ntfy vs CellGlide
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
CellGlide
Share your iPhone's cellular connection with your Mac via USB. Monitor live speeds, data usage by service, and network details. Offers DNS customization and diagnostic tools for your cellular connection.
- USB tethering to Mac
- Live speed and data usage dashboard
- Service and protocol traffic breakdown
- Customizable DNS settings
- Network diagnostics and speed tests
- Usage history by session, day, or month
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Your computer, online anywhere. Hotel Wi-Fi won’t connect? Broadband down at home? On a call at a café? Connect your iPhone to your computer with a cable, open CellGlide and tap Start sharing, and your computer keeps working on your phone’s connection. Unplug and the computer goes back to its own network. Works with Mac, Linux and OpenWrt routers • Mac and Linux computers: install the CellGlide app and it connects when you plug in • OpenWrt routers: plug your iPhone into the router and the devices you choose go online through it, even when the home broadband is down Why you can rely on it • Plug in and go: with CellGlide on your computer it connects when you plug in, no setup each time • See how it’s doing: live speeds, network quality, latency and loss, and a heads-up when something breaks • Recovers on its own: retries when the phone’s connection drops; send diagnostics in one tap if you need help • Leaves your settings alone: never changes Wi-Fi or other saved network settings Clear on your iPhone too • Dynamic Island countdown and live speeds, plus a black focus page that saves power • This month’s data, allowance reminders and Data saver to protect your plan • Network quality, speed tests and recent results to compare places and networks • Encrypted DNS (DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS) and DNS acceleration Going online through your iPhone uses your cellular plan; follow your carrier’s terms. Requires CellGlide on your computer or router, free at cellglide.com; the Mac app needs macOS 13 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CellGlide at every 2 days against ntfy's fortnightly. CellGlide also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). ntfy's advantage is ratings volume (470 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
CellGlide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ntfy has 470 ratings behind it against 3, 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 CellGlide's.
ntfy ships an update fortnightly, CellGlide every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ntfy | CellGlide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (470 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 470 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Heckel | Xi Wang |
Customer experience
ntfy
CellGlide
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
CellGlide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ntfy
No in-app purchases
CellGlide
No in-app purchases









