Best push notification provider?

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#1

Hi,

I’m looking to add push notification to my project - looks like there are a few options for (PushWoosh, Urban Airship, Parse, etc) - has anyone had production/commercial experience that they would be willing to share?

Thanks,

Nathan.

#2

Hello again - does anyone have any experience with these providers that they’d like to share?

Thanks,

Nathan.

#3

I have just started using Parse for iOS because they seem to have a very solid platform. I can’t say how well it is in production (My Parse app went live only 3 days ago)  but I have tested it thoroughly and it seems to work well. I have tried PushWoosh for Android but they are limited as to which JSON format you can send your data in and have it parsed by Corona. For Android I decided to roll my own server that I made with Google App Engine.

Edit: Last time I checked Urban Airship was good and supported GCM but was expensive. Not sure about their current prices…

#4

Also using parse for IOS with an app that just went live.  I like their use of channels / pubSub.  My app allows end users to enable / disable pre-defined channels, so my backend code to distribute messages doesn’t need to perform queries and identify who belongs to what channel - parse deals with that.  Just wish they supported GCM and not their custom backend service for android, arg.

I’ve noticed pushWoosh charges for their ‘Remote API’ ability, so that kinda sucks unless you were planning to pay right off the bat.

Has anyone used stackmob before?  They seem to have a generous free tier…

#5

Hello again - does anyone have any experience with these providers that they’d like to share?

Thanks,

Nathan.

#6

I have just started using Parse for iOS because they seem to have a very solid platform. I can’t say how well it is in production (My Parse app went live only 3 days ago)  but I have tested it thoroughly and it seems to work well. I have tried PushWoosh for Android but they are limited as to which JSON format you can send your data in and have it parsed by Corona. For Android I decided to roll my own server that I made with Google App Engine.

Edit: Last time I checked Urban Airship was good and supported GCM but was expensive. Not sure about their current prices…

#7

Also using parse for IOS with an app that just went live.  I like their use of channels / pubSub.  My app allows end users to enable / disable pre-defined channels, so my backend code to distribute messages doesn’t need to perform queries and identify who belongs to what channel - parse deals with that.  Just wish they supported GCM and not their custom backend service for android, arg.

I’ve noticed pushWoosh charges for their ‘Remote API’ ability, so that kinda sucks unless you were planning to pay right off the bat.

Has anyone used stackmob before?  They seem to have a generous free tier…