Notifier
Steal An Egg notifier
The two things worth interrupting you for are a Great Bloom window opening and an egg finishing. This grants the one permission both need, and is straight about the one thing browser notifications cannot do.
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Turn alerts on
One permission covers every alert listed below. Nothing is sent to a server, and you can revoke it in your browser at any time.
What you will be alerted about
| Alert | Fires | Needs the tab open |
|---|---|---|
| Great Bloom window | Two minutes before each 30-minute window opens | Yes |
| Egg finished hatching | The moment a timer you started reaches zero | Yes |
Each alert is armed on its own tool page — this grants the permission they all need and shows what exists. Leaving that tab open in the background is enough; it does not need to be the one you are looking at.
What a browser notifier can actually do
It can interrupt you while the tab is open — including when that tab is buried behind everything else, or when you are in the game itself. That covers the real case: you are playing, the Steal An Egg window has focus, and something on a 30-minute cycle needs you somewhere else.
What it cannot do is reach you after you close the page. That is not a limitation we chose; a page stops executing when it unloads. The only way around it is a push service, and that requires a server holding a subscription endpoint for your browser.
Which events are worth an alert
Not all of them, and that is the point of a short list. TheGreat Bloom runs every 30 minutes and closes after roughly 3 — short enough that missing the start costs you most of the window, which is exactly what an alert is for.
Hatching is the other one, because it continues while the game is closed and there is nothing on screen counting it down for you.
Admin Abuse deliberately has no alert. It is weekly and you know about it days in advance — a notification two minutes out would be too late to prepare for the one hour of the week worth preparing for.
Phones behave differently
Android Chrome treats page notifications like any other. iOS is stricter: Safari only delivers them when the site has been added to the home screen, and the system drops them readily when memory is tight. On iPhone the countdown on screen is the dependable option, and the alert is a bonus if it arrives.
Steal An Egg notifier FAQ
Is there a Steal An Egg notifier?
This page is one. Grant notification permission and the timers on this site will alert you — two minutes before each Great Bloom window, and the moment an egg you are tracking finishes hatching. It runs entirely in your browser, with no account and no server.
Will it notify me if the tab is closed?
No. A page can only raise a notification while it is loaded, so the tab has to stay open — though it can sit in the background. Anything promising alerts with everything closed is running a push service, which means a server holding a subscription tied to your browser.
Why not run a push service then?
It would need to store a subscription endpoint for every visitor, which is personal data we would rather not hold for a game timer. The trade is real: you get a weaker notifier, and we get a site that collects nothing.
Does it work on phones?
Partially. Android Chrome handles page notifications normally. iOS only delivers them if the site has been added to the home screen, and even then suppresses them aggressively — so on iPhone, treat the on-screen countdown as the reliable path.
What can it alert me about?
The Great Bloom, which opens every 30 minutes and closes after about 3, and hatch timers you start yourself. Admin Abuse is weekly and known days ahead, so a countdown serves it better than an alert.