Comparison

Bark vs Just Notify!

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

Head to head
About

Bark

Send custom push notifications to your iPhone via an HTTP API. Supports advanced features like custom icons, grouping, and critical alerts. Offers privacy-protected, end-to-end encrypted pushes with self-deployable server options.

Highlights
  • HTTP API for push notifications
  • Custom icons and grouping
  • Continuous and critical alerts
  • End-to-end push encryption
  • Self-deployable server options
  • Privacy-protected notifications
Features
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You can send push notifications to your iPhone by simply calling an HTTP API. Bark supports many advanced iOS push features, such as custom icons, notification grouping, custom ringtones, continuous alerts, critical alerts, and encrypted pushes. Bark does not consume device battery, as its core functionality relies on system push services and push extensions, and the app itself does not need to be running. Bark ensures your privacy and security with high reliability. Bark supports self-deploying the server, which can be deployed via Docker, Serverless, or Cloudflare Worker. The bark-server supports most operating systems, and you can also run it manually. The app is compiled and uploaded through Github Action, ensuring that the version you’re using is compiled from open-source code, without any modifications by anyone (including the author). Bark supports end-to-end push encryption with a custom key, ensuring that the push content is not accessed or leaked by the Bark server or Apple’s APNs server during transmission. The notification message history saved locally by Bark is also very secure. Using the NotificationServiceExtension, the push message is only stored on the device when the push is received. Feedback email: to@day.app Privacy Policy: https://api.day.app/privacy User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Just Notify!

This app allows you to set reminders and notifications without using your calendar. It specializes in managing notifications triggered by specific dates, times, intervals, or locations, making it easy to remember tasks or events.

Highlights
  • Set notifications without calendar
  • Trigger by date and time
  • Trigger by interval
  • Trigger by location
  • Include title, text, and image
  • Repeat notifications
Features
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Use notifications instead of notes! This application can send notifications without calendar app. Specializes in managing notifications only, so you can easily set up notifications. Notifications can be sent at specified dates, times, intervals, and locations. [Useful at times like this] - Notify to buy medicine when you approach the pharmacy. - Notify to remember your friends birthday. - Notify to break every 60 minutes during work. [Notification contents] - Title - Text - Image [Specifiable trigger settings] - Date and time - Day of the week - Month - Every Day, Month, Year - Time interval - Address - Location name - Location on map - Distance to location - Repeat [Terms & Conditions] https://www.hayaya.net/terms-conditions/notification-app.html [Privacy Policy] https://www.hayaya.net/privacy-policy/notification-app.html

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
Just Notify!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bark at 98% against Just Notify!'s 0%. Bark also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (109 vs 5). Just Notify!'s advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year and Just Notify! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bark holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 109 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 0% of Just Notify!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, Just Notify! daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bark versus Just Notify!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkJust Notify!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (109 ratings) — better4.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings109 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄Hayato Shimizu

Customer experience

Bark

All ratings109 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.0%

Just Notify!

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
2 purchases

Just Notify!

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly plan)$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium (Buying out)$19.99

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Just Notify! free?
Just Notify! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bark or Just Notify!?
Bark is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while Just Notify! averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Bark or Just Notify! have ads?
Neither Bark nor Just Notify! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or Just Notify!?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and Just Notify! daily. Most recently, Bark was updated on October 14, 2026 and Just Notify! on October 6, 2026.

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