Alternatives to Join
An app for sending links, files and notifications between an Android phone and other devices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Join
An app for sending links, files and notifications between an Android phone and other devices.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Join.
Pushbullet
A service that links phones and computers for sending pushes, sharing files and mirroring SMS.
Pushbullet also sends pushes and files between Android and computers and mirrors SMS, with a freemium model, but it has no Linux app or Tasker integration mentioned.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Join as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
GSConnect
A GNOME Shell extension that implements KDE Connect to link your phone with the desktop.
Join is a paid app that pushes links, files, notifications and clipboard from Android to Windows, macOS, Linux and browsers, with an API for Tasker.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Pushover
A notification service that delivers push messages from scripts, services and apps to phones and desktops.
Pushsafer
A push notification service that delivers alerts to phones, Windows PCs, browsers and Telegram.
Pushcut
An iOS app that shows actionable notifications and widgets triggered by webhooks, Shortcuts and HomeKit.
Prowl
An iOS app that receives push notifications sent from computers, apps and services through its API.
