Comparison

MILES NOW vs Notify Alarm

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

Head to head
About

MILES NOW

This utility app offers local-only mileage tracking using your device's GPS. It allows professionals to easily log and categorize drives without compromising privacy, as no data is sent to the cloud. The app is designed for battery efficiency.

Highlights
  • Local-only data storage
  • On-device GPS logging
  • Trip categorization
  • Battery optimized
  • No accounts or logins required
Features
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Stop handing your location history to someone else's server. MILES NOW keeps your drives on your device and in your own iCloud. We run no servers, there is no account to sign up for, and we cannot see your trips. How it Works: Tap 'Start' to log your drive via on-device GPS. Categorize trips with a single swipe. Key Features: No accounts, no logins, no ads, no third-party tracking. Battery Optimized: High-efficiency background logging. Automatic drive detection, so you stop forgetting to press record. IRS-ready PDF and CSV mileage reports. CarPlay, Live Activities and widgets. Teams (optional): Drive for an employer? Tag a drive to a team and your manager sees the date, the place names, the distance and the purpose. Never your route, and never your exact coordinates. Personal trips are never shared. If you never join a team, nothing about the app changes. SUBSCRIPTION Miles Now Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, available as a monthly or yearly plan. A free trial is offered on eligible plans. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of that period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://usernotfound12.github.io/milesnow-privacy/ Miles Now is made by Now Studio LLC.

About

Notify Alarm

This app transforms critical notifications into audible alarms. Set custom rules based on apps, keywords, or content to ensure important alerts, like security warnings or urgent messages, are never missed. It helps prioritize what truly matters, ensuring you get attention for vital information.

Highlights
  • Custom notification rules
  • Keyword and content matching
  • App-based notification filtering
  • Alarm-style reminders
  • Prioritize important alerts
  • Simple and focused configuration
Features
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Some notifications are too important to miss. Notify Alarm helps important notifications actually get your attention when it matters. Notifications can disappear in a moment, get buried among dozens of others, or simply go unnoticed. Notify Alarm lets you create rules based on apps, keywords, and notification content, then turn matching notifications into stronger alarm-style reminders. Use it for: • Smart home and security alerts • Find My notifications • Glucose monitoring warnings • Urgent work messages • Late-night messages from family • Important emails from specific senders or subjects • Long-awaited delivery or pickup notifications • Flight, train, or appointment reminders • School or childcare messages • Banking, payment, or account security alerts • On-call, server, or system monitoring alerts You don’t need every notification to be louder — only the ones that really matter. Notify Alarm is designed to be simple, focused, and easy to configure, so important notifications can do what notifications are supposed to do: get your attention.

Screenshots

MILES NOW4 screens
Notify Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: MILES NOW at free against Notify Alarm's free with in-app purchases. MILES NOW also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). Notify Alarm's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. MILES NOW sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.39 per month and Notify Alarm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MILES NOW against 5.0 for Notify Alarm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MILES NOW ships an update weekly, Notify Alarm every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MILES NOW versus Notify Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMILES NOWNotify Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmol Srivastava龙林 武

Customer experience

MILES NOW

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notify Alarm

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MILES NOW

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.391 Month
  • Miles Now Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Notify Alarm

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is MILES NOW free?
MILES NOW is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notify Alarm free?
Notify Alarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MILES NOW or Notify Alarm?
MILES NOW and Notify Alarm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do MILES NOW or Notify Alarm have ads?
Neither MILES NOW nor Notify Alarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MILES NOW or Notify Alarm?
MILES NOW ships an update weekly, and Notify Alarm every 3 days. Most recently, MILES NOW was updated on October 31, 2026 and Notify Alarm on October 31, 2026.

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