# PaperKarma - Stop Junk Mail — Clean your Mailbox & Opt Out > App to unsubscribe from physical junk mail by taking photos. (iPhone/iPad app by JET Internet LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paperkarma-stop-junk-mail/id1231098843 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [JET Internet LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1231098842) - Category: Lifestyle, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.40/5 from 1,084 App Store ratings · 108 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 62 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2017-06-14 - Data updated: 2026-08-22 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paperkarma-stop-junk-mail/id1231098843/reviews.md ## What is PaperKarma? Empty your recycling bin for good(!) with PaperKarma's real world Adblocker for unsolicited postal snail mail. Simply snap a picture to unsubscribe from bulky catalogs, credit card offers and unwanted paper mail delivered to your home address. Reduce clutter, save time and simplify your life! Are you still receiving junk mail addressed to previous owners or tenants? No problem! PaperKarma allows you to add all the name /address combinations under which you receive phyiscal postal mail. Take a step toward protecting your privacy while also helping the environment. Each year 77+ billion pieces of unwanted mail overfill US mailboxes, with 44% of these direct mailings ending up in trash landfills (unopened!). The USPS drives over 1.4 billion miles (56,220 laps around Earth) to deliver these ads. With PaperKarma, you hold the power to reduce your carbon footprint and prevent direct marketing mail from being printed in your name in the first place: • Simply open the app and snap a pic of the offending junk mail • We apply some magic to automatically identify and recognize the mailer • Simply confirm your choice and we work behind the scenes to unsubscribe you. Boom! That’s it. It’s that easy. PaperKarma works on most junk mail including the leading national brands and direct mailers: All State, American Airlines AAdvantage, American Express (AmEx), AT&T /Uverse /DirecTV, Capital One, Discover Card, Farmers, Geico, Money Mailer, Restoration Hardware (RH), Save.com, State Farm, United Mileage Plus, Valpak, Wayfair, Xfinity and 100,000+ more national and local mailers, charities, non-profits and organizations. As the largest "Do Not Mail" registry and directory in the USA, PaperKarma can help stop 90+% of all physical junk mail you receive. We vet, verify and add 100+ new mailers suggested by our users every single day. PaperKarma has been featured on ABC, CBS, The New York Times, NBC's The Today Show, LifeHacker, TechCrunch, and more. We are honored that Apple iTunes featured PaperKarma as one of its "Best Apps 2012" alongside disruptive apps such as AirBnb, TaskRabbit and Uber. More recenlty PaperKarma was featured by both Apple and Google on Earth Day 2019-23. -- In-app purchase subscription required to use the PaperKarma app beyond the free trial. All users are granted 4 free requests to unsubscribe from postal junk mail, and will be prompted to choose a subscription plan when submitting their fifth request. Subscription plan options include a recurring monthly plan, a 6 month plan, or a yearly plan. We are now offering a LifeTime Plan also, which is a 1-time purchase for lifetime access to the PaperKarma app (unlimited unsubscribe requests) Details: - Subscription options: monthly subscription, 6 months subscription, or a yearly subscription - LifeTime Plan which is a 1-time purchase for lifetime access to the PaperKarma app (unlimited unsubscribe requests) - All subscriptions allow for sending unlimited opt-out requests to all entities in PaperKarma's extensive proprietary database of known direct marketers, for the duration of the subscription. - 6 month, Yearly & Lifetime Plans allow you to submit new mailers for PaperKarma to research and add to its database if an opt-out protocol is established. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and the auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes & App Stores Account Settings - PaperKarma's Terms of Use can be visited at https://www.paperkarma.com/tos - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to PaperKarma. ## Key features - Snap photos of junk mail - Automatic mailer identification - One-tap unsubscribe confirmation - Manage multiple names/addresses - Reduce environmental impact - Access to large Do Not Mail registry ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited Unsubscribes | $3.99 | per month | | Unlimited Unsubscribes | $24.99 | per year | | Unlimited Unsubscribes | $15.99 | per 6 months | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Lifetime Plan | $59.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of PaperKarma? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Reduces junk mail - 💡 Helpful for the environment - 👍 Easy to use - 🙏 Great customer support **Cons** - 🐛 App not working as expected - 🤔 Inconsistent results - 💰 Expensive subscription - 📵 Lack of free version **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently - Registration process not working - Landscape mode not supported on iPad - Subscription renewal issues **Most requested features** - Improve photo recognition accuracy - Add option to bypass photo and manually enter mailer - Provide better status updates on unsubscribe requests - Offer more affordable pricing options ## Recent user reviews (10 of 108) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paperkarma-stop-junk-mail/id1231098843/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-04-16, version 5.2.5* I’ve used this app to unsubscribe from hundreds of mailers and for 95% of them, I never heard from them again! ### 5/5 — Reduced junk mail! *2026-03-14, version 5.2.5* When I moved into my condo as a first-time home owner, I was getting dozens of advertising mail every week for the past previous owners and there were many. I would see several different household names that the mail was addressed to. I’ve been using this app for 4 years since I moved in and have seen a big difference in the reduced mail I get now. It took a few weeks/months to see the majority of the mail reduce. Now I only get mail addressed to me (with an occasional random mail to someone else) but I can even eliminate the ones I don’t want to get. As I keep getting mail from random companies, I keep using this app. The companies I request to stop sending mail, do actually stop. This has been such a useful service and is really worth it. So grateful it exists. ### 3/5 — Works but app is glitchy *2026-03-08, version 