Prowl: Easy Push Notifications App Reviews

Been using it for years. My doorbell sends a prowl notification to me iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Push notifications can now include images. Please add support for that to Prowl! I’ve had to write my own app for that, so that my raspberry pi can show me who rang my doorbell.

Love this app! It does exactly what it says and probably one of the best use of push notification on the App Store for me. However, I’d wish they’d upgrade to the iPhone X screen and also maybe a slightly cleaner interface with new fonts etc

I like this app, and I cannot go without it. My only complaint is that I often have to rotate the phone into landscape mode to get the notification list to update. Hitting refresh tends to do nothing.

I was able to set it up so that I would receive monitoring alerts (nagios) via IOS notifications using prowl. So far notifications have arrived as quickly (or better) than email->sms.

Love this capability... wrote a Python script to push notifications from Raspberry pi projects to my phone, works great.

I use prowl to notify me about local air quality in realtime. It’s great! Apple ought to allow custom sounds for third party app notification. Would be perfect to have arbitrary number of types and user custom sound based on message contents. This change would allow very versatile notifications like voice announcing data inside message etc. Can select 5 different sounds from a preset list of 6. Defaults are solid, but would greatly benefit from even purchased ringtones being available.

I’ve been using this app for a number of years with my Indigo home automation system. It’s almost indispensable. I’m glad it’s still being maintained.

I’ve used Prowl for over a decade and what can I say about it? It just works! I’ve never identified a failure. How much better could it be? It couldn’t with that kind of track record!

This service is wonderful for just about anything you want to use. From email to projects you tinker with, sending notifications has never been easier!

I want the developer(s) and owners to know how much I love this app. Thank you for continuing to support it.

Though the app hasn't seen an update in a while it works perfectly and easily. Getting push alerts from my Linux and macOS systems is easier here than other apps.

It’s simple and does what you need it to do. But the app seems to be abandoned over five years ago. I’m doubtful Prowl will be around much longer.

I feel like I have been using this app for 10yrs. I still am and am still very happy. Like a unix command it does one thing very well. My home automation uses this as its escalation to my phone for out of standard conditions. Thank you to the author for continuing to support!

I like Prowl, and I’ve been using it for years. But I’d really like to see an update for it. I’d even be willing to pay an upgrade fee or, gasp, a yearly subscription if it received regular updates. The app works just fine but looks completely dated and doesn’t take advantage of newer screen sizes or any new iOS features. It’s too bad because it’s my favorite push notification service, but maybe it’s time for me to move on to one that doesn’t feel abandoned. ☹️ Two stars because it still works,

Growl is quickly becoming obsolete. Apps are quietly dumping it. I only have a single app that still uses it via a plugin. I’m just glad the server is still working at least. But in every other way this is abandonware.