Comparison

KumaAlert vs Quartermaster

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

Quartermaster

Manage your self-hosted media and home infrastructure from a single, native iOS application. Browse, request, and monitor your entertainment stack, alongside servers, containers, and smart home devices. Offers a private, direct connection to your services without any cloud intermediaries.

Highlights
  • Unified media management
  • Server and container monitoring
  • Automated network switching
  • Diagnostic tools
  • Customizable interface
  • Private notifications
Features
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Quartermaster is a native iOS control centre for your self-hosted stack. Browse your library, request films and shows, watch what is downloading and control your servers from one app on iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Mac. Entertainment brings your media servers, arr apps and downloaders together. Command Centre puts your servers, containers, network, storage and smart home within reach. KEY FEATURES - Your media, connected. Discover films and shows, request them through Seerr, manage titles in Radarr and Sonarr, and follow downloads into your library. Pro routing rules send requests to the right server. - Browse and watch. Now Playing, Continue Watching, Next Up and Recently Added for Jellyfin, Emby and Plex. Play films and episodes in the app, with audio and subtitle selection, AirPlay and Picture in Picture. - Know your library. See upcoming releases in a unified calendar, explore library statistics and discover your Taste Profile, calculated on your device. - Take control. Manage Docker containers and virtual machines, check NAS and drive health, control DNS blocking and inspect network devices. Read live stats and logs, control Home Assistant by room, and use a full SSH terminal with saved commands. - The Doctor. Find the cause of stalled downloads and blocked imports in plain English, with suggested fixes you can review and apply. - Home and away. Add local and remote addresses and let Quartermaster switch as your network changes. Keep different setups in separate profiles and use optional encrypted iCloud sync across your devices. - Family and friends. Give your household a simpler way to browse and request, with owner controls protected by a PIN. Pro is needed to create a Family setup; joining does not require another purchase. - QM Companion. Scan to import discovered services from your own Companion server. Pro adds live views of containers, stacks, volumes and updates, with controls governed by the permissions you approve. - Stay informed. Choose alerts for imports, failures, requests and server thresholds, plus a daily release digest. - Make it yours. Choose icons and accent colours, arrange your tabs and Home shortcuts, add a one-handed corner button, and use light or true black dark mode. Explore with realistic sample data before connecting anything. SUPPORTED SERVICES Media: Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Jellyseerr, Overseerr, Seerr, DroppedNeedle, Shelfarr, ReadMeABook, Prowlarr, Jackett, NZBHydra2, Bazarr, SABnzbd, NZBGet, qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, qui, Jellyfin, Emby, Plex, Tautulli, Jellystat, Streamystats, Tracearr, Maintainerr, Wizarr, Tdarr, Dispatcharr, Immich, Audiobookshelf, Shelfmark, BookOrbit, Komga and Kavita. Infrastructure: Portainer, Dockhand, Komodo, Coolify, Arcane, Glances, Beszel, Scrutiny, Dozzle, Unraid, TrueNAS, Synology DSM, UGREEN NAS, Proxmox VE, Home Assistant, AdGuard Home, Pi-hole, Technitium, NextDNS, Control D, UniFi, Gluetun, Cloudflare, CrowdSec and SSH. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Quartermaster connects directly to your services. Credentials are protected in the system Keychain, and no Quartermaster account is required. Optional iCloud sync and backups encrypt your setup with your passphrase. Push notifications use an optional relay, or connect your own ntfy server for instant alerts. Apple and RevenueCat handle purchase validation. QUARTERMASTER PRO Use one service for free. Unlock unlimited services and all Pro features with a one-time lifetime purchase, an annual subscription or a monthly subscription. No feature tiers or add-ons. Available in English, French, Spanish and German. You need your own servers or service accounts. Quartermaster does not supply media and is not affiliated with the services it supports. Website: https://qmstack.com Support: https://qmstack.com/support Privacy Policy: https://www.qmstack.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KumaAlert4 screens
Quartermaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quartermaster at Free against KumaAlert's $3.99. Quartermaster also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (95% vs 69%). KumaAlert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On ads, 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

Quartermaster is free to download; KumaAlert costs $3.99 up front. Quartermaster sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. KumaAlert asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quartermaster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of KumaAlert's written reviews are positive against 95% of Quartermaster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KumaAlert ships an update every 4 days, Quartermaster fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
KumaAlert versus Quartermaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKumaAlertQuartermaster
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings)5.0 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings930 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert HolmesLewis Egley

Customer experience

KumaAlert

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

Quartermaster

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

In-app purchases

None

KumaAlert

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Quartermaster

Subscriptions4
  • Quartermaster Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Continued Support2 variants$9.991 Month
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  • Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Quartermaster Pro$29.99

Questions

Is KumaAlert free?
KumaAlert costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quartermaster free?
Quartermaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KumaAlert or Quartermaster?
Quartermaster is rated higher. KumaAlert averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Quartermaster averages 5.0 from 30 ratings.
Do KumaAlert or Quartermaster have ads?
Neither KumaAlert nor Quartermaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KumaAlert or Quartermaster?
KumaAlert ships an update every 4 days, and Quartermaster fortnightly. Most recently, KumaAlert was updated on September 27, 2026 and Quartermaster on October 1, 2026.

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