diff --git a/src/updatechecker.js b/src/updatechecker.js
index 5741d0678..cc8fa06c3 100644
--- a/src/updatechecker.js
+++ b/src/updatechecker.js
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 const apps = require('./apps.js'),
     appstore = require('./appstore.js'),
     assert = require('assert'),
+    constants = require('./constants.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:updatechecker'),
     notifications = require('./notifications.js'),
     paths = require('./paths.js'),
     safe = require('safetydance'),
-    util = require('util');
+    updater = require('./updater.js');
 
 function setUpdateInfo(state) {
     // appid -> update info { creationDate, manifest }
@@ -83,22 +84,38 @@ async function checkBoxUpdates(options) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (util.isDeepStrictEqual(state.box, updateInfo)) {
-        debug(`checkBoxUpdates: Skipping notification of box update ${updateInfo.version} as user was already notified`);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    debug(`checkBoxUpdates: ${updateInfo.version} is available. renotification: ${!!state.box}`);
-
-    const changelog = updateInfo.changelog.map((m) => `* ${m}\n`).join('');
-    const message = `Changelog:\n${changelog}\n\nGo to the Settings view to update.\n\n`;
-
-    await notifications.pin(notifications.TYPE_BOX_UPDATE, `Cloudron v${updateInfo.version} is available`, message, { context: updateInfo.version });
+    debug(`checkBoxUpdates: ${updateInfo.version} is available`);
 
     state.box = updateInfo;
     setUpdateInfo(state);
 }
 
+async function raiseNotifications() {
+    const state = getUpdateInfo();
+
+    const pattern = await updater.getAutoupdatePattern();
+
+    if (pattern === constants.AUTOUPDATE_PATTERN_NEVER && state.box) {
+        const updateInfo = state.box;
+        const changelog = updateInfo.changelog.map((m) => `* ${m}\n`).join('');
+        const message = `Changelog:\n${changelog}\n\nGo to the Settings view to update.\n\n`;
+
+        await notifications.pin(notifications.TYPE_BOX_UPDATE, `Cloudron v${updateInfo.version} is available`, message, { context: updateInfo.version });
+    }
+
+    const result = await apps.list();
+    for (const app of result) {
+        // currently, we do not raise notifications when auto-update is disabled. separate notifications appears spammy when having many apps
+        // in the future, we can maybe aggregate?
+        if (app.updateInfo && !app.updateInfo.isAutoUpdatable) {
+            debug(`autoUpdate: ${app.fqdn} cannot be autoupdated. skipping`);
+            await notifications.pin(notifications.TYPE_MANUAL_APP_UPDATE_NEEDED, `${app.manifest.title} at ${app.fqdn} requires manual update to version ${app.updateInfo.manifest.version}`,
+                `Changelog:\n${app.updateInfo.manifest.changelog}\n`, { context: app.id });
+            continue;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 async function checkForUpdates(options) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof options, 'object');
 
@@ -107,4 +124,7 @@ async function checkForUpdates(options) {
 
     const [appError] = await safe(checkAppUpdates(options));
     if (appError) debug('checkForUpdates: error checking for app updates: %o', appError);
+
+    // raise notifications here because the updatechecker runs regardless of auto-updater cron job
+    await raiseNotifications();
 }
diff --git a/src/updater.js b/src/updater.js
index 2310bccef..8e008740a 100644
--- a/src/updater.js
+++ b/src/updater.js
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ async function autoUpdate(auditSource) {
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (!app.updateInfo) continue; // possible, if an update check happenned in parallel
+
         if (!app.updateInfo?.isAutoUpdatable) {
-            debug(`autoUpdate: ${app.fqdn} cannot be autoupdated. skipping`);
-            await notifications.pin(notifications.TYPE_MANUAL_APP_UPDATE_NEEDED, `${app.manifest.title} at ${app.fqdn} requires manual update to version ${appUpdateInfo.manifest.version}`,
-                `Changelog:\n${appUpdateInfo.manifest.changelog}\n`, { context: app.id });
+            debug(`autoUpdate: ${app.fqdn} requires manual update. skipping`);
             continue;
         }