Parakey vs Pocket Notifier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parakey
Transform your smartphone into a digital key for various locked spaces like offices and parking garages. This app eliminates the need for physical keys, fobs, or cards, offering convenient access even without an internet connection.
- Smartphone as a digital key
- Access locked spaces without internet
- Automatic door detection
- NFC sticker unlocking
- Lock screen widgets
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Use your smartphone as a key to locked spaces, such as the office, parking garage or gym – even without internet access. No more physical keys, fobs or entry cards to keep track of! — Features — • Automatic detection of doors you are close to and have access to – no need to scroll through long lists of doors • Tap your phone on a Parakey NFC sticker to unlock • Add widgets to open the app or NFC reader from the lock screen • Access to many locked spaces? Your frequently unlocked ones are displayed at the top • ... and much more! — Requirements — • Parakey-devices installed in the locked areas • You need to be invited by an administrator in order to create an account and login as a user • iPhone 6s or greater • iOS 15.0 or greater
Pocket Notifier
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Pocket Notifier turns just about anything — a server, a script, a cron job, a home-automation rule, a CI pipeline, a webhook — into a push notification on your iPhone and iPad. No code needed on the receiving end. How it works: 1. Create a notification group and get a unique API key. 2. Have any system send an HTTP POST to /api/notify with your key. 3. The notification arrives instantly on your devices. Features: • Unlimited notification groups, each with its own API key • Full notification history, with a home-screen widget for the latest • Mute individual groups per device when you want quiet • Teams (Premium): share a group so notifications reach every member Free plan: 100 notifications per month, 3 devices, 3 notification groups. Premium: a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited notifications, devices, and groups, plus Teams.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Parakey at none against Pocket Notifier's 1. Parakey also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Pocket Notifier's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pocket Notifier sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Parakey asks for nothing beyond the download.
Parakey ships an update every 5 weeks, Pocket Notifier every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parakey | Pocket Notifier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parakey AB | Vanmo IT AB |
In-app purchases
Parakey
No in-app purchases
Pocket Notifier
- Premium$3.99









