Reviews of BuzzKill Notification Manager

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List of user reviews and ratings for BuzzKill Notification Manager

Total ratings

4.63 (Rating count: 2,727)

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Review summary

BuzzKill Notification Manager is praised for its powerful and customizable notification controls that help users reduce overload and tailor alerts effectively. Users appreciate the one-time purchase model and developer support. Common issues include occasional app freezes, problems with notification retention after restarts, limited location feature functionality, delayed audio alerts, and some inconsistencies in rule enforcement across devices. Overall, it significantly improves notification management and user experience despite minor bugs.

Pros

Highly customizable notification management with the ability to create specific rules for apps, keywords, and contacts.
Effective at reducing notification overload and helping users regain phone control.
Allows customization of vibration patterns, sounds, and batching of notifications.
No subscription, one-time purchase with lifetime access and no ads.
Developer is responsive and actively updates the app based on user feedback.

Cons

App occasionally freezes and requires force stop to recover.
Some users experience loss of notifications after device restart, especially those marked 'not dismiss'.
Location-based notification features rely only on Wi-Fi networks, limiting effectiveness.
Delayed audio notification sounds by about 2 seconds, which some users find annoying.
Rules sometimes do not apply as expected, e.g., repeated notifications within cooldown periods or incomplete blocking on paired devices like smartwatches.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.20

