# Expo Push Notifications vs ntfy (slim)

> ntfy scores 61.5 (C) to Expo Push Notifications's 58.8 (C) for push notifications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ntfy scores 61.5 (C) on agent readiness against Expo Push Notifications's 58.8 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Expo Push Notifications leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do push notifications.

- Expo Push Notifications: C 58.8, rank #571 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expo-push-notifications.min.md
- ntfy: C 61.5, rank #464 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ntfy.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 Schema & documentation, 60 against 53; Security & auth, 48 against 38; Maintenance & community, 74 against 67.
- ntfy, good for An agent that has to reach its own operator or a small team on their phones with no setup. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 65; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40; Transparency & trust, 78 against 68. Also Open source.

| Category | Expo Push Notifications | ntfy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 53 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 38 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Expo Push Notifications | ntfy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Expo | ntfy |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://exp.host/--/api/v2/push/send` | `https://ntfy.sh` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Expo's terms of service. The Node.js server SDK is MIT | Apache-2.0 and GPL-2.0 (dual) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-24 | 2026-08-27 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-05-29 | 2026-01-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-21 | 2026-06-15 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| 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 | 34k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |