How much does Pushover cost? Is there a subscription?
Short answer
For individuals, after a 30-day free trial, it costs $4.99 USD once, per-platform (iPhone/iPad, Android, Desktop), to use on all of your own devices1 on that platform as you want. There are no monthly or yearly fees and you can receive as many notifications as you can handle.
Long answer
As an end-user receiving push notifications, our iPhone, iPad, Android, and Desktop clients are free to try for 30 days. After 30 days, you'll need to purchase a $4.99 USD license for each platform you wish to use it on. Once you've licensed a particular platform, you can use it on as many of your own devices that you personally use1 with no additional recurring fees. For example, once you make an in-app purchase in our iOS app on your iPhone, you can also use it on your iPad without having to pay again. If you also want to use it on your Android tablet, you would need to purchase an additional license for Android.
For organizations needing extra features such as SMS backup and user management, our Pushover for Teams service is $5 USD per user, per month. This service enables the use of Pushover without any per-platform licensing fees.
As an application developer or service provider sending notifications through our API, you can send a certain number of notifications for free each month. See our article about message limitations for more information.
Why isn't it free?
Unlike many other iPhone and Android apps and games, Pushover is not just an app, but also a service. This service is powered by servers that cost us money every month to keep running, not counting the development costs involved in further developing the apps and service, as well as the human resources required to provide great technical support.
We don't show ads in any of our apps or notifications, and we don't sell any of your data. For us to be able to keep paying for, maintaining, and upgrading our servers, we rely on our users to pay us for the service by buying our Android, iPhone/iPad, and Desktop client apps.
What if I don't pay after the 30-day trial?
After the 30-day trial, if a license is not purchased in the app within 24 hours, we will stop queueing and delivering push notifications to your device until the problem is resolved.
1. We consider "your own devices" to be devices that you primarily operate. A single account or license cannot be shared among multiple users in a household, organization, etc.
