PushWard vs Island Pulse

PushWard turns plain HTTP requests into iOS Live Activities. Bridge your backend services to the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen — one API call starts an activity, another updates it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create an activity with a template and slug via the API 2. Update state and content with a simple PATCH request 3. The update lands on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island instantly No APNs certificates to manage. No device tokens to track. 8 BUILT-IN TEMPLATES • Generic — Track any progress with a customizable bar, state label, and countdown timer • Countdown — Auto-managed timer with server-side warning and completion pushes • Steps — CI/CD step indicator with matrix job support and stage tracking • Alert — Severity-based alerts with deep links to dashboards and alert rules • Gauge — Monitor values within a range with auto-calculated progress and min/max labels • Timeline — Real-time sparkline chart with multi-series support, thresholds, and auto-scaling • Board — A grid of up to four status tiles, each with a value, unit, icon, color, and trend arrow • Log — A live, scrolling feed of events with timestamps and severity, newest first 20 READY-MADE INTEGRATIONS Webhook relay (zero code, no server needed): Grafana • ArgoCD • Radarr • Sonarr • Bazarr • Jellyfin • Paperless-ngx • Uptime Kuma • Gatus • Overseerr • Proxmox • Changedetection • Unmanic • Backrest Self-hosted Docker bridges: GitHub Actions • SABnzbd • Bambu Lab 3D Printer • Unraid NAS • Grafana (advanced) Smart home: Home Assistant via HACS — track any entity as a Live Activity KEY FEATURES • Apple Watch app — view your Live Activities and notification history on your wrist, with watch-face complications and Smart Stack support for all templates • Made for iPad — a universal app with an adaptive two-pane layout and full landscape support • Live Activity designer — build and push a Live Activity right from the app, no code required • Siri & Shortcuts — send a notification or open your unread inbox hands-free • Control Center controls — fire a widget webhook or open your inbox from Control Center • Powerful search — search your entire notification and email history on device, and find any notification from Spotlight • Critical Alerts — let your most urgent notifications break through silent mode and Focus • Sign in with Apple — no passwords or email required • Up to 5 concurrent Live Activities with priority-based smart eviction • Activity sharing via share codes and universal links • Push-to-Start — the server starts Live Activities on your device remotely • Scoped integration keys with slug restrictions and rotation • Custom accent, background, and text colors (named or hex) • In-app notification inbox with per-source preferences • Email delivery — send emails to your verified recipients and browse your sent history • iCloud sync — your settings stay in sync across all your devices • Interactive demo — try all templates without any setup • Full account deletion — instantly, no hoops PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No analytics, ad networks, or tracking • Sign in with Apple only — we never see your email • API tokens stored as SHA-256 hashes • Activities auto-clean via configurable TTLs • All communication over HTTPS/TLS and encrypted APNs PRICING PushWard has a generous free tier — no credit card required: • 500 push notifications and 250 Live Activity updates per month • 3 registered devices and up to 5 concurrent Live Activities • All templates and full REST API access Upgrade any time for unlimited notifications and updates, Activity Sharing via share codes, and up to 10 registered devices: • PushWard Plan — billed annually, with a 14-day free trial • Family — billed annually, shared with up to 5 family members • Founding — a one-time Lifetime purchase that never renews Pricing is shown on the in-app paywall. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pushward.app/privacy

What matters, right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Island Pulse gives you an API endpoint and a secret Bearer token. Your automations send HTTPS POSTs with JSON; your iPhone turns those updates into Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Use it for deploys, sales pings, home automations, or anything you can trigger over HTTPS. HOW IT WORKS • Copy your endpoint and Bearer token from the app and use them in Shortcuts, GitHub Actions, cron, Zapier, or your own code. • Every request must include a job_id so updates route to the right Live Activity stream. • Use title for what people see as the activity title. Use message for the main text. • History stays on this device so you can see what arrived recently. FREE • One active job at a time (one concurrent Live Activity stream for your account) • Title and message on the Lock Screen; you define what they mean • Default layout only • Live Activity plus the last 10 completed runs in your in app log PRO • Multiple concurrent jobs within iOS limits* • Last 30 days of run history • Custom job names and icons • Longer runs with automatic renewal when you need an activity to stay visible • Premium themes and layout options *Subject to iOS system limits (for example, up to five concurrent Live Activities per app) and device capabilities. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID. Pricing and renewal terms are shown in the app before purchase. Documentation: https://islandpulse.dev/docs/ Privacy: https://islandpulse.dev/privacy/ Terms: https://islandpulse.dev/terms/