Have you been waiting for your favorite Facebook friends to come online? Or ever wondered when he/she comes online or available for chat? In fact in most cases it should happen to you. It’s a pain and waste of time to wait for someone to come online and you should have tired in this case! So wouldn’t it be nice if you are busy with your own work and instantly get notified by your phone when your desired Facebook friends come online? I have written this post right after getting asked by one of my friends, “How do I know when my girlfriend comes online?”
Now if you have an Android or iOS device, there’s some apps got you covered! So you can concentrate on your own job! Here I’ll show you some of these apps for Android and iPhone/iPad . You don’t need to be logged in Facebook. They work, no matter you are online or offline.
Side tip: Secretly add Facebook friends without notifying others.
Get Notification on Android Phone
There’s a bunch of apps in Google Play Store to do track of online friends or similar job, but I’ve found the app Online Notifier For Facebook works better than any other app of it’s kind. This app is very simple to use.
In the app, you just click on “+” sign to choose friends from list for whom you want to get alert when they are available for chat. Once you add, the app will start to track them. In the settings, you can also specify the interval of check. There’s another app named Facebook Friends Notifier also can do it.
Get Notification on iOS Device
If you are using iPhone or iPad, there are lot of apps too in iTunes to track specific friends. Fav Alert can also track how long your friend have been online!
Some other iOS apps are Who’s Online and Need You Online for Facebook . Let us know which app you prefer!
Let me know which app worked for you properly.
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Thank you Jaber
Online Notifier is working well on my Galaxy Note 3
Ooooo wow it works.....thanks.......a lot....*1000
What about Windows Phone?
Unfortunately I can't find an app for such purpose on Windows Phone Store :(
try IM+
Does IM+ has this feature?
Pls enlighten me on whether the Notifyier App works on both WhatsApp and Facebook. Tq
how do I block someone from seeing when I come online if they have an app notifying them when I'm online?
Online notifier pro version worked great for weeks...today 5.4.15 it just stopped working.
Similiar apps just keep searching for permission to share fb info...I miss this app. I notified the developer via email. I uninstalled/reinstalled it but it still doesn't work. :(
Thanks for the app, but does the person can see if im tracking her?
m creating an app which uses this type of function, so could you plz help me out by sharing your codes?
I'm working on something like this too. But the problem is in Facebook API. It won't let you see online friends.
hey, I'm working on similar as well. How about leave the API behind, then we can find a way to gather data directly from the website instead?
Those Facebook "who's online notifiers" are no longer working with Facebook since 05/15/2015. Facebook changed the API and that blocked all those notifier apps. Does anyone know one that works as of today? Thanks.
I am also looking for notifier, if you find something, please tell me
why does not work on android ?