No, that's the best part. ActivitySmith provides a dedicated, ready-to-use iOS app. You don't have to write a single line of Swift or manage App Store submissions. Just download our app, pair your device, and start pushing alerts from your backend in minutes.
No. Because you are sending alerts to the ActivitySmith app rather than your own custom app, we handle all the APNs (Apple Push Notification service) handshake. You don't need to manage certificates, identifiers, or provisioning profiles.
No. ActivitySmith is not an SDK for your own mobile apps. It's a service that lets you send notifications from any backend to the ActivitySmith iOS app.
Standard chat apps don't support iOS Live Activities or rich push notifications. ActivitySmith allows you to have a persistent, updating widget on your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island for things like 'Server Migration Progress' or 'Build Status' that you simply can't do with a standard push notification.
Standard push notifications are one-off alerts. Live Activities stay on the user's Lock Screen or Dynamic Island and can be updated in real-time. ActivitySmith allows you to trigger both via simple API, making it easy to show live progress for things like deployments or long-running builds.
Yes. Since it's a standard REST API, you can trigger notifications from GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or any custom shell script using cURL. It is designed to fit into any automated workflow.
No. It is a replacement for complex Slack/Discord webhooks or DIY monitoring apps. It gives you a dedicated, high-priority channel on your Lock Screen (via Live Activities) for your system's critical events without the overhead of building a custom monitoring app.
It is built specifically for internal technical teams, DevOps, and developers. It's designed to give you a high-signal, dedicated channel for system alerts and build progress on your own devices, keeping your personal or work-related push notifications separate from your infrastructure logs.
Yes. You can pair multiple devices to a single account or API key. This is ideal for on-call rotations or shared monitoring, allowing the whole team to see the live status of a deployment on their respective Lock Screens simultaneously.
ActivitySmith supports devices running iOS 18 and later.
