Bitcoin Core gives you notifications when you receive bitcoins.
I assume Electrum does as well. I would be surprised to see any good wallet not giving you a notification about this.
We do not mean that you should use this wallet for the actual transactions, you should use it to add your watch-only addresses. This way independent of what wallet you are currently using, you can get notifications when receiving funds. We always recommend using the Bitcoin core or Electrum wallet in combination with a Ledger wallet to make sure your funds are secure.
Sorry for the possible confusion on this part.