Pushover Notifications vs Hydro Calcs
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.
Hydro Calcs
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Hydro Calcs is an offline calculator for Milbar Hydro-Test, Inc. It figures pig time, friction loss, fill time, test water, pressure-pump time, elevation, and horsepower for a hydrostatic test. The app has no account. Results stay on the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hydro Calcs at none against Pushover Notifications's 3. Hydro Calcs also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Pushover Notifications's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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. Hydro Calcs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pushover Notifications ships an update monthly, Hydro Calcs every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pushover Notifications | Hydro Calcs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pushover, LLC | Milbar |
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
Hydro Calcs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pushover Notifications
- Pushover License$4.99
- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
Hydro Calcs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pushover Notifications free?
Is Hydro Calcs free?
Do Pushover Notifications or Hydro Calcs have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pushover Notifications or Hydro Calcs?
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