Comparison

Notify vs Cursor

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

Head to head
About

Notify

Features
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Turn any HTTP request into a push notification on your iPhone. Notify is a webhook-to-push tool for AI agents, scripts, automations, CI jobs, and home servers. POST a small JSON body to your personal webhook URL and your phone lights up. No account. No dashboard. No tracking. WHAT YOU GET • Personal webhook URL, generated on-device • Works with anything that can send an HTTP request: curl, Python, Bash, Node, GitHub Actions, Vercel, Netlify, n8n, Zapier, IFTTT, Home Assistant • Critical alerts that break through mute and Focus • Tappable links straight from the notification • Image attachments • Thread IDs to group related alerts • Badge counts and custom sounds • On-device notification history. Nothing stored on the backend. BUILT FOR AGENTS If you run AI agents (Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Copilot, custom bots), Notify tells you the second they need you. • "Agent finished the task." • "Build failed, here's the log." • "Deploy is live." • "Long run is waiting for your input." Send a POST, get a notification on every device signed into your iCloud. FOCUS FRIENDLY Focus filters let you decide which alerts come through when. Work notifications during Work Focus. Critical alerts always. Everything else paused until you're back. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your webhook secret is generated on-device and stored in the iCloud Keychain. We store only what's needed to route notifications through Apple Push Notification Service. Message content is not logged server-side. Notification history stays on your phone. WHO IT'S FOR Developers, SREs, people running agents locally, indie hackers watching uptime, home-lab operators, anyone who wants a simple curl -X POST to light up their Lock Screen. If you want a dashboard packed with 40 settings you'll never touch, this isn't for you. If you want a clean webhook that just works, welcome. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cursor

Build, review, and ship software from anywhere using AI agents. Implement changes, fix bugs, and manage projects remotely. Verify work with demos and provide visual feedback to agents.

Highlights
  • Launch coding agents from anywhere
  • Track and manage engineering work
  • Review screenshots and videos of changes
  • Annotate images for visual feedback
  • Inspect diffs and merge pull requests
  • Communicate with agents via voice
  • Understand codebases faster
Features
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Introducing Cursor for iOS: the best way to build, review, and ship software from anywhere. Kick off and manage agents to implement changes, fix bugs, and keep projects moving forward while you're away from your desk. BUILD FROM ANYWHERE With Cursor in your pocket, you can start new work the moment inspiration strikes. Launch agents directly from your phone to implement features, investigate issues, or answer questions about your codebase. Track progress across long-running agents and review completed work no matter where you are. Cursor helps you think through complex problems with a deep understanding of your codebase. VERIFY WORK WITH DEMOS Agents can test changes in their own sandbox and iterate until they've validated their output. Cursor can produce artifacts like videos, screenshots, and logs, so you can quickly verify its work before moving to the next step. By giving agents their own virtual machines with full development environments, they are able to work more autonomously to create merge-ready PRs. POINT AND DRAW TO FIX Take a screenshot, circle an issue, and drop comments to give agents visual feedback directly on images. Cursor understands annotations and uses them as context to make precise updates. Visual inputs help shrink the distance between what you see and what the agent understands. This allows you to iterate faster when refining UI, fixing visual bugs, or communicating design changes. SHIP CODE FROM YOUR PHONE Review pull requests and inspect changes through a focused diff experience designed for mobile. From quick fixes to major features, Cursor makes it easy to move between files and commits. Understand what changed and merge high-quality code with confidence. TALK TO CURSOR Use voice mode to communicate what you want without typing. Brainstorm ideas, explain bugs, plan features, tackle a difficult technical challenge, or request changes out loud. Cursor turns conversations into actionable engineering work, allowing you to stay in flow and capture ideas as they come to you. BUILT FOR MODERN SOFTWARE TEAMS Cursor is designed to help individuals and teams build ambitious software. Always use the best model for the task at hand with access to any frontier model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more. Cursor's own agentic model, Composer, delivers frontier-level intelligence while optimizing for speed and token-efficiency. With Cursor for iOS, you can: • Launch coding agents from anywhere • Track and manage active engineering work • Review screenshots and videos of changes • Annotate images to provide visual feedback • Inspect diffs and merge pull requests • Talk to agents with voice conversations • Understand unfamiliar codebases faster Whether you’re maintaining production systems or building your next side project, Cursor helps you turn your ideas into working software from anywhere. ——— Terms of Service: https://cursor.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://cursor.com/privacy © 2026 Anysphere, Inc.

Screenshots

Notify4 screens
Cursor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cursor at Free against Notify's $1.99. Cursor also leads on chart position (#1 vs unranked). Notify's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). 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

Cursor is free to download; Notify costs $1.99 up front. Cursor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $25.99 per month. Notify asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notify ships an update daily, Cursor every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Notify versus Cursor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotifyCursor
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (868 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—59.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—868 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
Best chart rank—#1 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB275 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTap & SwipeAnysphere

In-app purchases

None

Notify

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Cursor

Subscriptions3
  • Pro$25.991 Month
  • Pro+$77.991 Month
  • Ultra$259.991 Month

Questions

Is Notify free?
Notify costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cursor free?
Cursor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notify or Cursor have ads?
Neither Notify nor Cursor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notify or Cursor?
Notify ships an update daily, and Cursor every 6 days. Most recently, Notify was updated on October 1, 2026 and Cursor on October 12, 2026.

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