Pouncify
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Download Pouncify

Pouncify is a free marketplace alerts app for Windows and macOS. Install it on your computer — that is what does the watching — then pair the free iPhone or Android app for push alerts and checking in from anywhere. No account needed.

While it downloads: alerts land on your phone, so get the free phone app too.

Windows

Windows 10 or 11 · 64-bit Download for Windows Also in the Microsoft Store

macOS

macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon · notarized Download for Mac Also for Intel Macs

iPhone

Free · pairs with your computer Download on the App Store

Android

Free · pairs with your computer Get it on Google Play

Pouncify does the watching on your computer — the phone apps are a companion, so you can check finds, pause a search and get alerts while you're out. Every file of the current release is on the releases page. New here? The set-up video below goes from install to the first alert.

Set-up

Set it up in one short video

The whole set-up, from installing to the first alert on your phone, in one video: add a search, choose where alerts go, pair your phone, keep the computer awake, pick a plan. It shows the Windows app; the Mac app has the same screens.

Video thumbnail: Facebook Marketplace Alerts, See New Listings First, a Pouncify set-up walkthrough showing a listing alert on a phone
  1. 0:36Install
  2. 1:00Facebook login (optional)
  3. 1:21Add a search
  4. 1:50Pace and hours
  5. 2:11Notifications, pair your phone
  6. 3:12Keep the computer awake
  7. 3:38Choose your plan
  8. 3:57The first listings
  9. 4:08Fix a wrong alert
  10. 4:34The first alert on your phone

Pouncify watches whenever your computer is on and awake. Prefer to read? The same set-up, written out. Then filter your alerts or get them on Telegram or Discord.

Pairing your phone

  1. Install the free Pouncify app from the App Store or Google Play.
  2. On the desktop, open Settings → Phone & remote and turn phone access on. It shows a QR code. watch 2:11
  3. In the phone app, tap Scan QR code and point it at the screen. That is the whole setup — the phone now shows your listings, alerts and searches, and gets push alerts. No desktop app yet? Tap Explore the demo to try the phone app on sample data.

Questions? Write to [email protected].