Pushover Notifications vs ezOutlet
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.
ezOutlet
This app works with a specific hardware device to automatically restart network equipment during outages. It allows users to monitor device status and manually reset it remotely, saving time and travel costs for installers.
- Automated network device power cycling
- Remote power on/off/reset
- Scheduled power cycles
- Device status monitoring
- Easy device setup via QR code or manual ID
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The ezOutlet App is for use with the ezOutlet device. The ezOutlet device is designed to auto power-cycle when network fails. Any installer knows the pains of driving all the way to a remote job site just to restart a network connection. With ezOutlet device the network device will be reset automatically, saving both time and costs. Should there be a need, the installer can also check on the status and manually reset the device via this App. ezOutlet can; a) keep-alive a network device, b) remotely power on-off-reset or c) schedule power on-off-reset. Setup is just a few simple steps of; i. Connect LAN cable and router power to ezOutlet device. ii. Install ezOutlet App on your mobile. iii. Add ezOutlet device ID to the App. a. Click ‘Add Device’ on App, b. Press the ‘Function button’ on the device, c. Enter the device ID manually or by QR code (see device label) to App. iv. Enable watchdog (auto reset) function – Done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pushover Notifications at 92% against ezOutlet's 44%. Pushover Notifications also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 8). ezOutlet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price and ads 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. ezOutlet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pushover Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.8K ratings behind it against 8, 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 44% of ezOutlet's.
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, ezOutlet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pushover Notifications | ezOutlet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better | 2.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pushover, LLC | Mega System Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
Pushover Notifications
ezOutlet
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
ezOutlet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pushover Notifications
- Pushover License$4.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
ezOutlet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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