Pushover Notifications vs Hermes
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.
Hermes
This app forwards notifications from your Mac to your iPhone using a cloud-based service. It offers an easy-to-use API and a dedicated email address for integration into automated workflows. Customize forwarding rules to filter notifications and ensure only important alerts reach your device.
- Mac to iPhone notification forwarding
- Cloud-based service
- Easy-to-use API
- Dedicated email address for integration
- Customizable forwarding rules
- Smart filtering per app
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Hermes was a Greek deity who served as a messenger of the gods using his winged sandles to move freely between the worlds of the mortals and the devine. The Hermes app, on the other hand, is a service that uses the cloud to move notifications from the world of your Mac to that of your iPhone. Hermes offers an easy to use API, and a user specific e-mail address that makes it easy to integrate Hermes into whatever automated workflow you might be using. You don't have to worry about notifications over burdening you with Hermes's forwarding rules. Only forward notifications from the apps you want, and even set up smart rules per app so only the important stuff gets through. Hermes Terms Of Service: https://funk-isoft.com/tos-hermes.html Hermes Privacy Policy: https://funk-isoft.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pushover Notifications at 4.8 against Hermes's 3.0. Pushover Notifications also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 11 months). Hermes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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 Hermes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pushover Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.8K ratings behind it against 4, 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 60% of Hermes's.
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, Hermes every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pushover Notifications | Hermes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pushover, LLC | Funk-iSoft LLC |
Customer experience
Pushover Notifications
Hermes
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
Hermes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pushover Notifications
- Pushover License$4.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
Hermes
- Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
- Semi-Annual Subscription$2.496 Months
- Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
Questions
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