Launched this week
NotiKeep
Notification history for iPhone, on your device
64 followers
Notification history for iPhone, on your device
64 followers
NotiKeep saves the notifications you get on iPhone using the new iOS 27 Shortcuts automation. See messages that were deleted or edited, search everything by app and conversation, and get alerts for words that matter. On-device, no account.
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Gustavo, an indie developer from Brazil.
iPhones never kept a notification history: once you clear a notification, it's gone, and if someone deletes or edits a message you only saw in the notification, you can't check it again.
iOS 27 added a Shortcuts automation that runs when a notification arrives. NotiKeep is built on it: each notification from the apps you pick is saved on your device as it arrives, organized by app and conversation.
What it does today:
• deleted and edited messages (edits are highlighted, and NotiKeep can let you know when a message looks edited)
• word alerts that get through Focus
• search, favorites, day filter, Face ID lock
What it doesn't do: it can't recover anything from before you set it up, and it only keeps the text that arrives in the notification. Everything stays on your iPhone; there's no account.
It's free with one app and one alert. I'd love feedback, especially on setup, since that's where the iOS automation asks the most of people.
@gustavokenzo1 great app! :) congrats on the launch. One question: can you also set keyword alerts for each app, for example only for work chats?
@denise_louisThank you, Denise!
Yes. When you create an alert, you can pick which app it applies to, like Slack or Teams, or leave it on any app. You can also narrow it to a specific person or group with the "From" field, so for a work group on WhatsApp you can choose WhatsApp and that group's name.
Each alert covers one app, so if your work chats are spread across a few apps, you'd create one alert per app.
the edited message highlighting is a neat touch. does the Shortcuts setup take long for someone who has never made an automation?
@neerajnathany Thanks, Neeraj! You don't need to build anything yourself. NotiKeep gives you a ready-made shortcut through an iCloud link, then walks you through turning on its automation in Shortcuts and choosing the apps. At the end it sends a test notification to confirm it's working. It's only a few taps, but the Shortcuts screens can be unfamiliar the first time, so the app shows each step along the way.
The on-device part is what sold me — no account for a notification history makes sense. I'm curious about the reliability edge: since it depends on the Shortcuts automation firing as each notification arrives, what happens with a burst of messages, or if iOS turns the automation off after an update? Does NotiKeep surface that it has stopped saving, or would I only notice when I go looking for a deleted message that isn't there?
@jcbuilds Thanks! That's the right question to ask!
On bursts: each notification runs the automation on its own, and NotiKeep saves them as they arrive. Some people using it save several hundred notifications a day, from busy group chats, and one day went past 700. That said, I can't promise iOS never drops one under heavy load, since that part is up to the system.
On it stopping: NotiKeep watches for silence. If it goes 3 days without saving anything (7 if you're just getting started), it sends you a notification saying capture may have stopped, and the home screen shows how many days it's been. One tap runs a self-test that checks the automation in a few seconds. Because it's based on time without captures, it catches an automation that was turned off, not a single message that went missing.
I haven't seen an iOS update turn the automation off so far, but that's exactly the kind of case this check is for.