Comparison

Audio Notes | Email Me vs Note To Self Mail

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Audio Notes | Email Me

Quickly capture ideas, thoughts, tasks, and follow-ups on the go by emailing them to yourself. Supports text, audio with transcription, images, and clipboard content. Integrates with iOS extensions and Apple Watch for seamless note-taking.

Highlights
  • Email notes in one tap
  • Audio notes with transcription
  • Send images from camera/library
  • Clipboard content sharing
  • iOS App Extensions support
  • Apple Watch standalone app
  • macOS menu bar integration
Features
Read full description

Email Me is designed to be the fastest way to record your ideas, thoughts, tasks, and follow-ups when you're on the go. It is the easiest and fastest way to email something to yourself so you will never forget things again. Ever. CORE FEATURES AND BENEFITS – Send notes to your email in one tap – Send audio notes with transcriptions – Send images from your Camera or Library in one tap – Send your clipboard content in one tap – Supports multiple recipients with multiple email addresses – Supports Widgets – Supports iOS App Extensions – Universal App for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro – Multiple custom App icons and themes – Siri and Shortcuts support – Option to use your own SMTP Configuration AI TOOLS – Summarize any note in one tap – Turn a note into a task list automatically – Translate a note into another language – Edit any AI result with a prompt before regenerating over your changes TRANSCRIPTION – Transcribe your own audio notes automatically – Transcribe WhatsApp voice notes by sharing them into the app – Transcribe Apple Voice Memos by sharing them into the app – On-device transcription support SHARE EXTENSION / ACTION EXTENSION – Share a voice note to transcribe it in one tap – Share a link from Safari in one tap – Share text from a website in one tap – Share an image in one tap from the Action Extension – Share extension supports major App Store apps APPLE WATCH – Standalone Watch App – Watch App Complications for every Complication type – Send text notes in one tap – Send audio notes in one tap – Send audio recordings in one tap – Notes sent from your Watch appear in My Notes on your iPhone MAC APP – Standalone macOS App – Integrates as a macOS menu bar icon – Supports macOS Widgets – Supports macOS Share Extension EASY TO CONFIGURE – Set predefined email addresses – Set a predefined subject prefix if desired – Set a predefined email signature if desired – Set an email alias – Set the reply-to email address ACCESSIBILITY – Accessibility labels app-wide for VoiceOver – Supports dynamic text sizing – Supports sounds and vibration feedback – Supports dark mode – Custom CoreHaptics for precise haptics – Reduce Motion accessibility checks within the app, which automatically reduce motion IMPORTANT – Send an unlimited number of emails – Notes are delivered to your email inbox instantly – No data collected or shared with third parties, at all – AI Voice Memos supports two URL schemes: EmailMe://?message=Hello emailme://hello PRESS "If you're looking for something to capture everything you need to remember, and capture it quickly, I highly recommend picking up AI Voice Memos." – The Unofficial Apple Weblog "If you need to send photos or screenshots to yourself on a regular basis, then AI Voice Memos will save you quite a bit of time." – Productivity Blog SUBSCRIPTIONS Yearly Premium Subscription: Send unlimited emails for 1 year. Cancel your subscription any time. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period by going to your iOS Account Settings after purchase. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms and conditions: https://www.emailmeapp.net/terms/ For more information or questions, please contact: info@emailmeapp.net

About

Note To Self Mail

Quickly capture your thoughts and send them directly to your inbox. This app integrates with popular to-do list applications, streamlining your workflow by sending notes via email. It offers basic note-taking with advanced features available in the pro version.

