Hermes vs Notification Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hermes
This app forwards notifications from your Mac to your iPhone using a cloud-based service. It offers an easy-to-use API and a dedicated email address for integration into automated workflows. Customize forwarding rules to filter notifications and ensure only important alerts reach your device.
- Mac to iPhone notification forwarding
- Cloud-based service
- Easy-to-use API
- Dedicated email address for integration
- Customizable forwarding rules
- Smart filtering per app
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Hermes was a Greek deity who served as a messenger of the gods using his winged sandles to move freely between the worlds of the mortals and the devine. The Hermes app, on the other hand, is a service that uses the cloud to move notifications from the world of your Mac to that of your iPhone. Hermes offers an easy to use API, and a user specific e-mail address that makes it easy to integrate Hermes into whatever automated workflow you might be using. You don't have to worry about notifications over burdening you with Hermes's forwarding rules. Only forward notifications from the apps you want, and even set up smart rules per app so only the important stuff gets through. Hermes Terms Of Service: https://funk-isoft.com/tos-hermes.html Hermes Privacy Policy: https://funk-isoft.com/privacy.html
Notification Note
Create and manage notes directly on your lock screen. This utility app allows you to set up custom notifications that act as reminders or quick memos, accessible without unlocking your device. Stay organized and informed at a glance.
- Create lock screen notes
- Manage notification memos
- Quick access without unlocking
- Customizable notifications
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Let's make a notification type note using this app "Notification memo"!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notification Note at 4.5 against Hermes's 3.0. Notification Note also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 months) and review sentiment (77% vs 60%). Hermes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Hermes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Notification Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Notification Note holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notification Note has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Hermes's written reviews are positive against 77% of Notification Note's.
Hermes ships an update every 11 months, Notification Note every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hermes | Notification Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Funk-iSoft LLC | Toshiki Takahashi |
Customer experience
Hermes
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In-app purchases
Hermes
- Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
- Semi-Annual Subscription$2.496 Months
- Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
Notification Note
- Unlimited Add a Note Shortcut$5.99
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