Mail Notes vs Note To Self Mail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mail Notes
Quickly send emails to yourself for reminders and notes. This app streamlines the process to under a second, allowing for easy email address switching, direct sharing from browsers, and even sending notes via an Apple Watch app. It offers features like labeling, history, and subject prefixes for efficient organization.
- Email under 1 second
- Share widget for browser links
- Apple Watch app for on-the-go emails
- Label emails with icons
- Sent email history
- Optional subject prefix
- Paste clipboard contents
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Like to send emails to yourself for reminders, notes and to-do? Mail Notes makes the process 100 times faster. Just launch the app, type, and tap Send. If you have multiple emails to which you would like to send notes, changing the email address is as simple as a tap. • Email under 1 second. • Share widget makes it super easy to email browser links and URLs directly, without opening the Mail Notes app. • The included Apple Watch app allows you to send emails on the go. • Label each email and add an icon for easy identification. • One-time-use email address. • Sent email history. • Add an optional subject prefix for each email address for easy email filtering. • Use single or multi-line mode. • Auto Correct option. • Paste your clipboard contents with a single tap. • Support for Dark mode for those late-night emails. • Haptics give you feedback when the email is sent successfully. Mail Notes is simply the fastest emailing app on the planet!
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.
- Send notes directly to inbox
- Integrates with Trello, Evernote, etc.
- Attach photos (pro)
- Create sketches (pro)
- Attach audio notes (pro)
- Scan documents (pro)
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"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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Note To Self Mail at 4.8 against Mail Notes's 4.3. Note To Self Mail also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 75%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Mail Notes sells 3 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.
Note To Self Mail holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 106 and 374 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Mail Notes's written reviews are positive against 90% of Note To Self Mail's.
Mail Notes ships an update every 4 months, Note To Self Mail every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mail Notes | Note To Self Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (106 ratings) | 4.8 (374 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 90.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 106 | 374 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tech Positive | Mathias Lipowski |
Customer experience
Mail Notes
Note To Self Mail
Bugs and requests
Mail Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
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- 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
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- Improved browser extension performance
- Pop-up interface option instead of full screen
- Better Exchange server support
In-app purchases
Mail Notes
- All Access$2.991 Month
- All Access$29.991 Year
- Unlock Pro Version$69.99
Note To Self Mail
- Buy me a coffee$4.991 Year
- Pro Version$4.99
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
