ntfy vs Odysseus
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
Odysseus
This native application connects to your self-hosted AI server, offering a private and secure way to interact with your models. It provides a full AI workspace with features like notes, calendar, email, and document integration, along with 68 built-in agent tools.
- Native chat with live streaming
- Connects to various AI models
- AI workspace with notes and calendar
- Built-in email client
- Personal document RAG integration
- 68 built-in agent tools
- On-device voice capabilities
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Odysseus is your self-hosted AI, as a real native app. It's a fast, 100% native app (no WebView) for your own Odysseus / Open WebUI server. Bring your models, your data and your privacy — and talk to them from a beautiful iPhone and Mac app. WHAT YOU GET • Native chat with live streaming, full Markdown, tables and code — never a wrapped web page. • Connect any model: OpenRouter, Ollama, local llama.cpp, and other compatible endpoints. • A real AI workspace, not just a chatbot: notes, calendar, a built-in email client (IMAP/SMTP), personal documents (RAG) and image generation. • 68 built-in agent tools — code, web search, documents, multi-agent, email and calendar. • Compare two models side by side, and run Deep Research with a native report view. MAKE IT YOURS • 34 languages, including right-to-left (Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto). Auto-detects your device language. • 16 themes, custom fonts and animated backgrounds. PRIVACY FIRST • It's YOUR server. Odysseus only talks to the address you configure — nothing is sent to us. • On-device voice (speech-to-text and text-to-speech). • Optional Face ID / Touch ID app lock. Note: Odysseus is a client for a self-hosted Open WebUI / Odysseus server. You need your own server to sign in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ntfy at Free against Odysseus's $2.99. ntfy also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (483 vs 1). Odysseus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases 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
ntfy is free to download; Odysseus costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Odysseus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ntfy has 483 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of ntfy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Odysseus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ntfy ships an update fortnightly, Odysseus every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ntfy | Odysseus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (483 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 483 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Heckel | Joao Victor Zao |
Customer experience
ntfy
Odysseus
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
Odysseus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ntfy
No in-app purchases
Odysseus
No in-app purchases








