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activitysmith

activitysmith.com

ActivitySmith is a real-time backend monitoring software that sends push notifications, live activities, and lock screen widgets to iOS devices. It integrates with various backends and automation tools to keep users updated on deployments, metrics, and alerts directly on their iPhone lock screen.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Automatically researched · Not editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 13, 2026

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A good fit for

Not confirmed yet.

Know the limitations

Delivery of push notifications and live activities stops when the 7-day free trial ends unless a paid plan is chosen.
Developer, Team, and Scale plans have limits on the number of team members and paired devices; Enterprise plan is required for more.

What you can do

Track deployments, onboarding flows, backups, ETL pipelines, migrations, and AI agent runs in real time on the lock screen.

Features

Send push notifications from any backend with a single API call.
Display live activities on the iPhone lock screen for long-running tasks and real-time updates.
Show any value on the lock screen with widgets, including SaaS metrics, revenue, number of users, and uptime.
Add actionable buttons to push notifications for URL redirection, Apple Shortcuts, or backend webhook triggers.
Choose from 36 custom icons for push notifications to replace the default app icon on the lock screen.

Integrations

Not confirmed yet.

Platforms & data export

Not confirmed yet.

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

Go beyond the starting price.

Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.

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Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 1 tools

$9.00/month

$108.00 a year on these plans.

Plan costs based on your requirements
Tool / plan	Monthly	Per year	What this assumes
activitysmith DeveloperCheapest fit Flat subscription	$9.00	$108.00	Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.

A practical workflow

Start a Live Activity with a stream key and update it with new data whenever the state changes using PUT requests.

Based on the sources below. Editorial review does not imply hands-on product testing.

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What changed

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9/13/2026
Updated: features, limitations, plans, use cases, walkthrough
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features
Before: ["Send push notifications from any backend with a single API call.","Display live activities on the iPhone lock screen for long-running tasks and real-time updates.","Show any value on the lock screen with widgets, including SaaS metrics, revenue, uptime, or user counts.","Add actionable buttons to push notifications for redirection, Apple Shortcuts, or backend webhook triggers.","Supports six types of Live Activities: stats, metrics, segmented progress, progress, alert, and timer."]
After: ["Send push notifications from any backend with a single API call.","Display live activities on the iPhone lock screen for long-running tasks and real-time updates.","Show any value on the lock screen with widgets, including SaaS metrics, revenue, number of users, and uptime.","Add actionable buttons to push notifications for URL redirection, Apple Shortcuts, or backend webhook triggers.","Choose from 36 custom icons for push notifications to replace the default app icon on the lock screen."]
limitations
Before: ["Enterprise plans are required for more than 20 team members or 60 paired devices, with custom pricing."]
After: ["Delivery of push notifications and live activities stops when the 7-day free trial ends unless a paid plan is chosen.","Developer, Team, and Scale plans have limits on the number of team members and paired devices; Enterprise plan is required for more."]
plans
Before: []
After: [{"name":"Developer","note":"Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.","annual":null,"monthly":9,"perSeat":false,"currency":"USD","features":[],"extraUnit":null,"unitLabel":"","maximumSeats":null,"minimumSeats":1,"includedUnits":null,"startingPrice":false,"seatsConfirmed":false}]
useCases
Before: ["Track deployments, onboarding flows, backups, ETL pipelines, migrations, and AI agent runs in real time.","Monitor infrastructure health, CI/CD outcomes, business events, security signals, and data pipelines."]
After: ["Track deployments, onboarding flows, backups, ETL pipelines, migrations, and AI agent runs in real time on the lock screen."]
walkthrough
Before: ["Use the API to send push notifications with title and message fields to all paired devices.","Start or update Live Activities with a stream key and content state to show real-time progress on the lock screen."]
After: ["Start a Live Activity with a stream key and update it with new data whenever the state changes using PUT requests."]

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