NTFY me sends a push notification to your iPhone from a single HTTP request - a shell script, a cron job, a CI pipeline, a NAS, a smart-home rule, anything that can make an HTTP call. No account and no setup: it works out of the box with ntfy-me.com, a free public ntfy server run by Legitimate LLC, the app's publisher.
QUICK START
1. Open the app and tap + to subscribe to a topic. Pick a hard-to-guess name (or tap Random): anyone who knows it can post to it.
2. From any computer, run:
curl -d "Backup finished" https://ntfy-me.com/your-topic-name
3. The notification arrives on your iPhone.
Already run your own ntfy server? Point a topic or the whole app at it. Add upstream-base-url: "https://ntfy-me.com" to your server config to get instant push in this app.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Subscribe to any number of topics, on any number of servers
- Copy ready-made curl commands and the full publish URL for each topic
- Encrypt a topic end to end with a password, so the server only sees ciphertext
- Give a topic your own name, so "server-alerts" can read "Home server"
- See each topic's name, full address, and notification count at a glance
- Receive messages with titles, priorities, emoji tags, and click actions
- Open attachments, and choose whether they download automatically or on a size limit
- Make priority 4 and 5 messages Time Sensitive, so they break through Focus and the Notification Summary when you allow it
- See why a topic isn't getting notifications, and check this phone's push setup in Settings
- Choose how long notifications are kept, and search a topic's whole history
- Reach read-protected topics with per-server username and password
- Works on iPhone and iPad
ABOUT THIS CLIENT
This is a community-maintained fork of the official ntfy iOS app, focused on fixing iOS bugs and keeping the client current. Recent work includes telling you when and why notifications can't arrive, Time Sensitive delivery for urgent messages, notification buttons that work from a Mac's banner, and paged history with search for long topics.
Bug reports and feature requests are welcome and get read - see the support link below.
ntfy itself is created and maintained by Philipp C. Heckel. The original iOS app was written by Copephobia. This client is MIT-licensed, like its upstream, and remains open source.
NTFY me and ntfy-me.com are not affiliated with or endorsed by the ntfy project or ntfy.sh.
PRIVACY AND TERMS
The app has no accounts, no advertising, no tracking, and no in-app purchases. Push delivery uses Firebase Cloud Messaging, which needs a device token. Messages sent through ntfy-me.com stay on the server for 12 hours so the app can fetch them.
Privacy policy: https://new-usemame.github.io/ntfy-ios-NextGen/privacy
License agreement (EULA): https://new-usemame.github.io/ntfy-ios-NextGen/eula
Use of this app is also governed by Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
For an app, whose entire purpose is to provide push notifications, this one fails miserably. Notifications of any kind do not work with this release. I have to open the app. Select the topic before I can see any messages that were received.This is definitely a work in progress and not ready for prime time.
Developer Response
Thanks for reporting this, and sorry. Versions before 1.14 sent new installs to a server that couldn't deliver push notifications to the public. 1.15, out now, uses the free ntfy-me.com server by default and moves your existing topics over, so notifications arrive without opening the app. If pushes still don't arrive after updating, please let us know at ntfy-me.com/docs/support and we'll look into it.
Just like the other review no push notifs
Littlemrh_
If this app actually did its job of push notifications I would actually probably prefer it to the normal NTFY as it shows the name of the subbed topics up front unlike normal NTFY
Developer Response
Thanks for reporting this, and sorry. Versions before 1.14 sent new installs to a server that couldn't deliver push notifications to the public. 1.15, out now, uses the free ntfy-me.com server by default and moves your existing topics over, so notifications arrive without opening the app. If pushes still don't arrive after updating, please let us know at ntfy-me.com/docs/support and we'll look into it.
- See why a topic isn't getting notifications: the app now tells you when notifications are off, when a server can't be reached or sign-in fails, and Settings → Notification status checks and repairs this phone's push setup.
- Urgent messages (priority 4 and 5) can break through Focus and the Notification Summary when you allow Time Sensitive notifications.
- Swipe a message to mark it read or unread; long-press a topic to pin it, mark it read or unsubscribe.
- Notification buttons can copy a value, such as a code, to the clipboard.
- Choose how long notifications are kept. Long topics open with their newest messages, and search covers the whole history.
- A "Send a test notification" button on new topics.
- Marking a busy topic as read no longer floods your server, and Settings stays readable at the largest text sizes.
Version 1.17.0
The developer, Legitimate Apps LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
User Content
Identifiers
Diagnostics
Other Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Legitimate Limited Liability Company
Size
6.2 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.