5.2.5* App works but the logo identifier is useless; location services doesn’t work as it seems the developer hasn’t kept up with iOS updates. It’s a manual process but it still does what it says. Hope they clean up the bugs. ### 2/5 — No Longer Working *2026-02-28, version 5.2.5* I was somewhat skeptical of this app, but after paying for an upgrade and using it for several months, my junk mail has gone down. The logo identification feature almost never works and comes up with some really bizarre potential matches. After upgrading iPadOS, the app no longer works. Whenever I try to take a picture of logo, I get a message stating the flash is disabled and I cannot add the mailer. Developer has not responded to my contacts through the app. ### 5/5 — Give it a couple months and you’ll start to notice the difference. *2026-01-31, version 5.2.5* We’ve been using PaperKarma for several months now, and the difference really stood out when we went out of town. When we returned, we had only about a sixth of the mail we’d received during the same trip the previous year. Last year, after placing a mail hold with the post office, we came home to nearly five pounds of mail—almost all of it junk, aside from a few holiday cards from family and friends. This year, after using PaperKarma and being gone for the same amount of time, we had only a couple of advertising pieces. Everything else was legitimate mail from friends, family, or businesses we actually needed to hear from. Be patient—you’ll see that it works. Keep taking photos of the mailers you don’t want, and over time the junk pile really does shrink. ### 3/5 — Works behind-the-scenes, but the app is terrible *2026-01-10, version 5.2.5* My main complaint is you have to use their photo recognition to find the company. It only worked for me a few times. I always end up searching manually, but I have to take a photo and wait for it to process. The entry process for your name and address is very tedious. I don’t know why you have to fully enter a new address for each person. Can I not just use a previous entry as a starting point? It just feels like they have never used the app or they would have noticed these It seems to work on the backend though, and my junk mail has gone down significantly! So 3 stars ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-01-09, version 5.2.5* I paid for an upgrade so I could add addresses. However I’m still unable to do that. And customer service has not respond to my email. ### 2/5 — Ineffective *2025-11-30, version 5.2.5* The app requires you to take a photo of the envelope to determine the sender. But it is almost never accurate. So I just take a photo of my table, which it categorizes as “Scott’s Lawn Service” or similar nonsense, and override it with the correct answer. More to the point, it doesn’t work anymore, if it ever did. At first I saw maybe a 30% reduction in spam. Better than nothing, so I kept at it. Now it is practically useless. I have submissions from 4+ years ago that it confidently claims are “unsubscribed” and there they are in the mailbox again the following week. ### 1/5 — Getting worse. *2025-10-18, version 5.2.5* I understand that removal of your name from various mailing lists is a tedious process. However, when I subscribed to this application years ago, the success rate was substantially higher. Right now, not only can the application never find the mailer when I take the picture with the app, even if the mailer is well known. For example, American Automobile Association. But almost always, the submissions via the app result in absolutely zero impact. I continue to receive junk from the same companies three months later, six months later, one year, two years. Even repeat submissions for the same company do not result in any improvement. If my success rate of having the junk mail stopped via PaperKarma is 20%, then even that is probably an overestimation. Not recommended. ### 1/5 — Please remove photo aspect *2025-09-26, version 5.2.5* Please remove photo of logo aspect as it never works - 100% failure rate - and only wastes users time. ## Frequently asked questions about PaperKarma ### What does PaperKarma do? PaperKarma is an app designed to help you stop receiving unwanted physical junk mail. You can simply take a picture of the mail you wish to unsubscribe from, and the app will handle the process of opting you out with the mailer. ### How do I unsubscribe from junk mail with PaperKarma? To unsubscribe, open the app and snap a picture of the junk mail. The app uses this image to identify the mailer. After confirming your choice, PaperKarma works behind the scenes to process your unsubscribe request. ### Is PaperKarma free to use? PaperKarma offers a free trial with 4 free requests to unsubscribe. After these initial requests, an in-app purchase subscription is required to continue using the service. Subscription options include monthly, 6-month, yearly, and a one-time purchase Lifetime Plan. ### What kind of junk mail can PaperKarma stop? PaperKarma works on most junk mail, including catalogs, credit card offers, and direct mailings from national brands, charities, and local organizations. It is the largest 'Do Not Mail' registry in the USA and can help stop over 90% of physical junk mail. ### Can PaperKarma help with mail addressed to previous residents? Yes, PaperKarma allows you to add all the name and address combinations under which you receive physical postal mail. This includes mail addressed to previous owners or tenants, helping you to further reduce unwanted mail. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 5.2.5 — 2025-05-06 We've added thousands(!) of new mailers you can now opt out from, including national, regional & local mailers. Speed improvements & infrastructure updates. ### 5.2.4 — 2025-04-15 We've added thousands(!) of new mailers can now opt out from including national, regional & local mailers. Enjoy our Earth Day 2025 promotion - we'll plant trees based on your activity during the month of April! ### 5.2.3 — 2025-03-21 We've added thousands(!) of new mailers you can now opt out from, including national, regional & local mailers. Speed improvements & infrastructure updates. ### 5.2.2 — 2024-10-17 We've added thousands(!) of new mailers you can now opt out from, including national, regional & local mailers. Fixed an issue with some user addresses not saving or appearing in the stored Addresses & Names list. ### 5.2.1 — 2024-07-16 We've added thousands(!) of new mailers you can now opt out from, including national, regional & local mailers. 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User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*