Prowl: Easy Push Notifications

Most awesome app! Where’s donate button seriously? Love it so much I worry about changes in the in the app str reqs disabling it. Hope dev can keep it going in app str. This is the best non-commercial notification platform and app out there with a very generous rate limit of 1000 API calls per hour and website allows you to create many API keys. API calls to send a push notification uses POST method with the API key in the body of the HTTP request which is more secure than the GET method with the API key directly in the URL which is what most push notification platforms do. Platform is very quick to respond. App works very well. Also I suspect most commercial push notification apps that offer a free limited option are data mining the messages of the users. This developer has a better and mite clear privacy policy on the app’s website. Really hoping dev will be able to keep this app going throughout any changes in the app str. Would like to show support by tapping on a donate/leave a tip button, or through whatever alternative method available.

Not very often do you find an app that does what it says "easily". I think it's better for a developer to assume the person using it has no or some knowledge of computers but, not assume that the person knows everything. In theory this is a great app but, on the surface it's convaluted mess. 1. There should be a simple server you can download on your Mac/PC to get notifications sent to your iPhone and, not have to pay for a seperate app. 2. The whole API system is not simple. I know of APIs but, don't have the clearest grasp of what it actually is. So, forcing someone to enter API keys is not the best way to go about things. 3. If you want to use it with your browser that's another download.

I use this app to redirect specific email selected by AppleMail rules to an email address provided by Prowl. This pushes the email to the Prowl app on my iPhone and notifies me by sound/vibration on my iPhone and AppleWatch. It was drop-dead simple to set up, and Prowl provides as many email addresses as you need. I’m using this to replace similar functionality of Boxcar, which has disappeared from the App Store. Do note that Prowl is much more capable than what I’m using it for.