Pushover Notifications vs NTFY me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pushover Notifications
This service allows you to send custom alerts from various web apps and devices directly to your mobile devices and desktop. It offers seamless integration with tools like IFTTT and network monitoring systems, with an Apple Watch app for on-the-go notifications.
- Send alerts from web apps
- Integrates with IFTTT and scripts
- Supports IoT devices and webhooks
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Free 30-day trial
- One-time in-app purchase for unlimited use
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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.
NTFY me
Send push notifications to your device from any HTTP-enabled source, like scripts or smart home devices. No account setup is required for basic use, and you can even encrypt messages for added privacy. Supports custom topics, attachments, and time-sensitive alerts.
- Send notifications via HTTP requests
- Subscribe to multiple topics
- End-to-end encryption
- Customizable topic names
- Receive messages with titles and priorities
- Open attachments
- Time Sensitive delivery
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NTFY me sends a push notification to your iPhone from a single HTTP request - a shell script, a cron job, a CI pipeline, a NAS, a smart-home rule, anything that can make an HTTP call. No account and no setup: it works out of the box with ntfy-me.com, a free public ntfy server run by Legitimate LLC, the app's publisher. QUICK START 1. Open the app and tap + to subscribe to a topic. Pick a hard-to-guess name (or tap Random): anyone who knows it can post to it. 2. From any computer, run: curl -d "Backup finished" https://ntfy-me.com/your-topic-name 3. The notification arrives on your iPhone. Already run your own ntfy server? Point a topic or the whole app at it. Add upstream-base-url: "https://ntfy-me.com" to your server config to get instant push in this app. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Subscribe to any number of topics, on any number of servers - Copy ready-made curl commands and the full publish URL for each topic - Encrypt a topic end to end with a password, so the server only sees ciphertext - Give a topic your own name, so "server-alerts" can read "Home server" - See each topic's name, full address, and notification count at a glance - Receive messages with titles, priorities, emoji tags, and click actions - Open attachments, and choose whether they download automatically or on a size limit - Make priority 4 and 5 messages Time Sensitive, so they break through Focus and the Notification Summary when you allow it - See why a topic isn't getting notifications, and check this phone's push setup in Settings - Choose how long notifications are kept, and search a topic's whole history - Reach read-protected topics with per-server username and password - Works on iPhone and iPad ABOUT THIS CLIENT This is a community-maintained fork of the official ntfy iOS app, focused on fixing iOS bugs and keeping the client current. Recent work includes telling you when and why notifications can't arrive, Time Sensitive delivery for urgent messages, notification buttons that work from a Mac's banner, and paged history with search for long topics. Bug reports and feature requests are welcome and get read - see the support link below. ntfy itself is created and maintained by Philipp C. Heckel. The original iOS app was written by Copephobia. This client is MIT-licensed, like its upstream, and remains open source. NTFY me and ntfy-me.com are not affiliated with or endorsed by the ntfy project or ntfy.sh. PRIVACY AND TERMS The app has no accounts, no advertising, no tracking, and no in-app purchases. Push delivery uses Firebase Cloud Messaging, which needs a device token. Messages sent through ntfy-me.com stay on the server for 12 hours so the app can fetch them. Privacy policy: https://ntfy-me.com/docs/privacy License agreement (EULA): https://ntfy-me.com/docs/eula Use of this app is also governed by Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pushover Notifications at 92% against NTFY me's 0%. Pushover Notifications also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 4). NTFY me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NTFY me asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pushover Notifications holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.9K 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 0% of NTFY me's.
Pushover Notifications ships an update monthly, NTFY me every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pushover Notifications | NTFY me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| 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, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pushover, LLC | Legitimate Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Pushover Notifications
NTFY me
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
NTFY me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pushover Notifications
- Pushover License$4.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
NTFY me
No in-app purchases








