Notification Receiver vs ntfy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notification Receiver
This utility ensures notifications are delivered reliably through multiple channels. It presents these notifications to the user with customizable priority options.
- Multiple notification delivery paths
- Guaranteed notification delivery
- User-facing notification display
- Priority-based notification options
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Receives notifications over several paths therefore ensuring delivery. Notifications are displayed to the end-user with different options for different priorities
ntfy
This app allows you to send push notifications to your phone from scripts or other applications using simple HTTP requests. It acts as a client for a free, open-source pub-sub service, enabling you to receive alerts and updates directly on your device.
- Send notifications via REST API
- Subscribe to topics
- Publish messages via HTTP
- Integrates with Bash/PowerShell
- Free and open source client
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Send push notifications to your phone from any Bash or PowerShell script, or from your own app using PUT/POST requests, e.g. via curl on Linux or Invoke-WebRequest. ntfy is a client for https://ntfy.sh, a free and open source HTTP-based pub-sub service. You can subscribe to topics in this app, and then publish messages via a simple HTTP API. Uses: * Notify yourself when a long-running process is done * Ping your phone when a backup has failed * Alerts when someone logs into your server Example: $ curl -d "Your backup is done" ntfy.sh/mytopic Find more examples and usage instructions here: https://ntfy.sh/docs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ntfy at 4.8 against Notification Receiver's 1.0. ntfy also leads on ratings volume (452 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Notification Receiver's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ntfy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ntfy has 452 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Notification Receiver ships an update every 5 weeks, ntfy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notification Receiver | ntfy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (452 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 78.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 452 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New Bridges | Philipp Heckel |
Customer experience
Notification Receiver
ntfy
Bugs and requests
Notification Receiver
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ntfy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notifications not working on iOS
- Broken click URLs in notifications
- Compatibility issues with iOS notification summarizing
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to change notification sounds
- Support for Apple Watch
- Customizable topic names/aliases
- Improved iOS notification handling
- All topics view and read/unread indicators
In-app purchases
Notification Receiver
No in-app purchases
ntfy
No in-app purchases
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