Comparison

Notify vs Releasely

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

Releasely

Features
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Releasely: Model Release. On-device only. No ads. No subscription. Pay once for unlimited use.

Screenshots

Notify4 screens
Releasely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notify at none against Releasely's 1. Releasely's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads 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. Releasely sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notify asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notify ships an update every 11 days, Releasely every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notify versus Releasely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotifyReleasely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLVL35 LLCJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

None

Notify

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Releasely

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Notify free?
Notify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Releasely free?
Releasely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notify or Releasely have ads?
Neither Notify nor Releasely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notify or Releasely?
Notify ships an update every 11 days, and Releasely every 5 days. Most recently, Notify was updated on September 8, 2026 and Releasely on September 19, 2026.

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