Bright Notes vs Skill Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bright Notes
Send kind messages to your future self and receive them later. This app helps you stay motivated and practice self-compassion with scheduled notifications and thoughtful prompts. Surprise yourself with positivity and support from your past self.
- Send messages to your future self
- Receive automatic motivational messages
- Customizable notification frequency and timing
- Themed message packs available for purchase
- Inspiration button for writing prompts
- View notification history
- Allow friends to add messages for you
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Write nice things to Future You and receive them in the future. Surprise yourself with kindness! BACKSTORY "Where did this idea come from?!" you ask. Well, I originally made this app for myself. I was using iOS Reminders to send my future self inspiring messages, but manually entering the dates was annoying. I just wanted to say nice stuff and my phone take care of planning/sending the notifications. So I made this app! This app has been transformational in keeping me buoyant. Like, I'll get a notification from Past Me telling me to drop my shoulders and realize "Oh. Yeah. I'm stressing out over nothing." Boom. Who was angsty five seconds ago but not right now? This guy. Bright Notes has been so useful for me that I made it into a full app to share with you. I hope it brightens your life! FEATURES * Say something nice to Future You; receive it in the future! (Duh) * No ads :) * Automatic messages from me to you! Just to ensure you're always getting some lovin'. (Prepare to be ambushed with strange, atypical motivational messages!) * Themed packs of Note to buy! All made with care and love. Stress, Physical Wellness, Mindfulness, and Challenges! * Customize how often and when you get notifications * Blast-Me-Tomorrow: Need an extra kick of love mañana? Toggle this on. * “Ahhh I don’t know what to write!!” That’s okay! Deep breaths, beautiful. The app has a button for ideas to get your kindness pump gushing. Sploosh! * You can write ANYthing to yourself. Seriously. Anything. You can use this app to send yourself a daily insult. Whatever you want. The world is your oyster. * View your notification history * Hand your device to a friend to add stuff for you! (This is a lot of fun, and always surprising.) This app has made an ongoing difference in my life, and I hope it does for you too. *** This app requires local notifications to be turned on. ***
Skill Notes
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- Daily records ・Tap the “+” at the top right of the main screen and select “Make a record” to select and add the date you want to record. ・ Tap the date you added to go to the screen where you record what you learned on that day. ・ Tap the button at the bottom of the screen to send the contents of the day to the summary screen. -Review summary ・ Return to the main screen, tap “+” at the upper right of the screen, and select “Check the summary” to move to the summary screen. ・ In the summary screen, the contents sent for each date are recorded. ・ Tap the button at the bottom right of the screen to edit the contents of the summary freely, and tap the button at the bottom left to delete the contents of the summary at once. -Delete item ・ If you want to delete the added date, tap "Edit" at the top left of the main screen and select the item you want to delete. Please contact us in the review section or this DM. https://twitter.com/corasck
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skill Notes at none against Bright Notes's 4. Skill Notes also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 94 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Bright Notes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Skill Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bright Notes ships an update every 94 months, Skill Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bright Notes | Skill Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (50 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 94 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BT Productions | Kazuya Fujita |
In-app purchases
Bright Notes
- The Stress Pack$1.99
- Note Pack - Physical Wellness$1.99
- The Mindfulness Pack$1.99
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- The Challenges Pack$1.99
Skill Notes
No in-app purchases