Highlights
  • Send notes directly to inbox
  • Integrates with Trello, Evernote, etc.
  • Attach photos (pro)
  • Create sketches (pro)
  • Attach audio notes (pro)
  • Scan documents (pro)
Features
Read full description

"Note To Self Mail" is the fastest app for your notes. You can send your notes directly into your inbox, fast and without much effort and detours. "Note To Self Mail" was designed to support mail import for your favorite todo apps like Trello, Evernote, Wunderlist, Any.do, Todoist and many more. The app is not intended to manage your notes, but it offers everything you expect from a note app: - Writing notes - Attaching photos or files (pro version) - Creating sketches (pro version) - Attach audio notes (pro version) - Scan documents (Pro-Version) To make things easier and more flexible: you can use different e-mail addresses as recipients and connect to your own e-mail account for sending. Suggestions or feedback? support@note2selfmail.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Audio Notes | Email Me4 screens
Note To Self Mail3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Audio Notes | Email Me at weekly against Note To Self Mail's every 6 weeks. Audio Notes | Email Me also leads on device support (6 vs 3). Note To Self Mail's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Audio Notes | Email Me sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Note To Self Mail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Audio Notes | Email Me against 4.8 for Note To Self Mail. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 672 and 374 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Audio Notes | Email Me's written reviews are positive against 90% of Note To Self Mail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Notes | Email Me ships an update weekly, Note To Self Mail every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Audio Notes | Email Me versus Note To Self Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio Notes | Email MeNote To Self Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (672 ratings)4.8 (374 ratings)
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews — better90.2% of reviews
Number of ratings672 — better374
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB85 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperManuel Escrig VenturaMathias Lipowski

Customer experience

Audio Notes | Email Me

All ratings672 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.9%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.9%
Negative7.1%

Note To Self Mail

All ratings374 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative8.2%

User reviews

Audio Notes | Email Me

From 672 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast, full-featured, and easy to use
  • 👍 Excellent app, solid, and great for productivity
  • 🚀 Seamless, intuitive, and efficient workflow
  • 👍 Responsive and helpful developer
  • 🚀 Extremely useful and time-saving

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues with Apple Watch
  • 🔒 Concerns about security and privacy with custom SMTP
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔒 Subscription model and lack of lifetime purchase option

Note To Self Mail

From 374 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Extremely fast and quick to use
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • ⚙️ Highly customizable settings and options
  • 🔒 Secure SMTP-based email delivery
  • 📧 Seamless email integration with multiple accounts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Google OAuth authentication issues
  • 🔐 Requires SMTP server configuration (technical barrier)
  • ⚠️ Occasional reliability issues after extended use
  • 📱 Limited Apple Watch support
  • 🌐 Browser sharing functionality sometimes fails

Bugs and requests

Audio Notes | Email Me

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Emails not always sending as expected
  • Losing unsent notes after app crashes
  • Subscription issues and inability to restore purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • Transcription of voice notes
  • More customization options for app appearance
  • Ability to edit text without triggering send
  • Improved Apple Watch integration and functionality

Note To Self Mail

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Google OAuth doesn't work properly
  • Messages stuck in outbox with Google authentication
  • App stops working after several weeks of use
  • Safari share extension crashes or fails silently
  • Browser sharing shows grey rectangle and fails
Show 2 more
  • Music playback stops when sending notes
  • Exchange server incompatibility

Requested features

8 requests
  • Scheduled/delayed send functionality
  • Apple Watch native app
  • Document scanning with PDF export
  • YouTube title preservation in sharing
  • iOS 26 UI updates
Show 3 more
  • Improved browser extension performance
  • Pop-up interface option instead of full screen
  • Better Exchange server support

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Audio Notes | Email Me

Subscriptions4
  • Email Me: Audio Notes – Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Email Me: Audio Notes – Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Email Me: Audio Notes – Quarterly$5.993 Months
Show 1 more
  • Email Me: Audio Notes – Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Voice Memos Lifetime$29.99
3 purchases

Note To Self Mail

Subscriptions1
  • Buy me a coffee$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro Version$4.99
  • Buy me a coffee$4.99

Questions

Is Audio Notes | Email Me free?
Audio Notes | Email Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note To Self Mail free?
Note To Self Mail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audio Notes | Email Me or Note To Self Mail?
Audio Notes | Email Me and Note To Self Mail are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 672 and 374 ratings respectively.
Do Audio Notes | Email Me or Note To Self Mail have ads?
Neither Audio Notes | Email Me nor Note To Self Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Notes | Email Me or Note To Self Mail?
Audio Notes | Email Me ships an update weekly, and Note To Self Mail every 6 weeks. Most recently, Audio Notes | Email Me was updated on October 14, 2026 and Note To Self Mail on October 17, 2026.

Other comparisons