- Price$2.99
- CategoryProductivity
- Versions2 archived
- Installable2 of 2
- AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
- Sellerhohle.net
- Bundle IDnet.hohle.Notifier
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
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Report an issue> Hmm. Has my download finished? I wonder if @hotdogsladies has tweeted lately. It'd be great if I could get a preview of my latest mail without opening Mail.
These are just a few things Howl can do for you. With the help of Growl on your Mac, Howl can send an alert to your iPhone about anything that you'd normally see with a Growl notification on your Mac.
> Whoa, everything‽ NetNewsWire tells that its downloaded 2 new items every 15 minutes, I don't want to see that on my phone!
No problem. Configure Howl to send the notifications you want. Get notified by some apps and not others, its your choice. Because Howl is so flexible, it can serve as the hub for all the events happening in your digital life.
Along with other utilities Howl allows you to get alerts on your phone when:
∙ There are updates to your twitter stream (+Twitterific) ∙ Receive summaries of your Gmail or other mail accounts (+GrowlMail) ∙ Find out when downloads have finished (+Transmission) ∙ See when computers are added or removed from your network (+Cyberduck) ∙ Quite a bit more! Hundreds of apps support Growl which means they support Howl!
Here's a quick overview of some of the features Howl offers:
∙ Get any Growl notification pushed directly to your phone ∙ Filter notifications by app, computer, or date ∙ Icons help quickly identify your notifications ∙ View detailed information for each alert with data detection ∙ All of your notifications are downloaded to your phone for fast access
Requirements:
∙ A Mac running Growl 1.1.6+
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 4 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2010 | 1.4.0 | — | 17 | $2.99 |
| August 26, 2011 | 1.5 | — | 43 | $2.99 |
| January 14, 2012 | — | — | 44 | $2.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 17Howl still lacks per-app notification sounds, but the latest version resolves all other issues I had. It's not as feature-rich as Prowl, but the interface is much more intuitive. Solid, functional app!
Tried this app before Prowl. Looks like I get no notifications here, but I do in Prowl. Sorry, not going to use Howl. $2.99 wasted that could have been a beer.
I was using prowl before I got this. As far as push notification goes, both apps are about the same. The reason I switched to this is the history interface when launching the app. I really didn't like prowl's interface, but howl lets you view your history in several ways all while looking great.
I bought this to enable push notifications from scripts using the growlnotify command line tool in OS X. So far it has worked great - I just set up a test script which will send me a notification if my home's IP changes. Lots of uses for this in a homemade monitoring setup. Some aspects of the actual app could use polish (definitely need a way to clear it quickly after testing), but you're buying this for the *notifications* not the app...
I wanted to like Howl - really. It seems to have a nicer interface and you can sort by date, app, and network. I got it up and running with minimal effort, then I began testing it. I use growl for windows with outlook add-in, scott's gmail alert, and growlbook. Howl does not work with outlook add-in AT ALL, works only occasionally with Scott's gmail alert, and although it works well with growlbook notifications are very slow and nothing compared to the quick notifications from Prowl. This is probably because of the login-based system rather than using an API like prowl. Whatever the reason, Howl just isn't consistant enough for me. I'll try again after the API becomes available...
Howl does just what it says it does, and it does it well. The new API and the integration with Growl for Windows lets me get all of the notifications from my desktop seamlessly sent to my iPod Touch, which is a great way to keep on top of all of the things I have going on. The ability to view notifications grouped by app or source is a nice touch too.
It lacks some of Prowl's bells and whistles but does what I want.
I've been using Growl for Windows to push notifications to Howl, and it works perfectly. In particular, I have been using Trowl to push Twitter messages, and this is where Howl really shines. Not only does it show the text of the growl, but also the icon -- which for Twitter really helps to see the types of messages you've received. Howl also allows you to sort by application and when the notification was received, which is great for keeping everything organized. The only thing it would be nice to improve is the summary list of notifications: currently Howl only shows one line of text, and you have to tap each individual notification to see it in its entirety. This can be time consuming and distracting if there are a lot of notifications, so it would be nice if the summary screen allowed more text. Overall, though, it doesn't detract from the usability of this well designed app.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.