Comparison

HeyOnCall vs NotiAlarm

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HeyOnCall

Manage on-call schedules and receive important alerts directly on your device. This utility app is designed for teams of any size, offering a cost-effective solution for managing critical communication.

Highlights
  • On-call rotations
  • Alerting system
  • Escalation management
  • Push notifications
  • Affordable for all team sizes
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HeyOnCall offers on-call rotations, alerting, and escalation at a price that is affordable for teams of all sizes. Download this app to receive push notifications directly to your phone.

About

NotiAlarm

Features
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Some notifications can't afford to be missed. A silent banner is not enough when your glucose is dropping at 3 AM, your doorbell rings while you're asleep, your server goes down over the weekend, or your trade alert fires overnight. NotiAlarm turns those notifications into real alarms — looping sound and vibration that keep going until you dismiss them. HOW IT WORKS • Any app on your iPhone — with iOS 27, a one-time Shortcuts automation hands NotiAlarm the notifications you pick: Messages from Mom, your bank, your doorbell, a game's raid alert. They ring right on your phone. • Any service that can send a webhook or an email — NotiAlarm gives you a private URL and email address. Most sources set themselves up right inside the app, with every step highlighted. Either way, every alert rings your phone like an alarm clock, not a notification. WORKS WITH — 29 sources • Your iPhone — notifications from any app, and Calendar events • Health & Safety — Nightscout CGM glucose alarms, Oura, medical-alert caregiver emails • Home & Security — Ring, Home Assistant (SimpliSafe, Nest, Eufy and more), IFTTT cameras & sensors, temperature monitors (MarCELL, Temp Stick), LoJack car tracking • Servers & DevOps — Grafana, Sentry, Healthchecks.io, UptimeRobot, GitHub, Datadog • Trading & Markets — TradingView, thinkorswim, Robinhood, Fidelity, E*TRADE, Coinbase, DeFi liquidation alerts • Business & Payments — Stripe, bank alerts (Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Capital One), Zillow listing alerts • Anything else — email alerts, IFTTT, custom webhooks, and Broadcast: ring the people you share with, from your phone Each source's setup guide is built into the app, with honest notes about what each integration can and can't do. ALARMS, NOT NOTIFICATIONS • Built on iOS's own alarm system — rings through silent mode, Focus and Low Power Mode, even when the app is closed • Looping sound and vibration until YOU dismiss — no auto-timeout • Your own alarm sounds — upload audio or pull the soundtrack from a video • Dismissal challenges (math, pattern, sentence) so you're actually awake • Filters — ring for exactly the alerts you care about BUILT FOR SHARING AND RELIABILITY • Share a source with family or teammates — you choose which alarms they get, and everyone's phone rings at the same moment • Missed-alarm review — anything that fired while your phone was off is waiting for you • Widgets, Apple Watch and Mac controls Requires iOS 26.1 or later. Phone notifications require iOS 27. Free to start — connect your first source in under two minutes. SUBSCRIPTION NotiAlarm is free to use with one connected source, one alarm and the built-in alarm-sound library. NotiAlarm Pro — unlimited sources, unlimited alarms and custom sound uploads — is an optional auto-renewable subscription: $7.99/month or $59.99/year (US pricing; varies by region), each starting with a 1-month free trial. Nothing is charged until the free month ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase after the trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period — manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://notialarm.com/policies

Screenshots

HeyOnCall1 screens
NotiAlarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NotiAlarm at fortnightly against HeyOnCall's every 2 months. HeyOnCall's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeyOnCall ships an update every 2 months, NotiAlarm fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
HeyOnCall versus NotiAlarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeyOnCallNotiAlarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCircuitLab, Inc.Matthew Alvarado

In-app purchases

None

HeyOnCall

No in-app purchases

None

NotiAlarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HeyOnCall free?
HeyOnCall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NotiAlarm free?
NotiAlarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HeyOnCall or NotiAlarm have ads?
Neither HeyOnCall nor NotiAlarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeyOnCall or NotiAlarm?
HeyOnCall ships an update every 2 months, and NotiAlarm fortnightly. Most recently, HeyOnCall was updated on October 8, 2026 and NotiAlarm on October 14, 2026.

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