Note To Self Mail vs Shortnotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Shortnotes
Capture and organize small pieces of information like codes, names, or license plates. Access your quick references across all your Apple devices, with options to add tags, photos, and even import notes from your desktop.
- Simple note adding and deleting
- Attach images to notes
- Speech input for notes
- Organize notes in folders
- Filter notes by tags
- iCloud synchronization
- Today Widget and Apple Watch support
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Shortnotes is perfect for all the little stuff that is not a "real" note. Your colleague's name, license plate, codes, room numbers, medicine names etc. Just put them down in one place and access them on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Organize your notes in folders, attach tags and photos. View your favorite notes in the Today Widget. For pupils and students: now it's possible to prepare also large notes on your desktop computer and import them later in Shortnotes! Good luck ;-) Features: - Simple adding and deleting notes - Attaching images to the notes - Text formatting options - Create notes using speech input - Export as text file (.rtf) - Organize your short notes in folders - Changing the sort order of the notes - Favorites view - Filter notes by tags - Favorite notes are displayed in the App Widget (Today Extension) - iCloud-synchronisation. All of your notes are automatically synchronised between your devices like iPhone, iPad or Mac using iCLoud. Shortnotes Pro: - Import of the text files (.txt .rtf) - Favorite notes are displayed on your Apple Watch - Your purchase will help support the ongoing development of Shortnotes!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note To Self Mail at 90% against Shortnotes's 46%. Note To Self Mail also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (374 vs 12). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Note To Self Mail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Shortnotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note To Self Mail has 374 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Note To Self Mail's written reviews are positive against 46% of Shortnotes's.
Note To Self Mail ships an update every 6 weeks, Shortnotes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note To Self Mail | Shortnotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (374 ratings) — better | 4.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews — better | 45.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 374 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathias Lipowski | Ilya Gorodnyanskiy |
Customer experience
Note To Self Mail
Shortnotes
Bugs and 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
Shortnotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note To Self Mail
- Buy me a coffee$4.991 Year
- Pro Version$4.99
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
Shortnotes
- Shortnotes Pro$3.99
Questions
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