LinkTap vs SimpleCloudNotifier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkTap
Control your wireless water timer remotely from anywhere. Schedule watering with multiple modes, skip watering during rain, and monitor your device's status. Receive notifications and view historical data for efficient water management.
- Remote access anywhere, anytime
- Six work modes for scheduling
- Rain Skip feature
- Monitor timer status
- Watering notifications
- View watering history
- Control up to 24 timers
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LinkTap App: Remotely access your LinkTap Wireless Water Timer through the App anywhere, anytime. FEATURES: . Provide 6 works modes (Instant mode, Calendar mode, Month mode, Odd-even mode, Interval mode and 7-day mode). . Rain Skip to save water. . Monitor water timer's status (battery capacity, wireless signal strength). . Receives notification when watering starts and ends. . View watering and rain skip history of each water timer. . View real-time watering progress. . View water timer's local weather forecast. . Control up to 24 water timers under one user account. . Multilingual support (English, Español, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and 中文) Supported language: English, Español, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 中文, 日本語 REQUIREMENTS . The App requires iOS 7+. . Cellular or WiFi internet connection is required.
SimpleCloudNotifier
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SimpleCloudNotifier is a app to display messages that you can send to your phone with a simple POST request to the right URL. After you start the app it generates a UserID and a UserSecret. Now you can send your message to https://simplecloudnotifier.blackforestbytes.com/send.php and a notification will be pushed to your phone. (see https://simplecloudnotifier.blackforestbytes.com/ for an example with curl) Use it to - send yourself automated messages from cron jobs - notify yourself when long-running scripts finish - send server error messages directly to your phone - integrate with other online services The possibilities are endless* *Disclaimer: Developer does not actually guarantee endless possibilities
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Verdict
LinkTap and SimpleCloudNotifier are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LinkTap ships an update every 5 weeks, SimpleCloudNotifier every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkTap | SimpleCloudNotifier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKTAP PTY LTD | blackforestbytes GmbH |
In-app purchases
LinkTap
No in-app purchases
SimpleCloudNotifier
No in-app purchases
