Free
No credit card required
- 500 push notifications/month
- 250 Live Activity updates/month
- 3 registered devices
- 5 concurrent Live Activities
- All templates
- REST API access
- Join shared activities
Real-time iPhone updates from any HTTP request.
Push Live Activities, Lock Screen widgets, notifications, and email from Grafana alerts, Home Assistant, GitHub Actions — anything that speaks HTTP.
Works with anything that speaks HTTP 
Live
Watch it happen in real time
Every event you send updates the Live Activity instantly — no refresh, no polling. Here's the stream, running live.
How it works
One HTTP request. Real-time on every iPhone.
Generic
Track any progress with a customizable bar, state label, and countdown timer.
Standard push notifications, too
Beyond Live Activities, the same API delivers full iOS push notifications — rich layout, image attachments, action buttons, custom sender icons, and iMessage-style chat bubbles.
Widgets that act, not just show
Push live data to your Home and Lock Screen from any HTTP source — no polling, no waiting. Tap a widget to fire a webhook, start a job, or open another app, without launching PushWard.
Your inbox, too
Compose a Markdown message and send it to any address you've verified — a written, searchable record that's still there long after a Lock Screen banner has faded.
Share a Live Activity
Generate a share code and the activity syncs to another iPhone in real time — updates, state changes, and completion pushes, all mirrored. Recipients join free, no subscription needed.
Try it on a phone, right here
Pick a scenario and watch a real notification land on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and widgets.
Run a scenario
Open the full playground →Works with your tools
Webhooks, Docker containers, or smart home. All paths end on your Lock Screen.
Webhook Relay
EasiestPoint your service's webhook URL at relay.pushward.app. We transform it into a Live Activity automatically.
Grafana
ArgoCD
Radarr
Sonarr
Prowlarr
Jellyfin
Uptime Kuma
Gatus
Proxmox
Overseerr
Changedetection
Backrest
Bazarr
19+ services Zero code No server needed
Set up webhooks Docker Containers
Self-hostedRun dedicated bridges for services that need polling or direct API access.
Grafana Alerts
GitHub Actions CI/CD
SABnzbd Downloads
Bambu Lab 3D Print
Unraid Server
5 bridges Docker Compose Self-hosted
Browse containers Home Assistant
HACSInstall via HACS. Track any entity — sensors, switches, automations — as Live Activities on your Lock Screen.
sensor.temperature 23.5°C
lock.front_door Locked
light.living_room On (80%)
sensor.washer 32 min left
Any entity All templates Auto-updates
Install HACS integration Now on Apple Watch
The PushWard companion app brings your Live Activities, notifications, and widgets to your wrist — paired to your iPhone, with no separate sign-in.
Live Activities
Ongoing activities sync to the Smart Stack and render in full — board, log, timeline, and the rest.
Notification history
Browse, mark read, and clear past notifications, relayed from your iPhone.
Widgets
Your Home Screen widgets, mirrored to the watch for a quick glance — and updatable live over the API.
Complications
Add a PushWard complication to your watch face and jump straight in.
Made for iPad
On iPad, PushWard opens into a two-pane layout — your activities and notifications on the left, the detail on the right.
Two-pane layout
List and detail side by side, so you never lose your place.
Portrait or landscape
The layout adapts to any orientation, including Pro Max landscape.
In sync everywhere
The same account, activities, and history across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Privacy by design
PushWard collects only what it needs and nothing more. No analytics. No tracking. No data sales.
No Analytics or Tracking
No third-party analytics, ad networks, or tracking scripts. Your usage data stays private.
No Email Required
Sign in with Apple only. We never require your email or a password to use PushWard.
Tokens Stored as Hashes
API tokens are stored as SHA-256 hashes. Plaintext tokens never touch our database.
Auto-Expiring Data
Activities automatically clean up via configurable TTLs. No stale data lingers on our servers.
Encrypted in Transit
All communication uses HTTPS/TLS. Push notifications travel through Apple's encrypted APNs channel.
Full Account Deletion
Delete your account and all associated data instantly from the app. No hoops, no waiting periods.
Simple pricing
Generous free tier, simple annual plans, and a one-time lifetime option.
Most Popular
PushWard Plan
~$2/month, billed yearly
14-day free trial
- Unlimited notifications & updates
- 10 registered devices
- Share activities with up to 5 people — recipients join free
Family
Up to 5 family members, billed yearly
Everything in PushWard Plan, shared across:
- Up to 5 family members
Lifetime
One-time purchase · Never renews
Everything in PushWard Plan, plus:
- All future updates included
0 Activity templates
0 Integrations
0 Widget types
0 Languages
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about sending iOS Live Activities over HTTP.
What is the iOS Live Activity API?
The iOS Live Activity API is how PushWard turns an HTTP request into a Live Activity on the iPhone Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. You send a small JSON payload to the REST API with your integration key, and PushWard delivers it through Apple Push Notification service - no ActivityKit code, no Xcode, and no app of your own. The Live Activities page walks through it end to end.
Do I need to build an iOS app to use PushWard?
No. Install the PushWard app on your iPhone, create an integration key, and send HTTP requests to the REST API. There are no APNs certificates, no Xcode, and no App Store review on your side - PushWard handles delivery through Apple Push Notification service.
How do I start a Live Activity from a script or webhook?
Send a POST request to the PushWard API with your integration key and a small JSON payload. It appears on your iPhone as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and you update or end it with follow-up requests. The getting-started guide walks through it with curl.
What can trigger a PushWard update?
Anything that can make an HTTP request - Grafana alerts, Home Assistant automations, GitHub Actions, SABnzbd downloads, Bambu Lab prints, or your own scripts. Ready-made bridges and a hosted webhook relay cover the most common services.
Is PushWard free?
There is a free tier to get started, plus yearly, family, and lifetime plans that raise the limits. Live Activities, Lock Screen widgets, notifications, and email all run through a single API.
How is PushWard different from ActivitySmith or Aivi?
All three deliver iOS Live Activities over HTTP. PushWard adds Lock Screen widgets, email, notification actions, Apple Watch and Mac reach, a hosted relay, and a broad set of open-source integrations. The comparison page lays out the full feature matrix.
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Start sending Live Activity updates in minutes. No APNs certificates required.