Comparison

Mail Notes vs SelfNote

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

SelfNote

Capture ideas, reminders, and links by sending them directly to your email inbox. Supports text, audio, photos, and drawings, with extensions for seamless sharing from other apps. New features include Apple Watch integration and home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Send notes via email
  • Attach text, audio, photos, drawings
  • Browser extensions for quick sharing
  • Apple Watch app for wrist capture
  • Home screen widgets for quick actions
  • On-device AI for subject lines and categorization
  • Speech-to-text dictation
Features
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With SelfNote, you can quickly write notes, reminders or bookmark links from your browser and send them to your own email. The concept is to send notes to self and receive them in the email inbox to be read or managed at a later time. With just a few taps and its quick share to self functions, you can create a new note and send it directly to your email inbox. This makes it easy to capture ideas and thoughts as they occur to you, without having to worry about forgetting them later on. SelfNote allows you to not only write text notes but also to add quick audio recordings, dictate to notes, drawings, and photos as notes. Additionally, you can use one of the extensions available for sending a reminder to self in the form of a link to a website, a photo, or a document (including PDFs) while browsing the internet or using any other app. KEY FEATURES - Apple Watch App: Capture notes from your wrist. Dictate text, record audio, or send quick phrases instantly. Your Watch syncs with your iPhone automatically. - Home Screen Widgets: Quick Actions for one-tap compose, dictate, or record. Quick Send to fire off pre-written phrases without opening the app. Recent Notes to see your latest notes at a glance. - Multiple Recipients: Add up to 10 email addresses and choose which ones receive your notes. Pro subscribers can send to up to 3 recipients simultaneously. - On-Device AI (Pro, iOS 26+): Smart Subject generates email subject lines from your note. Auto-Categorization tags your notes. Action Items detects tasks and highlights them. All processing happens on your device. - Speech-to-Text Dictation: Speak your notes with real-time transcription for hands-free capture. - Custom Note Subjects: Set a custom email subject line for any note. - Improved Note History: Gallery and list views, search, filters by color, type, or attachment. - Siri and Shortcuts: Send notes with Siri or build workflows with the Shortcuts app. - Available in 8 Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), and Italian. Whether you're looking to organize your work tasks, read an article later, plan a vacation, remember something, or simply jot down your thoughts as they occur to you, SelfNote has everything you need to stay on top of your thoughts. Overall, SelfNote is a versatile tool that helps you to easily create and manage reminders and notes, making it an essential app for anyone who wants to stay organised and on top of their tasks. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mail Notes4 screens
SelfNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SelfNote at 5.0 against Mail Notes's 4.3. SelfNote also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Mail Notes's advantage is ratings volume (106 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mail Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and SelfNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SelfNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mail Notes has 106 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mail Notes ships an update every 4 months, SelfNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and June 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mail Notes versus SelfNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMail NotesSelfNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (106 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings106 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTech PositiveMakai Labs Srl

Customer experience

Mail Notes

All ratings106 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

SelfNote

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mail Notes

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$2.991 Month
  • All Access$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Version$69.99
3 purchases

SelfNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly - Unlimited access$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Mail Notes free?
Mail Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SelfNote free?
SelfNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mail Notes or SelfNote?
SelfNote is rated higher. Mail Notes averages 4.3 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while SelfNote averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Mail Notes or SelfNote have ads?
Neither Mail Notes nor SelfNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mail Notes or SelfNote?
Mail Notes ships an update every 4 months, and SelfNote monthly. Most recently, Mail Notes was updated on September 2, 2026 and SelfNote on June 13, 2026.

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