications support, so it can actually be used with system focus features that allow for notification bundling and push through. Still, it does work. Will also check Pushover and Pushsafer, but there's no reason not to continue with this. Only, do update the website; all the apps on the integrations page, except for Prowlmail, are defunct! I miss the whimsy and flexibility of Boxcar, but this is fine. It recalls an earlier and pleasanter age of iPhone apps ...

### 3/5 — Meldung

*2024-03-01*

Seit einiger Zeit erfolgt die Meldung der Alarmierung auf dem Handy erst nach 30 Minuten und nicht bereits unmittelbar nach Start des Alarms.

### 5/5 — Works so well

*2023-01-16, version 1.5.3*

Hassle free notifications! I use with OpenHab and I’m very grateful for the developer to continue to provide the service years and years later! Love the Apple Watch support too

## Frequently asked questions about Prowl

### What does Prowl do?

Prowl acts as a push notification client for iOS devices. It allows you to receive notifications from your Mac or Windows computer, as well as a wide range of other apps and services, directly on your iPhone or iPad. You can also integrate its API into your own applications to send custom alerts.

### How do I receive notifications from my computer?

To receive notifications from your computer, you need to have compatible software installed. On Mac, this is typically Growl. On Windows, you can use Growl for Windows or Snarl. Any program or web service that uses the public API can also send notifications.

### Is Prowl free to use?

Based on the provided information, Prowl is a paid application. The description mentions it as a purchase on the App Store, with one critic calling it 'probably the best $3 I’ve ever spent'.

### What kind of notifications can I send to Prowl?

You can send a wide variety of notifications to Prowl. This includes alerts from your computer via Growl or Snarl, emails sent to a dedicated Prowl email address, and notifications from any application or service that can integrate with the Prowl API. You can customize which events are sent to Prowl.

### Can I manage my notifications within the app?

Yes, Prowl offers several management features. You can view a history of up to 10 days of notifications on the server, delete unwanted notifications, and copy, email, or SMS a notification directly from the app. It also includes features like Quiet Hours and Do Not Disturb to control when you receive alerts.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.3 — 2016-03-11

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

- Improves support for split view and slide over mode on iPad where available.
- Fixes redirects on iOS 9 not working correctly.

### 1.5.2 — 2015-11-20

iOS 9 compatibility, including fixing refresh on startup.

### 1.5.1 — 2014-10-27

Fixes a crash when Prowl thinks you're logged out and you try to refresh. Oops!

In the previous release, iOS 8 and iPhone 6/plus support were added, and a few other bugs were fixed. Thanks for using Prowl.

### 1.5 — 2014-10-21

~ For some users, this crashes on launch. A fix is on the way, but you can delete/reinstall for now. Sorry about that. ~

This version supports the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. It also has a bunch of bug fixes for iOS 8, including:

- Opening custom URLs that require escaping.
- Notification text display/wrapping.
- Delete button display.

### 1.4 — 2012-10-24

- Support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6
- Fix a password error when auto-lock is enabled
- Changed "Redirects use Safari" to control normal link tapping
- Fix a few crashes and display issues

This release now requires at least iOS 4.3.

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