Comparison

PushBack Notifications vs Random Notification

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PushBack Notifications

Receive and interact with notifications directly from your iPhone. This API allows for actionable notifications with buttons and reply fields, enabling server and script interaction without opening the app. It supports synchronous responses and custom callback URLs for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Actionable notifications with buttons
  • Reply textbox for direct input
  • Synchronous interaction with servers
  • Customizable response callbacks
  • Quick setup with curl
  • No registration required
  • Multi-user invites
Features
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Send Notifications Pushback lets you receive interactive notifications on your iPhone. A notification can have actions, such as buttons or a reply textbox, which allows you to interact with your servers, scripts, applications, etc., without even opening the app. Synchronous Interactions When you send a notification with our API, Pushback can keep the connection open, waiting for the user's interaction. Once they have hit a button, the response is delivered to your request, useful for quick prototypes or cron jobs. Response Callbacks Pushback can send responses from your notifications to a server via a callback URL. The responses can be customized to only send the data you are interested in. Quick Setup Install the app and use curl. That's it. Hassle free No registration required. Try it out and sign up later. Multiple Users Invite friends and coworkers to receive notications with a link. Contact Send questions or any issues to support@pushback.io Privacy Policy - https://pushback.io/privacy.html Terms of Use - https://pushback.io/terms-of-use/

About

Random Notification

This app sends random notifications with your custom content at set intervals throughout the day. It's useful for reminders, memorization, or daily inspiration.

Highlights
  • Customizable notifications
  • Folder organization
  • List reordering and deletion
  • Random timing options
  • Adjustable notification intervals
  • Customizable app icon text
Features
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It is an application that can randomly notify your entered content at a fixed time. 【Example of use】 ・ Notification of great people's quotes etc. every day at random. ・ Notify you every day so that you don't forget your goals. ・ Register what you want to memorize, such as foreign language words, and receive a random notification every day. ・ Reminders such as weekly TV programs. 【Functions】 - Folder function - Reordering and deletion of lists - Notification in the order of the list - Random notifications - Random notifications at random times during the day - Notification icon image can be set freely The basic random notification can be made at the following intervals. #Every hour #Every 3 hours #Every 6 hours #Every 12 hours #Dairy #Every2days #Every3 days #Every4days #Every5days #Every6days #Every week #Every10 days #Every 2 weeks #Every4weeks #Every month 【Other】 The text on the app icon can be changed to English and French. Convenient to use text paste with a single tap of a button. copyright https://icons8.jp

Screenshots

PushBack Notifications4 screens
Random Notification4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PushBack Notifications at none against Random Notification's shown. PushBack Notifications also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Random Notification's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 5). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PushBack Notifications sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $15.99 per year and Random Notification sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PushBack Notifications against 4.8 for Random Notification. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Random Notification has 71 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of PushBack Notifications's written reviews are positive against 79% of Random Notification's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PushBack Notifications ships an update monthly, Random Notification every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PushBack Notifications versus Random Notification: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushBack NotificationsRandom Notification
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)4.8 (71 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better79.1% of reviews
Number of ratings571 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlainIce LLCRyusuke Uchida

Customer experience

PushBack Notifications

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Random Notification

All ratings71 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative16.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PushBack Notifications

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Messages$15.991 Year
1 purchases

Random Notification

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99

Questions

Is PushBack Notifications free?
PushBack Notifications is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Random Notification free?
Random Notification is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PushBack Notifications or Random Notification?
PushBack Notifications and Random Notification are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 71 ratings respectively.
Do PushBack Notifications or Random Notification have ads?
Random Notification shows ads; PushBack Notifications does not.
Which is updated more often, PushBack Notifications or Random Notification?
PushBack Notifications ships an update monthly, and Random Notification every 2 months. Most recently, PushBack Notifications was updated on October 8, 2026 and Random Notification on October 17, 2026.

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