Comparison

Notify vs Skani

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

Head to head
About

Notify

Receive instant alerts for website changes, RSS feed updates, or script statuses directly on your device. This app offers a private and simple monitoring solution without requiring servers or complex setup. It provides visual change detection, custom notifications via webhooks, and home screen widgets for at-a-glance status.

Highlights
  • Website and RSS feed monitoring
  • Instant alerts via webhooks
  • Visual change detection
  • No server setup required
  • Home screen widgets
  • Cross-device sync (optional)
Features
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Monitor Websites & RSS Feeds. Get Alerts From Anything. No Servers Required. Get instant alerts when a website changes, an RSS feed updates, or your own scripts and devices need your attention. No accounts, no servers, no technical setup. START MONITORING IN SECONDS Add any website or RSS feed with a tap. Send notifications from any script, server, or web app with a single webhook call. Your device does the work, so there is nothing to host and nothing to sign up for. WATCH THE WEB • Visual change detection with side-by-side comparisons, so you see exactly what changed • RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed monitoring: paste a site address and Notify! finds the feeds for you • Check intervals from 15 minutes to 7 days, per site • CSS selectors narrow a watch to one part of a page, like a price or a stock status ALERTS FROM YOUR OWN SCRIPTS • Every device gets a personal webhook URL that anything can call: a shell script, a CI pipeline, Home Assistant, Homebridge, or plain curl • Custom sender icons and full-size images • Device Groups give several devices one shared URL, so one call reaches every screen you own LIVE ACTIVITIES • Put a live tile on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, driven by the same simple URLs • Progress bars move in place and countdowns tick on their own, even while the app is closed • Made for anything with a duration: a build, a backup, a delivery, a 3D print, a wash cycle BEACONS: MONITORING IN REVERSE • Instead of telling you when something happens, a beacon tells you when something STOPS happening • Paste its ping URL into a cron job or backup script. If the ping does not arrive in time, you hear about it • The only way to find out that the thing which was supposed to alert you has itself gone quiet EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN • Home screen widgets, and a full year of searchable history SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE, DEEP FOR PROS No coding needed for websites and feeds. Developers get a documented API, Shortcuts and Siri support. YOUR PRIVACY, YOUR CHOICE Local Mode: everything runs on device. No external connections. Notifications Only: a pure push receiver for your webhooks and automations. Server Mode: connect your own ChangeDetection.io instance. MDM ready: alert your teams across managed devices. Notify! can run in local-only mode, which shares nothing but a random device ID and token not tied to any personal information. Notifications Only and Server modes process data with your consent to enable cloud functions such as automation tools, cross-device delivery, and Shortcuts support, and are likewise not tied to any personal information. WHY NOTIFY! Traditional monitoring wants a server, a subscription, and an afternoon. Notify! works in seconds, whether you are tracking a price, following a release feed, or catching alerts from your own code. Start simple and go as deep as you like. Download now and start monitoring in seconds.

About

Skani

This app transforms physical documents into organized digital PDFs with a simple, focused scanning workflow. It offers features like OCR text recognition, PDF highlighting, and flexible export options for various document types.

Highlights
  • Fast document scanning
  • Native Smart Scan
  • OCR text recognition
  • PDF highlighting
  • Flexible OCR text export
  • Local document library
  • Multiple PDF output modes
Features
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Description Skani is a focused document scanner built for people who need clean, reliable PDF files without extra complexity. Designed for receipts, forms, school papers, business documents, legal paperwork, delivery records, invoices, and everyday files, Skani helps turn physical documents into organized digital PDFs quickly. Open the app, scan your document, review the result, and save it locally. Skani keeps the workflow simple while giving you the tools that matter for professional document capture, including a fast camera scan, native Smart Scan, high-quality black-and-white PDF defaults, searchable OCR text, PDF highlighting, flexible OCR text export, and fast access to saved documents. Key Features - Fast document scanning from iPhone and iPad - Standard camera scan and native Smart Scan options - Automatic document detection using Apple's native scanner - Perspective correction and crop support - Manual corner adjustment during the scanning flow - Auto, black-and-white, grayscale, and color PDF output modes - High-quality black-and-white PDF defaults for crisp documents - PDF quality options for smaller files or higher-resolution results - Local document library for saved scans - Rename documents before or after saving - Add, delete, reorder, and combine scanned pages - OCR text recognition for searchable document text - Search by document name, OCR text, output mode, quality, or date - Highlight important recognized text with color options - Save highlights with the PDF for easier review - Copy OCR text or export it from the document - Export the full OCR text with highlighted text preserved in color - Export only highlighted OCR text for quick notes, review, or follow-up - Preview PDFs inside the app - Share PDFs quickly - Export PDFs to the Files app - Local-first storage Why Skani Skani is built specifically for document scanning. It is not a general photo scanner with document features added later. The experience is optimized around creating useful PDF files that are easy to read, easy to find, and easy to share. For black-and-white documents, Skani is optimized for crisp, high-quality output by default. For documents that need more detail, you can keep grayscale or color. Quality options let you choose between smaller file sizes and higher-resolution PDFs depending on what the document needs. Built For - Students saving notes, assignments, and forms - Business users scanning invoices, receipts, and contracts - Truck drivers saving delivery documents and trip paperwork - Accountants organizing records and tax documents - Lawyers keeping document copies ready to share - Home users digitizing important papers

Screenshots

Notify4 screens
Skani4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Notify at 39 against Skani's 1. Skani's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skani holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notify has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Notify's written reviews are positive against 100% of Skani's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notify versus Skani: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotifySkani
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (39 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLVL35 LLCmaykel Barcala

Customer experience

Notify

All ratings39 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Skani

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Notify

No in-app purchases

None

Skani

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notify free?
Notify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skani free?
Skani is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notify or Skani?
Skani is rated higher. Notify averages 4.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Skani averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notify or Skani have ads?
Neither Notify nor Skani shows ads.

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