WriteBack vs Postcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
WriteBack
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Express yourself in the most authentic and therapeutic way, using letters! WriteBack is a new way to get in touch with your friends and family. 1. Make a scribble for whatβs in your heart and save it as a journal. 2. Share your thoughts with your loved ones as a personal letter. 3. Track the responses and write back again. 4. Send the letters to your contacts. 5. All the letters are privately shared and not public. Letters can be seen only by the recipient, you choose! 6. Save the letters in one place, and track their corresponding responses in one place. Just like email threads, WriteBack makes a thread of letters so you can find them easily! Enjoy writing!
Postcards
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Postcards is the simplest way to stay close to the people you care about. Each day, a small idea for what to say to someone in particular. A few lines, a photo if you like, and send it on. How it works. - Add the people who matter. The handful you want to stay close to. The ones you've been meaning to text, want to get to know better, or simply share moments with. - Daily postcards to send. Ways to spark a conversation, each one picked just for you and your relationships. Add a few lines, a photo if you like, and send it on. - Shared moments to rediscover. Look back at the moments that build your shared story. What we believe. - A small circle, tended with attention, is a full life. - One real note outweighs a thousand likes. - Reaching out, deliberately, compounds. --- We're living through something we don't have a great name for yet. Loneliness isn't quite right. Most of us are surrounded by people. Disconnection is closer. We have more ways to reach out than ever, yet somehow our relationships become an afterthought. Social media promised connection. What it delivered was something else: attention. Platforms built not to bring us closer to the people we love, but to keep us scrolling. We used to send postcards. A postcard wasn't sent on a whim. You chose one person. You thought about what to say. You took time. Receiving one meant you were thought of. Just you. We want to bring it back. We hope you do too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WriteBack at 13.0 against Postcards's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WriteBack ships an update every 5 days, Postcards every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WriteBack | Postcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days β better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 β better | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Markovate | Aarish Adeel |
In-app purchases
WriteBack
No in-app purchases
Postcards
No in-app purchases









