Comparison

Pushover Notifications vs Pi Stats Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Pi Stats Mobile

Monitor and control your Pi-hole network ad blocker remotely from your iPhone. View detailed statistics and manage your Pi-hole status, with an optional service for even deeper system insights.

Highlights
  • View Pi-hole statistics
  • Enable/disable Pi-holes
  • Pi Monitor for detailed data
  • Import Pi-holes via QR code
  • Open source application
Features
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Pi Stats puts your entire Pi-hole network in your pocket. Monitor, manage, and fine-tune your ad blocking from your iPhone and iPad with a beautifully redesigned interface. Keep an eye on every Pi-hole at a glance, then tap in for the full picture. • See how your Pi-holes are doing and enable or disable blocking in a tap. • Manage multiple Pi-holes from one place. • Detailed stats: a 24-hour query history chart, query types, upstream destinations, and your top domains and clients. • Health monitoring: check your core, web, and FTL versions, see when an update is available, and review or clear diagnostic messages. • Query Log: browse and search your most recent DNS queries. • Powerful list management: allow or block domains (regex supported), block entire services, and update your blocklists and Gravity right from the app. • Pause from anywhere: disable and re-enable blocking from Control Center, with a Live Activity countdown. • Home Screen and Control Center widgets to keep your stats close. • Pi Monitor* support for deeper insight into your Raspberry Pi: temperature, memory usage, uptime, and load average. • Quick setup: import your Pi-holes from Pi Stats for macOS by scanning a QR code. PRIVATE & OPEN SOURCE Pi Stats doesn't track anything you do. It's 100% open source, so you can check out the code via the Support URL. * Pi Monitor is an additional service that needs to be installed on your Raspberry Pi.

Screenshots

Pushover Notifications4 screens
Pi Stats Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pushover Notifications at Free against Pi Stats Mobile's $1.99. Pushover Notifications also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 13). Pi Stats Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pushover Notifications is free to download; Pi Stats Mobile costs $1.99 up front. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pi Stats Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pushover Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.8K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Pushover Notifications's written reviews are positive against 83% of Pi Stats Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, Pi Stats Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pushover Notifications versus Pi Stats Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushover NotificationsPi Stats Mobile
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better4.2 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPushover, LLCFernando Bunn

Customer experience

Pushover Notifications

All ratings3,818 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews458 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.6%

Pi Stats Mobile

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Pi Stats Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pushover Notifications

One-time3
  • Pushover License$4.99
  • Tip$4.99
  • Tip$9.99
None

Pi Stats Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushover Notifications free?
Pushover Notifications is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pi Stats Mobile free?
Pi Stats Mobile costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushover Notifications or Pi Stats Mobile?
Pushover Notifications is rated higher. Pushover Notifications averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Pi Stats Mobile averages 4.2 from 13 ratings.
Do Pushover Notifications or Pi Stats Mobile have ads?
Neither Pushover Notifications nor Pi Stats Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pushover Notifications or Pi Stats Mobile?
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, and Pi Stats Mobile every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pushover Notifications was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pi Stats Mobile on October 7, 2026.

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