Chanify vs Xlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chanify
This app allows users to send push notifications to all their devices via an API. It offers customizable channels and supports deploying your own node server with Lua plugins for advanced functionality. Designed with privacy in mind, it's suitable for developers and system administrators.
- Cross-device push notifications
- API integration
- Customizable notification channels
- Deployable node server
- Privacy-focused design
- Lua plugin support
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Chanify is a simple notifications app. For developers, system administrators, and everyone can push notifications with API. - Receive push notifications on all of your devices. - Push notifications with API and access token. - Customize channel for notifications. - Deploy your own node server. - Design for privacy protection. - Support Lua plugin on your node server. Get token: Select channel -> channel detail page -> click token Client source code: https://github.com/chanify/chanify-ios Server source code: https://github.com/chanify/chanify Chrome extension source code: https://github.com/chanify/chanify-chrome-extensions Windows `Send To` menu source code: https://github.com/chanify/chanify-win
Xlist
Manage and preview files from multiple Alist servers. Supports online viewing of various document and video formats, along with essential file operations like downloading and renaming.
- Manage multiple Alist servers
- Online file previewing
- Video and document format support
- File download, rename, move, copy
- Background download function
- Subtitle plugin support
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Xlist is an Alist client where you can configure multiple Alist servers for file management and previewing, supporting online previewing of multiple video formats and document formats. - Support downloading, renaming, moving and copying of files. - Supports online preview of files in doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf formats. - Supports online preview of most videos such as mp4, mkv, avi, flv, etc. Also supports srt and vtt subtitle plugins. - Support jpg, png, gif and other formats of pictures online preview. - Background download function, you can open the preview file with other apps after the download is completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chanify at none against Xlist's 1. Chanify also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Xlist's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chanify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chanify holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xlist has 42 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Chanify's written reviews are positive against 71% of Xlist's.
Chanify ships an update every 6 days, Xlist every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chanify | Xlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | 4.2 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晖 金 | BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd. |
Customer experience
Chanify
Xlist
In-app purchases
Chanify
No in-app purchases
Xlist
- Xlist Premium$4.99
