Comparison

Bark vs notifi

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

notifi

This utility app allows users to receive push notifications via simple HTTP(s) requests. It's designed for embedding into various platforms and services, enabling custom notification systems.

Highlights
  • Receive push notifications
  • HTTP(s) request integration
  • Multi-platform support
  • Embeddable into services
  • Custom notification systems
Features
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Push notifications from anything that can make an HTTP request. Send notifi.it a title, and optionally a body, image or link, and it appears on your iPhone, iPad or Mac immediately. https://notifi.it/send?title=hello+world Encrypted. Your device holds the only private key. Notifications are encrypted with your public key, so we cannot read them, and deleted from the server once your device has them. No accounts. The app makes a send key on first launch. Keys can be renamed and revoked per source. Urgent alerts. Mark a key as urgent and its notifications break through Focus.

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
notifi2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bark at 4.9 against notifi's 4.3. Bark also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 83%) and ratings volume (110 vs 9). notifi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. notifi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bark holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 110 ratings behind it against 9, 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 83% of notifi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, notifi every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bark versus notifi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarknotifi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (110 ratings) — better4.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄Max Mitchell

Customer experience

Bark

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

notifi

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
None

notifi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is notifi free?
notifi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bark or notifi?
Bark is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while notifi averages 4.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Bark or notifi have ads?
Neither Bark nor notifi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or notifi?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and notifi every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bark was updated on October 25, 2026 and notifi on October 25, 2026.

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