Comparison

Daily Postcard vs Casted

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

Head to head
About

Daily Postcard

Connect with people globally by exchanging digital postcards. Share photos, voice messages, and text, with built-in translation for seamless communication. Personalize your profile and postcards with unique decorations.

Highlights
  • Digital postcard exchange
  • Photo and voice messaging
  • Built-in translation
  • Profile and postcard customization
  • Interest-based pen pal matching
  • Passport stamp collection
  • Social feed and chat features
Features
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Daily Postcard is a pen pal app for exchanging postcards with people around the world. Write a short line, add a photo, and Postbird will carry your postcard across the sea to someone, somewhere. ■ Pen pals, one postcard at a time - Postbird delivers your postcards to people all over the world. - If you click with someone while exchanging postcards, you can become stamp friends. - With stamp friends, you can add a short voice or video message to the back of your postcard (with a VIP level or a subscription). - Use keywords of interest to find people who share your tastes. ■ Different languages? No problem - Read postcards written in other languages with the built-in translation feature. - The app is available in 15 languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Thai, Arabic ■ The island where Postbird lives - On the home island, the sky turns from day to sunset to night, and rain falls now and then. - On clear nights, fireflies and shooting stars appear, and dolphins and whales sometimes show up out at sea. - The moon waxes and wanes with the real calendar. - On your birthday, the island dresses up in birthday decorations. - You can turn off weather effects in Settings, or switch on Lite mode for a lighter experience. ■ Country stamps in your passport - Exchange postcards with friends from another country, and that country's stamp goes into your passport. - Collect entry, visa, and residency stamps to level up and unlock postage stamps for decorating your profile. ■ Make it yours - Decorate the front of your postcard with a photo or pattern, and choose a design for the card back. - Show your style with stamps, stamp frames, and hats for Postbird. - Introduce yourself with a voice recording on your profile. ■ Stories beyond postcards - Share your days on Feed and Talk, and ask what others think with Vote. - In Echo, leave a short line on the sand and share empathy with others. - During Pearl Island season events, collect pearls and trade them for seasonal items. Mini-game events may open as well. ■ Comfortable and safe - Choose the countries, genders, ages, and languages you'd rather not receive postcards from. - Block or report anyone who makes you uncomfortable. - Set Do Not Disturb hours to keep notifications quiet at night. - Keep special postcards in your Drawer, and save photos you like to your device. ■ Good to know - New postcards left unread for a long time expire automatically. - Some decoration items and extra features are available through in-app purchases or a subscription. - The timing and content of season events may change. Which country will your next postcard come from? [ Contact ] ghplanet.com@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://postcard.ghplanet.com/legal/terms_of_service_en.html Privacy Policy: https://postcard.ghplanet.com/legal/privacy_policy_en.html

About

Casted

This app offers a unique way to connect with people globally by sending digital messages in a bottle. Discover new friends, find penpals, or even that special someone through random connections.

Highlights
  • Send messages in a bottle
  • Connect with people globally
  • Find new friends
  • Discover penpals
  • Meet new people
Features
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Have you ever daydreamed about casting a message in a bottle? What would you write? Who could it reach? Casted lets you do just that! Once you cast your own message, it could end up reaching anyone from around the world. The Casted app brings you a fun and unique way to: Meet new people Find a penpal Find that special person Learn from others Download today - you never know who you may meet and what it may lead to!

Screenshots

Daily Postcard4 screens
Casted4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Daily Postcard at 4.0 against Casted's 3.0. Daily Postcard also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 4) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). Casted's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daily Postcard sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Casted sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daily Postcard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Postcard has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Daily Postcard's written reviews are positive against 50% of Casted's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Postcard ships an update every 5 days, Casted every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Daily Postcard versus Casted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily PostcardCasted
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (64 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB56 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSeung-won JiAaron Rockett

Customer experience

Daily Postcard

All ratings64 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative24.4%

Casted

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Daily Postcard

One-time10
  • Oasis in the deset$0.99
  • Stamp Book Extension x15$0.99
  • Special Bird x3$0.99
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  • 50 Coconuts$0.99
  • Rain Cloud$2.99
  • VIP 2$2.99
  • Postcard Plus 1-Month Pass (Gift)$3.99
  • VIP 3$3.99
  • VIP 4$6.99
  • Starter Package$8.99
10 purchases

Casted

One-time10
  • Candy$0.99
  • 1 x Bottle$0.99
  • Chocolate Muffin$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 5 x Bottles$1.99
  • Teddy Bear$3.99
  • 12 x Bottles$3.99
  • Box Of Chocolates$4.99
  • Flowers$7.99
  • Bottle Factory$54.99
  • Diamond$99.99

Questions

Is Daily Postcard free?
Daily Postcard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Casted free?
Casted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daily Postcard or Casted?
Daily Postcard is rated higher. Daily Postcard averages 4.0 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Casted averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Daily Postcard or Casted have ads?
Neither Daily Postcard nor Casted shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Postcard or Casted?
Daily Postcard ships an update every 5 days, and Casted every 3 days. Most recently, Daily Postcard was updated on November 6, 2026 and Casted on November 2, 2026.

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