Comparison

MeMail vs SelfNote

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

Head to head
About

MeMail

Quickly send notes, reminders, or any information to yourself via email. Set up your email address once and send messages with full subject line control and optional settings for faster communication.

Highlights
  • Send quick emails to yourself
  • Full subject-line control
  • AutoSubject feature
  • Custom subject prefix
  • Supports TextExpander snippets
  • One-Tap Send option
Features
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### Featured in TED Blog: “25+ apps to make your everyday life easier” ### Capture a thought, to-do, or scrap of information, FAST! MeMail does one thing exceptionally well: send quick emails to a pre-set address. Email yourself reminders or notes? Just launch, type, and send — that's it! No fishing around for the right contact. Simply set your address the first time you open the app and you’re good to go. FEATURES: • Email messages are sent from your own account — they come from *you*, not a third party. • Full subject-line control: Enable "AutoSubject" to add the first few words of your message to the subject line, or just use a custom prefix like "[MeMail]" so your messages stand out in your Inbox. You can use or both, or neither — or even change the subject manually before the message goes out — it’s up to you! • Optional Subject Suffix setting • Optional Cc: address setting • Supports TextExpander 3.5.4 snippet expansion, including fill-in forms • Optimized for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus • One-Tap Send: Enter the settings for the mail account of your choice if you’d like to bypass the standard message screen and make MeMail even faster. TIPS: • MeMail is great for sending emails to yourself, but many find it invaluable for other uses. Set your significant other for quick "ETA" messages, use an Omni Mail Drop address and have your messages appear automatically as tasks in OmniFocus — if you can do it with email, you can do it faster with MeMail.

About

SelfNote

Capture ideas, reminders, and links by sending them directly to your email inbox. Supports text, audio, photos, and drawings, with extensions for seamless sharing from other apps. New features include Apple Watch integration and home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Send notes via email
  • Attach text, audio, photos, drawings
  • Browser extensions for quick sharing
  • Apple Watch app for wrist capture
  • Home screen widgets for quick actions
  • On-device AI for subject lines and categorization
  • Speech-to-text dictation
Features
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With SelfNote, you can quickly write notes, reminders or bookmark links from your browser and send them to your own email. The concept is to send notes to self and receive them in the email inbox to be read or managed at a later time. With just a few taps and its quick share to self functions, you can create a new note and send it directly to your email inbox. This makes it easy to capture ideas and thoughts as they occur to you, without having to worry about forgetting them later on. SelfNote allows you to not only write text notes but also to add quick audio recordings, dictate to notes, drawings, and photos as notes. Additionally, you can use one of the extensions available for sending a reminder to self in the form of a link to a website, a photo, or a document (including PDFs) while browsing the internet or using any other app. KEY FEATURES - Mac App: SelfNote is now on your Mac too. Capture a thought from anywhere with the menu bar and your own keyboard shortcut, share from any app, and add widgets to your desktop. Your Pro subscription covers every device. - Apple Watch App: Capture notes from your wrist. Dictate text, record audio, or send quick phrases instantly. Your Watch syncs with your iPhone automatically. - Home Screen Widgets: Quick Actions for one-tap compose, dictate, or record. Quick Send to fire off pre-written phrases without opening the app. Recent Notes to see your latest notes at a glance. - Multiple Recipients: Add up to 10 email addresses and choose which ones receive your notes. Pro subscribers can send to up to 3 recipients simultaneously. - Attachments: Attach several photos and files to a single note. Pick them, paste them, drag and drop them, or share them from other apps (up to 5 with Pro). - On-Device AI (Pro, iOS 26+): Smart Subject generates email subject lines from your note. Auto-Categorization tags your notes. Action Items detects tasks and highlights them. All processing happens on your device. - Speech-to-Text Dictation: Speak your notes with real-time transcription for hands-free capture. - Custom Note Subjects: Set a custom email subject line for any note. - Improved Note History: Gallery and list views, search, filters by color, type, or attachment. - Siri and Shortcuts: Send notes with Siri or build workflows with the Shortcuts app. - Available in 8 Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), and Italian. Whether you're looking to organize your work tasks, read an article later, plan a vacation, remember something, or simply jot down your thoughts as they occur to you, SelfNote has everything you need to stay on top of your thoughts. Overall, SelfNote is a versatile tool that helps you to easily create and manage reminders and notes, making it an essential app for anyone who wants to stay organised and on top of their tasks. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MeMail4 screens
SelfNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SelfNote at Free against MeMail's $1.99. SelfNote also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 1). MeMail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (166 vs 5). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SelfNote is free to download; MeMail costs $1.99 up front. SelfNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MeMail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for MeMail against 5.0 for SelfNote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MeMail has 166 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MeMail ships an update every 5 months, SelfNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MeMail versus SelfNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeMailSelfNote
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (166 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings166 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDay One Design LLCMakai Labs Srl

Customer experience

MeMail

All ratings164 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative4.5%

SelfNote

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MeMail

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes after iOS update
  • Stopped working unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • iPad version
  • Option to disable email preview/confirmation step
  • Support for multiple email addresses/configurations
  • Dark background option for night use
  • Ability to archive emails within the app

SelfNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MeMail

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SelfNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly - Unlimited access$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is MeMail free?
MeMail costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SelfNote free?
SelfNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MeMail or SelfNote?
SelfNote is rated higher. MeMail averages 4.9 out of 5 from 166 ratings, while SelfNote averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do MeMail or SelfNote have ads?
Neither MeMail nor SelfNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MeMail or SelfNote?
MeMail ships an update every 5 months, and SelfNote monthly. Most recently, MeMail was updated on October 26, 2026 and SelfNote on October 10, 2026.

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