ntfy vs NTP Inspector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Send notifications via REST API
- Subscribe to topics
- Publish messages via HTTP
- Integrates with Bash/PowerShell
- Free and open source client
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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
NTP Inspector
This utility app allows you to query NTP servers on the internet and view detailed information from their responses. It helps troubleshoot server issues by providing protocol version, stratum, reference time, and leap second status directly from your device.
- Query NTP servers
- View protocol version
- Check server stratum
- Report reference time
- Detect leap seconds
- Troubleshoot network issues
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NTP Inspector is an application that allows you to check servers running the NTP protocol over the Internet and report some basic information. It sends an NTP packet from your device to the server and reports backs almost everything included in the response, like the protocol version, mode, the server Stratum, its precision, reference time, as well as whether there is a leap second today or not. With this app you can troubleshoot NTP servers from anywhere, as seen from your device, and not a remote server, with complete privacy. The app was created when I received an alert for one of my NTP pool servers while outside and without laptop access, with no other option to query it to see what's wrong.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ntfy at 425 against NTP Inspector's 2. ntfy also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). NTP Inspector's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NTP Inspector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ntfy has 425 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of ntfy's written reviews are positive against 100% of NTP Inspector's.
ntfy ships an update fortnightly, NTP Inspector monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ntfy | NTP Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (425 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 425 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Heckel | Antonios Chariton |
Customer experience
ntfy
NTP Inspector
Bugs and 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
NTP Inspector
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ntfy
No in-app purchases
NTP Inspector
No in-app purchases
