Keep Screen On vs Renotify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keep Screen On
This utility prevents your device from entering sleep mode while running specific tasks, such as waiting for code builds to finish. It offers customizable timeout settings and an alarm notification upon completion.
- Prevents device sleep mode
- Useful for code builds
- Customizable timeout
- Alarm notification
- Runs in background
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Very important : This application doesn't modify phone's setting to increase screen auto-lock time. It is just a small trick to keep screen on when running. Tip: Pin to dock bar for best experience. This app has the main function is to prevent your device from going to sleep mode, which is convenient for you while waiting for the xcode build is finished. Step 1: Run the app (on your device). Step 2: Use Xcode to build and deploy your application onto the device. Step 3: App will prevent your device from falling into sleep mode and hide in the background when your application is deployed. You can set the maximum timeout to avoid the case when your application fails to deploy , make the app stuck on waiting. You can also set an alarm when your application has been deployed
Renotify
Easily recover dismissed or cleared notifications on your iPhone. This app automatically saves alerts, allowing you to view them later in a timeline or search for specific messages. Your notification history is stored securely on your device.
- Save dismissed notifications
- Search notification history
- Filter by date and app
- View notifications by app icon
- Timeline view
- On-device storage
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Dismissed a notification by accident? Cleared one before you read it? Now you can see it again in Renotify. Renotify uses the Notification automation in iOS 27 Shortcuts to keep the notifications you receive on your iPhone. Set it up once, and new notifications are saved automatically. Features • Timeline: See your notifications grouped by day. • Search: Find past notifications by app name, title, or message. • Date & app filters: Show only a specific day or a specific app. • App icons: See at a glance which app each notification came from. • Light and dark themes, in English and Korean. One-time setup 1. In the Settings tab, tap Add Shortcut to add the shortcut. 2. In the added shortcut, choose the apps whose notifications you want to save. 3. Turn on Automation. That's it! (Send a test notification to check your setup right away.) Your notifications stay on your iPhone • Your history is stored only on your device. • No accounts, ads, or tracking. • Notification content is never sent to a server. Good to know • Requires iOS 27 or later. • Only notifications from apps added to the Shortcuts automation are saved. Add newly installed apps to the shortcut yourself. • Notifications are saved starting from when you install Renotify and turn on the automation. Contact: hakjae.dev@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Renotify at 100% against Keep Screen On's 40%. Renotify also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.0 vs 2.0). Keep Screen On's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Renotify is free to download; Keep Screen On costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Renotify holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keep Screen On has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Keep Screen On's written reviews are positive against 100% of Renotify's.
Keep Screen On ships an update every 5 months, Renotify every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keep Screen On | Renotify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (12 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duy Nguyen | HAKJAE KIM |
Customer experience
Keep Screen On
Renotify
In-app purchases
Keep Screen On
No in-app purchases
Renotify
No in-app purchases
