# Expo Push Notifications vs MagicBell (slim)

> Expo Push Notifications and MagicBell score within a point of each other for push notifications, 58.8 and 58.8 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Expo Push Notifications and MagicBell score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 58.8 (C) and 58.8 (C). MagicBell leads on reliability and schema & documentation. Both do push notifications.

- Expo Push Notifications: C 58.8, rank #571 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expo-push-notifications.min.md
- MagicBell: C 58.8, rank #572 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.min.md
- Expo Push Notifications, good for An agent that must push to an app already built with Expo, at no cost and with one call for both platforms. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 74 against 49; Transparency & trust, 68 against 58.
- MagicBell, good for A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 65; Schema & documentation, 68 against 60.

| Category | Expo Push Notifications | MagicBell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Expo Push Notifications | MagicBell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Expo | MagicBell, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://exp.host/--/api/v2/push/send` | `https://api.magicbell.com/v2` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Expo's terms of service. The Node.js server SDK is MIT | Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-24 | 2026-07-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-05-29 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-21 | no date given |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1k stars, 1.3M npm/wk | 31 stars, 49k npm/wk |