Comparison

PushBird vs bonk

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

Head to head
About

PushBird

Send push notifications to your iPhone or iPad instantly with a single HTTP request. Configure title, subtitle, message, and even an image or link. No account or sign-up required, making it ideal for developers needing quick alerts.

Highlights
  • Send push notifications via HTTP request
  • Unique webhook URL for each user
  • Supports JSON and plain text payloads
  • Customizable title, subtitle, message, image, and link
  • No account or sign-up needed
  • Messages not stored on servers
Features
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Send push notifications to your iPhone with a single HTTP request. PushBird gives you a unique webhook URL. Hit it from curl, a CI pipeline, a cron job, a Python script - anything that can make an HTTP request. Your phone gets a push notification instantly. How it works: - Install the app and get your webhook URL - Send a POST or GET request to that URL - Your device receives a push notification Supports JSON and plain text payloads. You can set title, subtitle, message, image, and link that opens on tap. No account needed. No email. No sign up. Just install and go. Your messages are not stored on our servers. The webhook secret lives only on your device. You can rotate it anytime. Built for developers who want alerts without the overhead of Slack, email, or heavy monitoring dashboards.

About

bonk

Features
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bonk sends you a push notification when something on the internet needs your attention. You install the app, copy your private URL, and paste it anywhere that can make a web request. When that URL gets hit, your phone buzzes. No sign-up, no dashboard, no accounts to manage. HOW IT WORKS Open bonk. The app gives you a private URL that only you can see. Paste that URL into anything that can send a web request: a script, a build pipeline, a monitoring tool. When it runs, a notification lands on your device. WHO IT'S FOR Developers who want their own devices to know when something happened. A build finished. A server went down. A scheduled task ran. A long-running script needs a human. Anything on the internet that has news for you, for your own eyes. WHAT'S IN THE APP Your feed: every notification you've sent to yourself, newest first URLs: create, rotate, revoke; each is shown once at creation Settings: pair more of your devices, or delete your account ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Pair another iPhone, iPad, or Mac to the same account with a 6-digit code from Settings. Every notification arrives on all of them. PRIVACY No email, no password. Opening the app is the entire setup. No dashboard. Your notifications are the interface. We forward your notifications to Apple and don't store them. LIMITS 300 requests per minute per URL. Plenty for normal use. Email us if you need more.

Screenshots

PushBird4 screens
bonk4 screens

Verdict

The call

PushBird and bonk are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PushBird versus bonk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushBirdbonk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB25 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAnatolii SukhonosovMagic Srl

In-app purchases

None

PushBird

No in-app purchases

None

bonk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PushBird free?
PushBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is bonk free?
bonk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PushBird or bonk have ads?
Neither PushBird nor bonk shows ads.

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