SimpleLogin vs Privacy Notes (Offline)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleLogin
Create temporary, anonymous email addresses to protect your personal inbox from spam and tracking. Forward emails to your main inbox and reply from your alias, keeping your real address hidden. Easily disable aliases if they receive unwanted messages.
- Create anonymous email aliases
- Forward emails to personal inbox
- Reply from alias address
- Send emails from alias
- Disable aliases to block spam
- PGP encryption support
- Use custom domains
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Tired of spam and being tracked online through your personal email address? Email aliases are the solution. SimpleLogin provides you with a different anonymous email address (aka email alias) whenever you sign up for a new online service, allowing you to hide your personal email address from spammers. Emails sent to an alias are forwarded to your personal inbox. Want to reply to a forwarded email? Just hit reply and the response will be sent from your alias, keeping your personal address hidden. Not only can an alias receive emails, it can also send emails. An alias is a full-fledged email address. You can create a new alias when subscribing to a newsletter, signing up for a new account, or giving your email to someone you don't trust. If you receive spam to that address, simply disable the alias. When you give away your personal email online, there is a good chance it will end up in the hands of a spammer or hacker. SimpleLogin acts as a firewall to protect your personal inbox. Over 2 million SimpleLogin aliases have been created, making SimpleLogin one of the world’s best-known email alias services. --- Why SimpleLogin? - Generous free plan: unlike other alias services, you can create up to 10 aliases using the free plan, and there's no cap on bandwidth or the number of replies and sends. We also offer a 7day free trial of our premium service, that includes all advanced features, when you sign up. - SimpleLogin is the world’s most advanced email alias service, supporting multiple mailboxes, PGP encryption, and in-app alias management. - 100% open source and independently audited for security. SimpleLogin is verified to be secure and reliable. - Private by default. SimpleLogin forwards your emails, but does not save them. We use secure infrastructure in Switzerland, operated by Proton Mail, the world's largest encrypted email service. With a premium plan, you can: - Add your own domain and create aliases such as reddit@my-domain.com or twitter@my-domain.com. You can also enable catch-all email addresses for your domain. - If you don't have a domain, use a subdomain provided by SimpleLogin instead. - Send emails from aliases: not only can you can reply to a forwarded email, you can also initiate a new conversation from your alias. - If you have several mailboxes, you can add them into SimpleLogin and choose which one to use when creating an alias. - If your mailbox supports PGP, enable PGP on SimpleLogin, and emails will be encrypted by SimpleLogin before being forwarded to your mailbox. What others say about SimpleLogin: “SimpleLogin is a comprehensive disposable email address solution that covers just about every conceivable feature, and it’s easy to use”. PCMag Twitter: https://twitter.com/simple_login Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/simplelogin Open Source: https://github.com/simple-login Privacy policy: https://simplelogin.io/privacy/ Terms and conditions: https://simplelogin.io/terms/ Security audit: https://simplelogin.io/blog/security-audit/
Privacy Notes (Offline)
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Privacy Notes (Offline) is a note-taking app built on one uncompromising rule: your notes never touch a network. There is no cloud, no account, and no sign-up — everything you write, sketch, and attach stays on your device and nowhere else. Every note is encrypted at rest with strong, device-held keys. Your encryption key lives in the Secure Enclave behind Face ID or Touch ID, with a passphrase as your recovery path. Open the app and you are met by a lock, not a login. Write in clean, typed rich text, sketch and annotate with Apple Pencil, and add photos as fully encrypted attachments — with location and camera metadata stripped on import. Organize notes into folders and find anything instantly with fast on-device search. When you want a copy, export an encrypted backup you control; nothing is ever uploaded. Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with a calm, monochrome interface that gets out of your way. No ads. No analytics. No trackers. No crash reporters. Just a private place to think. - Fully offline and air-gapped — zero networking, verified at build time - Encrypted on device; key protected by Face ID / Touch ID and a passphrase - Typed rich text, Apple Pencil ink, and encrypted image attachments - Photo metadata (EXIF / GPS) removed automatically on import - Fast full-text search and folder organization - Encrypted, device-independent backups you export and restore yourself - Built for iPhone, iPad, and macOS — no account, no ads, no tracking Your words never leave your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SimpleLogin at Free against Privacy Notes (Offline)'s $8.99. Privacy Notes (Offline)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
SimpleLogin is free to download; Privacy Notes (Offline) costs $8.99 up front. SimpleLogin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Privacy Notes (Offline) asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleLogin ships an update every 5 weeks, Privacy Notes (Offline) every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleLogin | Privacy Notes (Offline) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proton AG | Linosec |
In-app purchases
SimpleLogin
- Premium (monthly)$3.991 Month
- Premium (yearly)$39.991 Year
Privacy Notes (Offline)
No in-app purchases
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