Comparison

MeMail vs One Great Thing

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

One Great Thing

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One small action can make a difference. A quick task, a personal intention, or the one thing you just have to get done today. One Great Thing allows you to quickly capture this each day, and provides a satisfying visual to complete it. You can use the provided widgets to help keep your item front and center throughout the day.

Screenshots

MeMail4 screens
One Great Thing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: One Great Thing at Free against MeMail's $1.99. MeMail's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

One Great Thing is free to download; MeMail costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MeMail ships an update every 5 months, One Great Thing every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MeMail versus One Great Thing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeMailOne Great Thing
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (167 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings167 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDay One Design LLCFinite Fractal Studios

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

One Great Thing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MeMail

No in-app purchases

None

One Great Thing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MeMail free?
MeMail costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is One Great Thing free?
One Great Thing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MeMail or One Great Thing have ads?
Neither MeMail nor One Great Thing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MeMail or One Great Thing?
MeMail ships an update every 5 months, and One Great Thing every 8 months. Most recently, MeMail was updated on November 6, 2026 and One Great Thing on November 4, 2026.

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