BuzzAlert vs Changemonitor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BuzzAlert
Receive instant push notifications from integrated news sites and web apps. Easily set up alerts from websites with a single tap. This free, ad-free service requires no registration for users.
- Instant push notifications
- Website integration
- One-tap setup
- Ad-free experience
- No registration required
- Developer integration
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For Users: Receive push notifications on your device from your favorite news sites and web apps that have BuzzAlert integration. Set up push from websites with just one tap and get full control over your notifications. Best of all for users it's free, ad-free, and requires no registration. For Developers: BuzzAlert is a simple push notification service for your users that integrates easily into web apps, network monitoring systems, security cameras, and anything else that needs to send alerts to your iPhone or iPad. Your users will enjoy a simple one tap integration to link your product and start receiving notifications.
Changemonitor
This utility app allows you to monitor any website for changes and receive instant push notifications when updates are detected. It offers visual change comparison, history charts, and home screen widgets for easy tracking.
- Track unlimited websites
- Instant push notifications
- Visual change comparison
- 30-day history charts
- Home screen widgets
- Multi-language support
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Changemonitor brings changedetection.io to your iPhone. Monitor any website for changes and get instant push notifications when updates occur. KEY FEATURES • Track unlimited websites for changes • Instant push notifications with 12+ sound options • Visual change comparison with snapshots • 30-day history charts showing update patterns • Home screen widgets • Search, tags, and custom icons • 14+ languages supported PERFECT FOR • Tracking price drops and restocks • Monitoring competitor websites • Following news and content updates • Watching job postings and listings Requires a changedetection.io instance (self-hosted or hosted service).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Changemonitor at 4.5 against BuzzAlert's 2.6. Changemonitor also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). BuzzAlert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (33% vs 14%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Changemonitor sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. BuzzAlert asks for nothing beyond the download.
Changemonitor holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of BuzzAlert's written reviews are positive against 14% of Changemonitor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BuzzAlert ships an update every 4 months, Changemonitor every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BuzzAlert | Changemonitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aparlay Ltd | Rob Mulder |
Customer experience
BuzzAlert
Changemonitor
In-app purchases
BuzzAlert
No in-app purchases
Changemonitor
- Weekly Pro user$0.997 Days
- Monthly Pro user$1.991 Month
- Yearly Pro user$17.991 Year
- Pro user$8.99
