Install & enable notifications

Notifier isn't an app store app - it's a website that can send you real push notifications once you turn them on. How you do that depends on your device: iPhone requires one extra step first; Android and desktop Chrome don't.

iPhone (Safari)

iOS only allows push notifications for a site that's been added to the Home Screen - a plain Safari tab or bookmark will never show them, no matter what you tap.

RequiresiOS 16.4+, and Safari specifically (not Chrome, not an in-app browser)
  1. Open this site in Safari and log in (or sign up, if that's turned on).
  2. Tap the Share button - the square with an arrow pointing up.
  3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
  4. Open the new Notifier icon from your Home Screen - not the Safari tab.
  5. Go to Profile and tap Enable Notifications, then Allow.

Android (Chrome)

Chrome on Android doesn't need an install step at all - you can turn on notifications directly from a normal browser tab.

  1. Open this site in Chrome and log in.
  2. Go to Profile and tap Enable Notifications.
  3. Tap Allow on the permission prompt Chrome shows.

That's it. If you'd also like it to feel like an app - its own icon, opens full-screen without the address bar - that's optional and doesn't change how notifications work either way:

  1. Tap the ⋮ menu in the top-right of Chrome.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen (or Install app), then confirm.

Desktop (Chrome / Edge)

Same story as Android - no install needed for notifications to work.

  1. Log in, then go to Profile.
  2. Click Enable Notifications and allow the browser's permission prompt.

Notifications then appear as normal desktop OS notifications, even when the site isn't open. An install icon in the address bar (usually a small monitor with a ↓) lets you optionally add it as a desktop app too.

Troubleshooting

iPhone: no "Add to Home Screen" option? You're probably not in real Safari - if you got here from a link inside another app, reopen the page in Safari itself first.

iPhone: nothing happens when enabling notifications, or an error appears? Confirm you opened the installed Home Screen icon, not a Safari tab, and that the site's address starts with https://.

Chrome (Android or desktop): the permission prompt never appeared? You may have dismissed or blocked it before - check the site's permissions (tap/click the icon to the left of the address bar → Notifications) and make sure it's not set to Block, then try again.

Enabled notifications but nothing arrives? Check your device's own notification settings for the browser (Android: Settings → Apps → Chrome → Notifications; iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Notifier) and make sure they're allowed there too.