RakontoMail vs OpenNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RakontoMail
Manage tasks and collaborate with others using only your email. Sensitive data is stored securely on your email server. Create, edit, and organize tasks with notes, attachments, and tags, benefiting from a learning mechanism that speeds up task creation.
- Task management via email
- Collaboration with others
- Secure email server data storage
- Create and edit tasks easily
- Add notes, attachments, and tags
- Learning mechanism for faster task creation
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With the RakontoMail app you can manage your tasks and collaborate them with other people only by using your email accounts, without any other server ! The sensitive data of your tasks is stored safely only on your email server with full transparency, in the most safe , reliable and convenient way. The RakontoMail app enables you to create and edit tasks very easily and conveniently, and you have the flexibility to add notes, fields , attachments and tags according to your needs. The RakontoMail app has a learning mechanism that remembers the users , tags and fields you used or received from other users, and enables you to create tasks very quickly with minimum typing. When you do need to type – typing notes is very convenient and it is done in big convenient view.
OpenNotes
Create handwritten notes, import and annotate PDFs, and organize your thoughts with folders. This free, open-source app prioritizes privacy by keeping all your data local and on your device.
- Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
- PDF import and annotation
- Folder-based organization
- Add images and text
- Local-first data storage
- Export and share notes
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OpenNotes is a simple, free, open-source notes app built for handwriting, PDFs, and focused organization. Create notebooks, import PDFs, write with Apple Pencil, add images or text, organize notes into folders, and export your work when you need it. OpenNotes is local-first and privacy focused. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking. Your notes live on your device, with optional backup to your own iCloud so they survive a lost iPad or a deleted app. Nothing is ever sent to us — your notes stay in your Apple account, readable by no one else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RakontoMail at 5.0 against OpenNotes's 4.4. OpenNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RakontoMail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenNotes has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RakontoMail ships an update every 5 months, OpenNotes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RakontoMail | OpenNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dan Tsirlin | Mark Miller |
Customer experience
RakontoMail
OpenNotes
In-app purchases
RakontoMail
No in-app purchases
OpenNotes
No in-app purchases