All time rating average: 4.63

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Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-14	bu*****	great app! i get a lot of pointless links from someone i dont wanna block, and this is a great way to mute notifications like that specifically. i wish i could also mute notifications with videos instead of just images, but maybe a future update will support that. also, sometimes when i open the app, it freezes to the point where i have to force stop it. but other than those minor quirks, great app, highly recommend
great app! i get a lot of pointless links from someone i dont wanna block, and this is a great way to mute notifications like that specifically. i wish i could also mute notifications with videos instead of just images, but maybe a future update will support that. also, sometimes when i open the app, it freezes to the point where i have to force stop it. but other than those minor quirks, great app, highly recommend
2025-01-13	Ph*****	I saw this app recommended on reddit and decided to get it. I was feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of notifications I was getting, and was accidentally dismissing notifications I needed in order to remember to respond later. This app has options to immediately dismiss some kinds of notifications, to add "snooze" functions or reminders to specified apps or notification contents, or to batch notifications at specific times or intervals. I can control what I see when. It's much better
I saw this app recommended on reddit and decided to get it. I was feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of notifications I was getting, and was accidentally dismissing notifications I needed in order to remember to respond later. This app has options to immediately dismiss some kinds of notifications, to add "snooze" functions or reminders to specified apps or notification contents, or to batch notifications at specific times or intervals. I can control what I see when. It's much better
2025-01-13	A *****	This app is certainly worth the money. It has helped me to manage notifications easily instead of having to go through every one individually. However, I do have a couple of issues. First, whenever I restart my phone, any notifications that I set to "not dismiss" disappear, with no easy way to retrieve them. Second, the "search" function which used to work for custom time-frames has stopped. Now, no matter what I do, I'm unable to restore any notification older than a day. Please fix.
This app is certainly worth the money. It has helped me to manage notifications easily instead of having to go through every one individually. However, I do have a couple of issues. First, whenever I restart my phone, any notifications that I set to "not dismiss" disappear, with no easy way to retrieve them. Second, the "search" function which used to work for custom time-frames has stopped. Now, no matter what I do, I'm unable to restore any notification older than a day. Please fix.
2025-01-03	Ky*****	Love being able to customize notifications for individual apps and people, but the vibration pattern builder is obnoxiously unintuitive. It would be great if we could copy/paste, save presets, drag and drop, or edit the beginning part of a pattern without starting over. Otherwise, love that custom vibration pattern functionality can be brought to Pixels, I missed it from my Samsung!
Love being able to customize notifications for individual apps and people, but the vibration pattern builder is obnoxiously unintuitive. It would be great if we could copy/paste, save presets, drag and drop, or edit the beginning part of a pattern without starting over. Otherwise, love that custom vibration pattern functionality can be brought to Pixels, I missed it from my Samsung!
2024-12-13	Na*****	App detects that notifications should apply to a rule, but fails to act. For example, I have a rule that says a notification from an app that contains anything should cooldown that app for 5 minutes, but I continue to receive notifications within 5 minutes. When I view the rule, the notifications are properly identified, but the app still isn't applying the rule.
App detects that notifications should apply to a rule, but fails to act. For example, I have a rule that says a notification from an app that contains anything should cooldown that app for 5 minutes, but I continue to receive notifications within 5 minutes. When I view the rule, the notifications are properly identified, but the app still isn't applying the rule.
2024-12-11	Za*****	This is absolutely essential for organizing my app notifications. I truly think my daily stress has gone down 50% after setting a bunch of simple automations, such as automatically copying SMS verification codes, custom notifications for certain people or key words, swiping away annoying promo push notifications... If I want it to do something, it just works. Worth every penny.
This is absolutely essential for organizing my app notifications. I truly think my daily stress has gone down 50% after setting a bunch of simple automations, such as automatically copying SMS verification codes, custom notifications for certain people or key words, swiping away annoying promo push notifications... If I want it to do something, it just works. Worth every penny.
2024-12-01	ce*****	Amazing app makes notifications useful again, and so much more. Also LOVE that it's ONE TIME PURCHASE of $3.99 and you are done. No ongoing subscription or "free" option that actually costs WAY more, while doing WAY less, the actual purpose only to collect information on you so they can sell it. Because just bombarding you advertisements constantly isn't enough for those greedy people. Support apps, like this one, that are funded by, and allow, a one-time PURCHASE.
Amazing app makes notifications useful again, and so much more. Also LOVE that it's ONE TIME PURCHASE of $3.99 and you are done. No ongoing subscription or "free" option that actually costs WAY more, while doing WAY less, the actual purpose only to collect information on you so they can sell it. Because just bombarding you advertisements constantly isn't enough for those greedy people. Support apps, like this one, that are funded by, and allow, a one-time PURCHASE.
2024-11-21	Je*****	Works great. My only gripe is that is has a setting for location, and asks for location permissions, but then the location option is based purely on which Wi-Fi network you're connected to. This does not work for me, since I don't connect to my work's Wi-Fi with my phone.
Works great. My only gripe is that is has a setting for location, and asks for location permissions, but then the location option is based purely on which Wi-Fi network you're connected to. This does not work for me, since I don't connect to my work's Wi-Fi with my phone.
2024-11-14	G.*****	This might be the best $4 I have spent in PlayStore! I originally purchased Buzzkill to deal with the endless streams of coin messages from Temu & AliExpress that can't be squelched by turning off all notifications in the respective apps. I can now turn order notifications back on without being deluged by "special offers". It has also eliminated constant reminders from AppMgr III to move apps to the SD card & gotten rid of boilerplate messages such as "virus protection is working".
This might be the best $4 I have spent in PlayStore! I originally purchased Buzzkill to deal with the endless streams of coin messages from Temu & AliExpress that can't be squelched by turning off all notifications in the respective apps. I can now turn order notifications back on without being deluged by "special offers". It has also eliminated constant reminders from AppMgr III to move apps to the SD card & gotten rid of boilerplate messages such as "virus protection is working".
2024-11-12	th*****	The app does quite well at manageing my notifications with the exeption of some very high level system notifications, has effectively let me actually care most of the time the notifivation sound goes off and the festures are so nice to keep around norifications I realy wamted to see. Not to mention the Dev took an small issue I had with the app and updated the app to fix it not long after I brought it up. Its simple and it works and I love it.
The app does quite well at manageing my notifications with the exeption of some very high level system notifications, has effectively let me actually care most of the time the notifivation sound goes off and the festures are so nice to keep around norifications I realy wamted to see. Not to mention the Dev took an small issue I had with the app and updated the app to fix it not long after I brought it up. Its simple and it works and I love it.