After having thought about it, I'd also like to give an award for "the most underrated app".
I know that many users have signed up for Pushover to do push notifications, and Twillio to do text messages.
However, I'd like to put in a plug for a community based solution, on a local raspberry pi:
It's a great tool to do emails and text messages, and @erktrek has been extremely helpful in getting me (a relatively newbie in the RPI part of things) up and running.
