Pushover Notifications vs Opsgenie
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.
Opsgenie
Manage incidents and service disruptions for always-on services. Receive real-time notifications, take immediate action on alerts, and collaborate with your team during critical events. Stay in control of your operations from your mobile device.
- Real-time push notifications for alerts and incidents
- Direct action on alerts (Acknowledge, Close, Escalate)
- Customizable dashboards for faster response
- Execute custom actions on alerts
- Audio/video conferencing for incident collaboration
- View on-call schedules and user contact information
- Manage service status and responders
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Opsgenie is a modern incident management platform for operating always-on services, empowering Dev & Ops teams to plan for service disruptions and stay in control during incidents. The Opsgenie Application for iOS delivers the power of the solution to your mobile devices. You can receive push notifications when alerts and incidents arise, take action directly from the application, understand the status of all known issues and manage your on-call responsibilities. Opsgenie for iOS is free for all Opsgenie customers and requires a subscription to Opsgenie service. Your Opsgenie administrator will send an invite via email for you to create an account. Once your account is created, you can log in to Opsgenie service from the iOS app with your Opsgenie username and password. You can view additional documentation at http://www.opsgenie.com/docs/dashboard/ios-app Features: * Customizable dashboards for responding to alerts and incidents faster * Ability to create alerts and incidents with ease * Easy access and response to alerts and incidents (Acknowledge, Close, Escalate to Next, Take Ownership, Snooze and many more) * Ability to execute custom actions on alerts and incidents (i.e ping, restart server, …) * Opsgenie-hosted audio & video conferencing (Incident Command Center) to effectively collaborate during incidents * Service Catalogs to identify and manage service units * Ability to track each service’s status via dedicated status pages * Ability to define & add responders and/or stakeholders to incidents * Ability to select multiple alerts/incidents and execute an action for all * Alert/Incident list pages supporting native swipe gestures for actions * Ability to save and reuse the searches previously defined in order to filter alerts and incidents * Who Is On-Call page which enables viewing all schedules and active rotations of the moment * User Directory that enables accessing all users and their contact information * Ability to easily contact users via phone call, SMS, email, and Skype * Ability to mute/unmute notifications * Ability to enable/disable notification preferences, notification rules and contact methods
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pushover Notifications at 92% against Opsgenie's 15%. Pushover Notifications also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (3.6K vs 122). Opsgenie's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Opsgenie asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pushover Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.6K ratings behind it against 122, 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 15% of Opsgenie's.
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, Opsgenie every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pushover Notifications | Opsgenie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better | 2.1 (122 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews — better | 14.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pushover, LLC | OpsGenie, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pushover Notifications
Opsgenie
User reviews
Pushover Notifications
From 3.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic service
- 👍 Couldn't be easier
- 👍 Best App on my phone for awareness of energy efficient house
- 👍 Really good app
- 👍 Truly excellent
Room to improve
- 🐛 Stopped working after I paid for it
- 🐛 Hasn't worked yet
- 🐛 Charged twice for liscense
- 🐛 Needs volume for other things besides critical
- 🐛 Encrypted message
Opsgenie
From 122 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Comprehensive alert management functionality
- 📱 Mobile-friendly interface for incident response
- 🔗 Good integration with Jira and other Atlassian tools
- ⚡ Quick acknowledgment and alert handling
- 📊 Detailed incident tracking and prioritization
Room to improve
- 🔔 Notification system unreliable and frequently fails
- 🔊 Alert volume cannot be controlled or adjusted
- 🔐 SSO/Atlassian Access login broken or unavailable
- ⌨️ Keyboard not appearing during SSO login
- 🔄 App frequently logs users out unexpectedly
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
Opsgenie
Reported bugs
20 issues- Push notifications not delivering despite correct settings
- Keyboard not appearing during SSO browser login
- App stuck in login loop or loading spinner
- Notification rules not being recognized or applied
- Critical alerts not working on iOS 15+
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- App forgets login credentials after updates
- SSO login redirects to web browser then hangs
- Alerts showing as stale data requiring manual refresh
- Links in alerts not opening when tapped
- Apple Watch app showing incorrect on-call status
- Apple Watch app timing out and not syncing alerts
- App crashes when receiving alerts
- Policy verification error preventing app opening
- Cannot verify policy error on reinstall
- Bulk acknowledge button not appearing with 50+ incidents
- Notification banners blocking user actions
- Dashboard showing incorrect on-call days with dots
- Alerts not sounding or using wrong notification tone
- App unable to handle large numbers of incidents
- Slow app responsiveness and performance issues
Requested features
17 requests- Custom ringtone support for different alert types
- Volume control for notifications
- Ability to categorize which alerts are critical
- Dark mode option
- Multiple account support without logout
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- Focus mode integration for different on-call schedules
- Extended calendar view showing future schedules
- App badge showing unacknowledged alert count
- Custom vibration patterns
- Ability to copy text from alert fields
- Mute option for longer than 10 hours
- Disable non-critical alerts while keeping critical ones
- Sound preview functionality
- In-app bug report submission
- Notification rules configuration in app
- Show primary/secondary on-call rotation status
- Ringer volume control instead of app volume
In-app purchases
Pushover Notifications
- Pushover License$4.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
Opsgenie
No in-app purchases









