Alerts for Reddit Reviews

by Muffin McDanger

When I reopen Alerts , the settings I’ve previously added are all gone.

I’m getting notifications to world news, which I didn’t subscribe to, and not the feeds I’ve subscribed to. No way to review and modify current list of notifications.

Alerts couldn’t be buggier.

by HandCoding

Alerts has a lot of promise, but Alerts is set up so that your settings are all excluded from iCloud backups.

So if you get a new iPhone and you initialize it by restoring your data from your most recent iCloud backup, none of your this app settings will transfer over. And when you open this app for Reddit on your new phone, you’ll see a blank slate.

For this reason, Alerts is a complete nonstarter.

by Ghazgkull 3000

I’ve had Alerts installed for about 24 hours subscribed to “All” posts from r/UbiquitiInStock. Notifications for Alerts are enabled in my iOS settings. There have been about a dozen posts to the subreddit but Alerts never notifies me. It’s connected properly because I can see the log of posts inside Alerts itself. It just doesn’t fire iOS notifications.

iOS 15.1.1 on an iPhone 13 Pro Max.

by ZanyButterflier

Just downloaded Alerts and set it up to alert me when one particular user posts. Then tried to set up alert for a second Reddit user. App would not let me do it. Instead kept giving me a notice that I my limit as a non-premium user is 3 subscriptions. Fine, but I haven’t hit 3 yet. I’m going from one to two. Getting the paid version is very cheap, but I refuse on principle to pay for an app that uses these tactics.

by Moli410

I downloaded Alerts because of the reviews of others being the best “up to date” or “up to the minute” this app for certain content on Reddit. Within 48 hours of trial, it’s really disappointing. They this app would come in, however the original post or comment was posted 2-4 hours ago. So Alerts really doesn’t give you “up to the minute” this app as others have stated.

by Adamas_Invincible

I wanted to love Alerts, however, around 90% of the time, Alerts will alert me after a minute or two since the post was made. By that time, the item posted will be gone if it is a highly desired item. Occasionally, Alerts will alert me the second a post was made but not nearly as often as before. It’s almost perfect but it has caused me to miss out on four items recently that I would have normally had no trouble getting.

by 11234567890x

App started off working great, unsure if there’s a limit to the amount of users that can be followed. But I found that many of the people I’ve followed no longer ping for either posts or comments.

by Alanissak320

Alerts works great but I often get spammed with the same post's notifications 4-5x which is really annoying. I'm positive it's a bug and not someone posting the same thread 4-5x because all the notifications lead to the same thread. I'll definitely give Alerts a 5 star if it wasn't for this single bug.

by Ainip2020

Much of Alerts works, but I'm bothered by two things: 1; very old update, at the time of writing this, 11 months. 2; I wrote two emails, no response, and yet I paid for the subscription.

by Matt GD

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t and why is there a limit of the numbers of posts we receive notifications by subreddits?

by IBanks

I long searched for a way to have as close to possible up to the minute this app on new postings on certain subs or Reddit. I’ve tried IFTTT. I’ve tried Hooks. I’ve even tried the push notifications from the third-party apps I’ve been using or testing. this app for Reddit has surely been the best thing yet for me. Had tested it out for a few days and immediately purchased the premium a while back. And today I get an a update to follow threaded conversations and had absolutely had to write this review. Love Alerts.

Would love such an app for Twitter notifications as it would allow me to use third party twitter clients vs the official app. Would also love a Siri Shortcut or 3D Touch action to quickly add a sub or user to follow. Either way.... 5 stars from me.

by Fluffy-face

Great app that this app you on your favorite subreddits, and supports several Reddit clients—I’m impressed with the speed in which support for Apollo was added.

by Purplebettalove

I use a 3rd Party Reddit App without this app. Alerts lets me know when my favorite Reddit is News App is live. Thank you for creating this app for Reddit, it is a super useful app!

by Kalafalas246

Does exactly what it says. Love that you can select what app it opens and works perfectly with narwhal.

by LittleLuigiYT

It works. Maybe it should describe what some of the extra options do better

by Momskirbyok

I’ve been using Alerts for years. It’s one of the only apps I can depend on to reliably deliver notifications for new/hot posts on Reddit. The fact that the notifications also open in whichever Reddit app you choose is a plus! Minimalistic app with a massive amount of functionality.

by _sjcg

I love Alerts , it keeps me up to date and I love ! but why is it when I get a notification and I go to the Reddit post via the notification why would the post be posted two hours ago? the notification and post times don't match up.. note: frequency is on high

by Ughcarrie

Alerts is perfect for my needs. I follow keywords for several subreddits and the this app allow me to get to and reply instantly to newly posted and time-sensitive threads nearly every time. There is occasional lag in getting an alert, but it’s super minimal. It’s very simple to use. I love it!

by MasterPR01

First review i’ve felt compelled to actually write. Did everything it promised. Only had to wait less than 5 min before the notifications I wanted started to roll in, with the exact keywords I wanted. Props to the developer.

by Billda

Does exactly what it says on the tin. I get this app within 10 seconds of postings that match my keywords. Has helped me score deals on items that rapidly sell out of stock. No ads, no extra features, and totally free - would give it 6 stars if I could!

by Ohyeahitsbatman

Have one notification set up and have yet to receive a notification despite multiple post meeting my search criteria.

by Draxin

I keep getting multiple notifications for one post. Kind of annoying.

by Issaction

I use it to follow /r/avexchange and it works perfectly. Thanks!!

by Josh5686

Thank you

by Wildstorm10

Works great, no delay in the this app