Comparison

Pushover Notifications vs Lumen

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

Lumen

This app assists community inspection teams in identifying and documenting lighting issues. It allows users to record observations, attach photos, and send coordinated reports for repairs. The app synchronizes data across connected devices for team collaboration.

Highlights
  • Record lighting issues with notes and photos
  • Submit coordinated reports for repairs
  • Synchronize inspection data across team devices
  • View reported issues organized by location
  • Apple Watch companion for guidance and logging
Features
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Lumen helps community inspection teams find lighting issues, record clear observations, and send coordinated reports to the people responsible for repairs. Connect your work device using your community's setup code. Enter your name, find a light on the labeled map or by its identifier, and record an outage with optional notes and photos. Connected devices receive a shared inventory of light locations and identifiers. Authorized setup users can add and correct locations. Each inspector keeps an independent patrol, so another inspector's selections do not replace your active report. Work saves on your device first, with synchronization and report delivery available when connected. Review your reported issues, organized by location, then submit. Lumen prepares the report package and emails the recipients configured for your community. If central preparation is unavailable, the app can prepare files locally. Saved reports remain available for retry when a connection fails. Report formats and setup are arranged for each community. Additions to the last submitted report are available for eight hours. Designed for iPhone and iPad, with light and dark appearance, labeled maps, Follow and Direction lock modes, and an included Apple Watch companion for approximate nearby-light guidance and outage logging through the paired iPhone. An administrator-issued community code is required. Lumen currently supports its initial Fiddler's Creek pilot; additional community setup is arranged with Lumen. Location access is optional. Online map tiles, community synchronization and email submission require an internet connection. Optional usage and performance diagnostics help improve the app.

Screenshots

Pushover Notifications4 screens
Lumen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lumen at none against Pushover Notifications's 3. Lumen also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pushover Notifications's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Lumen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, Lumen every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pushover Notifications versus Lumen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushover NotificationsLumen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.615.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPushover, LLCJulian Cousineau

Customer experience

Pushover Notifications

All ratings3,818 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews461 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.7%

Lumen

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

Lumen

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

Lumen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushover Notifications free?
Pushover Notifications is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumen free?
Lumen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushover Notifications or Lumen?
Lumen is rated higher. Pushover Notifications averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Lumen averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pushover Notifications or Lumen have ads?
Neither Pushover Notifications nor Lumen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pushover Notifications or Lumen?
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, and Lumen every 5 days. Most recently, Pushover Notifications was updated on October 22, 2026 and Lumen on October 7, 2026.

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