Comparison

KumaAlert vs 2FAuth Companion

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

Head to head
About

KumaAlert

Stay connected to your Uptime Kuma monitoring server with instant alerts for downtime or recovery. View live status, manage monitors, and track uptime history directly from your phone.

Highlights
  • Real-time monitor status
  • Push notifications
  • Multi-server support
  • Heartbeat history charts
  • Maintenance window management
  • Home screen widgets
  • Dark mode support
Features
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KumaAlert - Uptime Kuma in your pocket KumaAlert is a native app for keeping an eye on your Uptime Kuma servers from your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It stays quiet until something needs you, then makes sure you know. Connect one server or a dozen, see everything at a glance, and get alerted the moment a monitor goes down. When something breaks, you can acknowledge or snooze it right from the notification, a widget, your watch, or the app. Know the moment something breaks • Push alerts when a monitor goes down, and again when it recovers, with how long it was out • Set each monitor to Info, Warning, or Critical. Critical alerts can break through silent mode and repeat until you acknowledge them • A per-monitor alert delay so brief blips don't wake you • Send a real test alert to check your sounds and settings work Handle outages anywhere • An Incidents tab with active outages pinned up top, live downtime timers, and Acknowledge and Snooze on each • Downtime totals, mean time to recovery, and your flakiest monitor across 7, 30, or 90 days • Live Activities that put an ongoing outage on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A full Apple Watch app that works even with your iPhone off, with complications for your watch face • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that surface only what's down when it matters Built for real infrastructure • Drag to arrange monitors and move them between folders, with changes synced back to Uptime Kuma itself • One-tap push setup, where KumaAlert creates the alert webhook for you • Maintenance windows, Kiosk mode for a wall-mounted iPad, Siri, and Shortcuts • iPad-native layout, plus Sign in with Apple and end-to-end encrypted sync so the server only ever sees ciphertext One-time purchase. No subscriptions. No tracking. Requires a self-hosted Uptime Kuma server.

About

2FAuth Companion

This app generates two-factor authentication codes locally, syncing with your self-hosted 2FAuth server. It offers fast account searching and a clean user experience, functioning offline on Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Sync with self-hosted 2FAuth server
  • Generate 2FA codes offline
  • Fast text search for accounts
  • Clean and focused user interface
  • Support for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
Features
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2FAuth Companion is an authenticator app that connects to your self-hosted 2FAuth server and allows you to generate 2FA codes locally. Features: - Connect and sync with your self-hosted 2FAuth server. - Generate 2FA codes locally on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch offline. - Add new accounts by scanning a QR code. - Fast text search to quickly find accounts. - Clean, focused experience.

Screenshots

KumaAlert4 screens
2FAuth Companion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 2FAuth Companion at Free against KumaAlert's $3.99. KumaAlert's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

2FAuth Companion is free to download; KumaAlert costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KumaAlert holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KumaAlert has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of KumaAlert's written reviews are positive against 50% of 2FAuth Companion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KumaAlert ships an update every 4 days, 2FAuth Companion every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
KumaAlert versus 2FAuth Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKumaAlert2FAuth Companion
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (11 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert HolmesRyan Elliott-Potter

Customer experience

KumaAlert

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%

2FAuth Companion

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

KumaAlert

No in-app purchases

None

2FAuth Companion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KumaAlert free?
KumaAlert costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 2FAuth Companion free?
2FAuth Companion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KumaAlert or 2FAuth Companion?
KumaAlert is rated higher. KumaAlert averages 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while 2FAuth Companion averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do KumaAlert or 2FAuth Companion have ads?
Neither KumaAlert nor 2FAuth Companion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KumaAlert or 2FAuth Companion?
KumaAlert ships an update every 4 days, and 2FAuth Companion every 3 weeks. Most recently, KumaAlert was updated on October 15, 2026 and 2FAuth Companion on October 12, 2026.

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