Pushover Notifications vs Push Authenticator Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pushover Notifications
This service sends custom push notifications from various web apps, scripts, and devices directly to your iPhone, iPad, or desktop. It offers a free trial with a one-time purchase for unlimited usage, and includes an Apple Watch app for on-the-go alerts.
- Custom push notifications
- Web app integration
- Script and IoT device support
- Apple Watch app and complications
- API for custom app development
- Free 30-day trial
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Pushover is a simple push notification service that integrates easily into web apps like IFTTT, network monitoring systems, security cameras, shell scripts, IoT devices, webhooks, and anything else that needs to send alerts to your iPhone, iPad, Desktop, and other robot-like mobile devices. App has a free 30-day trial and unlimited usage beyond the trial requires a one-time in-app purchase. Pushover includes an Apple Watch app and complications so you can push custom data straight to your watch face with our Glances API. Visit https://pushover.net to find apps, plugins, and services that already natively support Pushover, or get a free API key for your own apps.
Push Authenticator Pro
Streamline your logins with instant push notifications for verification codes. Avoid manual entry by simply tapping 'Send' on your phone to automatically transfer codes to your browser. Quickly find and access your 2FA codes with a built-in search filter.
- Push notification authentication
- Automatic verification code transfer
- Action extension for clipboard copy
- Search filter for 2FA codes
- End-to-end encryption for data transfer
- Secure storage of 2FA secrets
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Login in quickly and safely with push notification. Tired of finding the right code for the site and manually typing in 6 digits on your keyboard? You can now just press "Send" on your phone and 6 digit verification codes are sent to your Chrome browser automatically. Features: * push notification. Send verification codes with push of a button. * action extension : Select share from your favorite web browser, and copy the matching verification code to the clipboard. Your login is one paste away. * search filter: find 2FA codes faster * constantly adding supported sites. Security: 1. Safe data transfer between device and Chrome extension using end-to-end encryption. 2. app only sends the current verification digits when you press "Send" button. It does NOT send anything or reveal about the secret code. 3. Your 2FA code secrets are kept encrypted and is not included in a backup. It never leaves the device. To use push notification, please install "Push Authenticator Pro" Chrome extension available free from Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/push-authenticator-pro/bmkgobnckmhcmpdhojfmanpanbhjfmce
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pushover Notifications at 4.8 against Push Authenticator Pro's 4.0. Pushover Notifications also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (3.6K vs 1). Push Authenticator Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). 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. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Push Authenticator Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pushover Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, Push Authenticator Pro every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pushover Notifications | Push Authenticator Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pushover, LLC | Tachyon Factory Inc. |
Customer experience
Pushover Notifications
Push Authenticator Pro
Bugs and requests
Pushover Notifications
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notifications not working after update
- Syncing issues causing crashes
- Notifications re-appearing after being deleted
Requested features
5 requests- Add a delete all notifications option
- Add support for custom notification sounds
- Add 24-hour time format option
- Improve Apple Watch notifications
- Add custom actions to notifications
Push Authenticator Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pushover Notifications
- Pushover License$4.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
Push Authenticator Pro
- 1 Month Premium Subscription$0.99
- 1 Year Premium Subscription$5.99
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