Comparison

Pushover Notifications vs Linkding Web Extension

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

Linkding Web Extension

This Safari extension simplifies bookmarking by pre-populating your self-hosted Linkding service with the current URL. It offers an options page for server address customization and is easily enabled through iOS Settings.

Highlights
  • Pre-populates Linkding with current URL
  • Customizable server address
  • Easy enabling via iOS Settings
  • Opens Linkding page directly
Features
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This is a simple safari extension for Linkding, a self-hosted bookmark manager service. You can find it at https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding. This extension simply opens Linkding page with your URL pre-populated. It also provides an Options page where you can customize your linkding server address. The first time you use the extension, it will open the Options page where you can configure the host name. If you need to update the host address, follow these steps: 1. Go to iOS's Settings 2. Go to Safari 3. Go to Extensions 4. Click on Linkding in the list 5. Switch on Linkding (this will enable the extension and allow you to continue to step 6) 6. Click on Settings

Screenshots

Pushover Notifications4 screens
Linkding Web Extension3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pushover Notifications at Free against Linkding Web Extension's $0.99. Pushover Notifications also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 1). Linkding Web Extension's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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; Linkding Web Extension costs $0.99 up front. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Linkding Web Extension asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Linkding Web Extension holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. 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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pushover Notifications versus Linkding Web Extension: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushover NotificationsLinkding Web Extension
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (3.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPushover, LLCTuan Nguyen

Customer experience

Pushover Notifications

All ratings3,641 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews438 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative6.8%

Linkding Web Extension

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Linkding Web Extension

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

Linkding Web Extension

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushover Notifications free?
Pushover Notifications is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linkding Web Extension free?
Linkding Web Extension costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushover Notifications or Linkding Web Extension?
Linkding Web Extension is rated higher. Pushover Notifications averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Linkding Web Extension averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pushover Notifications or Linkding Web Extension have ads?
Neither Pushover Notifications nor Linkding Web Extension shows ads.

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