PushBack Notifications vs KDE Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
KDE Connect
Seamlessly integrate your devices with features like a shared clipboard, file sharing, and remote control. Use your phone as a virtual touchpad or keyboard, and even control presentations remotely. All communication is secured with end-to-end encryption.
- Shared clipboard
- File and URL sharing
- Virtual touchpad and keyboard
- Remote presentation control
- Remote command execution
- End-to-end encryption
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KDE Connect provides a set of features to integrate your workflow across devices: - Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices. - Share files and URLs to your computer from any app. - Virtual touchpad and keyboard: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad or keyboard - Remote presentation remote: control a laser pointer on the screen of your computer by moving your phone around. - Remote commands: run commands on your computer from your phone. - End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe. Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on your other computers/phones/tablets and keep the version up-to-date for the latest features to work. This app is part of an open source project and it exists thanks to all the people who contributed to it. Please visit the KDE Connect website to grab the source code.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PushBack Notifications at 4.8 against KDE Connect's 4.2. PushBack Notifications also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). KDE Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (271 vs 5). On price and ads 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. PushBack Notifications sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $15.99 per year. KDE Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
PushBack Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KDE Connect has 271 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PushBack Notifications's written reviews are positive against 61% of KDE Connect's.
PushBack Notifications ships an update monthly, KDE Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PushBack Notifications | KDE Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.2 (271 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 271 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PlainIce LLC | KDE e.V. |
Customer experience
PushBack Notifications
KDE Connect
Bugs and requests
PushBack Notifications
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
KDE Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Clipboard push feature not working
- App crashes on launch for some users
- Incompatibility with certain device/OS combinations
- Inability to discover/connect to devices in some cases
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for background operation
- Improve multi-file transfer capabilities
- Integrate with system share sheet
- Implement two-finger scrolling and other gestures
- Add SMS/notification sync features
In-app purchases
PushBack Notifications
- Unlimited Messages$15.991 Year
KDE Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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