Comparison

BabyBuddy vs ntfy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BabyBuddy

Easily monitor your child's sleep, feeding, and crying patterns. Track nursing sessions and food intake with simple start/stop functionality. Visualize your baby's data daily or monthly, with iCloud syncing and sharing options.

Highlights
  • Track sleep, feeding, and crying
  • Monitor nursing and food intake
  • Unlimited baby profiles
  • Daily and monthly data visualization
  • Automatic iCloud syncing
  • Share data with partners
  • PDF export
Features
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BabyBuddy will help you track your child’s falling asleep, sleeping, eating and crying time. You can also track which breast side was used when it was suckled and what was fed. Features: - add unlimited babys - start/stop tracking with a simple tap (up to 30 entries are free) - add events to track fundamental changes (new bed, moved to antoher location, etc.) - see how long your baby is awake and how long your baby was sleeping, eating, crying and falling asleep - see tracked data in a list or visually per day - see daily sleep frequencies per month - automatic iCloud syncing to all your devices - you can share your baby inlcuding all data with your partner (or more people), so both of you can track your baby sleep (via In-App-Purchase) - PDF-Export (via In-App-Purchase)

About

ntfy

This app allows you to send push notifications to your phone from scripts or other applications using simple HTTP requests. It acts as a client for a free, open-source pub-sub service, enabling you to receive alerts and updates directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Send notifications via REST API
  • Subscribe to topics
  • Publish messages via HTTP
  • Integrates with Bash/PowerShell
  • Free and open source client
Features
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Send push notifications to your phone from any Bash or PowerShell script, or from your own app using PUT/POST requests, e.g. via curl on Linux or Invoke-WebRequest. ntfy is a client for https://ntfy.sh, a free and open source HTTP-based pub-sub service. You can subscribe to topics in this app, and then publish messages via a simple HTTP API. Uses: * Notify yourself when a long-running process is done * Ping your phone when a backup has failed * Alerts when someone logs into your server Example: $ curl -d "Your backup is done" ntfy.sh/mytopic Find more examples and usage instructions here: https://ntfy.sh/docs

Screenshots

BabyBuddy4 screens
ntfy2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ntfy at 79% against BabyBuddy's 0%. ntfy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BabyBuddy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ntfy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ntfy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ntfy has 488 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of BabyBuddy's written reviews are positive against 79% of ntfy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BabyBuddy ships an update every 2 months, ntfy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BabyBuddy versus ntfy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBabyBuddyntfy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (488 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1488 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleg MuellerPhilipp Heckel

Customer experience

BabyBuddy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ntfy

All ratings469 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

BabyBuddy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ntfy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notifications not working on iOS
  • Broken click URLs in notifications
  • Compatibility issues with iOS notification summarizing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to change notification sounds
  • Support for Apple Watch
  • Customizable topic names/aliases
  • Improved iOS notification handling
  • All topics view and read/unread indicators

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BabyBuddy

One-time3
  • Unlock Sharing$1.99
  • Unlock PDF-Export$1.99
  • Unlock Pro$2.99
None

ntfy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BabyBuddy free?
BabyBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ntfy free?
ntfy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BabyBuddy or ntfy?
ntfy is rated higher. BabyBuddy averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ntfy averages 4.8 from 488 ratings.
Do BabyBuddy or ntfy have ads?
Neither BabyBuddy nor ntfy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BabyBuddy or ntfy?
BabyBuddy ships an update every 2 months, and ntfy fortnightly. Most recently, BabyBuddy was updated on October 27, 2026 and ntfy on November 3, 2026.

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