# DoNotNotify

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/donotnotify/

10 people recommended DoNotNotify in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

9 of the 10 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “DoNotNotify is now Open Source”.

**Verdict:** Free Android app that filters notifications by rule; people like its price and lack of internet access. Main caveat: critics want it open source, since it reads all notifications.

Summary written by Claude from 33 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 10 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Lets users control notifications (3 comments in the sample): "you’ve done a genuinely positive and helpful thing to allow ordinary users to fight back" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933166)) "Thank you for helping Android users customize their digital environment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46932975)) "this appears to have a lot more granularity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46932754))
- Reduces distraction and spam (2 comments in the sample): "I still highly recommend anything like this for those who're tired of notifications spam" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933163)) "I would pay a lot to have this on iPhone as I'm distracted easily due to my ADHD." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933164))
- Verifiable and open source (2 comments in the sample): "The real win here is that you listened to feedback and made it verifiable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46932695)) "Thanks for making it open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959518))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DoNotNotify", https://hackerapproved.com/p/donotnotify/ (10 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.