RIP VIP Downloads & RevenueRIP VIP: The Death Alert App. · App Store
RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. is #2 in News Paid in United Kingdom and charting in 14 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. update history & changes
Last change · 11 events since 22 Oct 2013Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 10 events in the last 12 months
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. hit #1Top Paid · News · SA
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. new best rank in the overall chart: #77Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · SA · Top Grossing · News · SA
- 🚀RIP VIP: The Death Alert App.: now shown next to Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Readerthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. hit #1Top Paid · News · FR
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. entered the top 10Top Paid · News · AU
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. hit #1Top Paid · News · AE
- 📈RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. hit #1Top Paid · News · GB
- 🆕RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. first spotted by AppInsider#14 in Top Paid · News · Canada
- 🆕RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
News PaidRIP VIP: The Death Alert App. at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid news utility that delivers push notifications about the deaths of public figures to users interested in celebrity or historical obituaries. The app holds a #1 position in South African paid news charts and maintains visibility across multiple international markets including the UK, Australia, and the US.
Similar apps: Breaking News, Flipboard, Newsify
RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
RIP VIP: The Death Alert App.’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where RIP VIP: The Death Alert App.'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | NewsPaid | #2 |
 Saudi Arabia | NewsPaid | #2 |
 United States | NewsPaid | #23 |
 Japan | NewsPaid | #25 |
| Canada | NewsPaid | #14 |
 Australia | NewsPaid | #21 |
 Germany | NewsPaid | #40 |
 France | NewsPaid | #29 |
 Russia | NewsPaid | #18 |
 United Arab Emirates | NewsPaid | #9 |
 South Korea | NewsPaid | #50 |
 Brazil | NewsPaid | #34 |
 India | NewsPaid | #38 |
 Italy | NewsPaid | #31 |
| Saudi Arabia | NewsGrossing | #71 |
Apps near RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. on the chart
News Paid, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about RIP VIP: The Death Alert App.
From the 21 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's concept and low cost but criticize its frequent technical failures and notification delays. Many report that the app misses major celebrity deaths or provides outdated information compared to mainstream news sources.
Mixed but leaning positive (67% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and working reliably. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “Simple, useful, and [unfortunately] necessary!”
- Crashes & bugs: “I love this app and it’s stopped working with iOS 14”
- Updates: “Please update for iOS 14!”
- Ease of use: “Simple, useful, and [unfortunately] necessary!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Tried to get my money back”
- Crashes & bugs: “It just keeps trying to connect but won’t work”
About RIP VIP: The Death Alert App.
RIP VIP is the app that alerts you to the deaths of people of interest.
Stay informed with the latest death headlines from around the globe. Follow up-to-the-minute reporting with breaking death alerts. Start the conversation by sharing the news and stories that matter most to you.
RIP VIP connects you to the afterlife wherever you are.
Features:
• RIP VIP sends alerts directly to iPhone, iPad or Computer where ever you are
• Priority Alerts are pushed directly to your device accompanied by the sound of tolling bells
• Non-Priority Alerts are sent silently to the RIP VIP app on your device
• Instantly share all alerts via Facebook, Twitter, Email or by SMS message
• Set a quiet time for silent death alerts
RIP VIP is the preferred notification app of the newly deceased..!
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