The Pushbase Story
We love building mobile apps.
There's something magical about shipping an idea that lives on people's home screens. Like many developers, we chose React Native— and specifically Expo — because it's fast, elegant, and lets us focus on building, not configuring native modules or CI/CD pipelines.
But as our apps grew, something became painfully clear:
Expo helps you build apps — but it doesn't help you grow them.
We wanted to send a simple push notification to bring users back.
A quick reminder, a timely update, maybe even a reactivation nudge.
That's when the frustration started.
- Firebase treats React Native as an afterthought.
- OneSignal's SDK barely plays nice with Expo — and needs native workarounds.
- Every tool we tried felt like wrestling with a system never built for our stack.
We didn't just need a push service.
We needed a tool that understood how we actually build apps — and the problems we face after launch.
So we built Pushbase.
Pushbase is a notification engagement platform built specifically for Expo and React Native developers.
- No native code
- No config hell
- Just a clean SDK and a dashboard you’ll actually want to use
And it goes beyond sending notifications:
- Let users opt in easily, with a drop-in banner
- Segment audiences without writing backend queries
- Send personalized campaigns without touching your server
- Track delivery, opens, and engagement in real time
- Fall back to in-app inboxes when push fails
We built Pushbase because we believe the React Native ecosystem deserves first-class engagement tools.
Not patched-together wrappers. Not second-class SDKs.
Something fast. Focused. Made by people who actually use the stack.
If you've ever struggled to re-engage your users — or felt like your app ends at install — we built Pushbase for you.
Pushbase
Engagement tools, made for Expo.