Comparison

Note To Self Mail vs Note!

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

Head to head
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
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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/

About

Note!

This app offers a minimalist approach to note-taking, focusing on speed and simplicity. It allows for quick plain text entries, organized by modification date, with options for text resizing and passcode protection for privacy.

Highlights
  • Quick plain text notes
  • Sorted by latest modified
  • Pinch to zoom text size
  • Set passcode to lock notes
Features
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Nothing more, nothing less. Designed to be as minimal as possible for quick plain text notes. + Sorted by latest modified + Pinch to zoom/change text size + Set a passcode to lock your notes

Screenshots

Note To Self Mail3 screens
Note!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Note To Self Mail at none against Note!'s shown. Note To Self Mail also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 61%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Note To Self Mail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Note! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Note To Self Mail against 4.7 for Note!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 374 and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Note To Self Mail's written reviews are positive against 61% of Note!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note To Self Mail ships an update every 6 weeks, Note! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Note To Self Mail versus Note!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote To Self MailNote!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (374 ratings) — better4.7 (1K ratings)
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews — better61.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3741K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMathias LipowskiRIEU Limited

Customer experience

Note To Self Mail

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

Note!

All ratings1,045 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative31.2%

User reviews

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

Note!

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and straightforward
  • 🚀 Efficient note-taking
  • 💡 Useful for quick notes and ideas
  • 👍 Clean and clutter-free interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent and intrusive ads
  • 🔒 Lack of backup/export functionality
  • 🔒 No option to remove ads
  • 🐛 Distracting pop-ups

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

Note!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads disrupt note-taking experience
  • Inability to delete old notes
  • Lack of printing functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add iCloud sync and backup
  • Implement a paid, ad-free version
  • Allow for note organization and sorting
  • Improve text formatting and editing capabilities

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

Note!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Note To Self Mail free?
Note To Self Mail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note! free?
Note! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Note To Self Mail or Note!?
Note To Self Mail is rated higher. Note To Self Mail averages 4.8 out of 5 from 374 ratings, while Note! averages 4.7 from 1K ratings.
Do Note To Self Mail or Note! have ads?
Note! shows ads; Note To Self Mail does not.
Which is updated more often, Note To Self Mail or Note!?
Note To Self Mail ships an update every 6 weeks, and Note! every 13 months. Most recently, Note To Self Mail was updated on September 29, 2026 and Note! on September 28, 2026.

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