ByPost Postcard Maker vs Polypipe Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ByPost Postcard Maker
Create and send personalized, high-quality printed postcards and greeting cards directly from your iPhone. Reach out to loved ones anywhere globally with tangible mail.
- Send real printed postcards
- Send greeting cards
- Worldwide shipping
- iPhone app
- Personalized cards
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Send meaningful, personalised cards directly from your phone with ByPost. Create and send greeting cards for birthdays, celebrations, thank-you messages, special occasions, or simply to let someone know you are thinking of them. Choose a card, personalise it with your own message and photos, enter the recipient’s delivery details, and place your order in just a few simple steps. ByPost makes it easy to turn a personal message into a real card delivered to someone’s door. Key features: • Browse a wide selection of greeting cards • Personalise cards with your own photos and messages • Preview your card before ordering • Enter recipient details directly in the app • Complete your order securely • Send cards without visiting a shop or post office • Manage your account and orders from one place Whether you are celebrating a birthday, sending congratulations, saying thank you, or staying connected with someone special, ByPost helps you create something personal and memorable. Download ByPost and send a card that means more.
Polypipe Smart
Control your heating system and appliances remotely with this app. It offers room-by-room temperature management, personalized automation rules, and the ability to create and store custom heating profiles for different scenarios. Manage multiple locations and switch between them seamlessly.
- Remote heating and appliance control
- Room-by-room temperature management
- Personalized automation rules
- Customizable smart profiles
- Multi-location support
- Geolocation-based control
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The Polypipe Smart App is designed to work with the Polypipe Smart, Polypipe Smart RF and Polypipe SmartPlug devices. Together they offer you the most comprehensive way to control your heating system & appliances from anywhere. HomeKit Support on Polypipe Smart With HomeKit, you can setup automation rules and take control of your Polypipe Smart accessories straight from control centre in iOS. Flexible GeoLocation - With No Subscription Our flexible Geo location system puts you in control. You don't need to switch the entire house heating off when you leave, you can decide on a room by room level what happens. Furthermore, each user can can decide the precise actions Polypipe Smart takes when they leave and return. Smart Profiles With Polypipe Smart Profiles, you can create and store multiple Profiles in the SmartHub ready for use later. Our new "Apply to" function lets you quickly assign the profile to any number of zones in your home. Programming your heating system has never been so simple. Multi Location Polypipe Smart supports Multi Location, enabling you to quickly switch between any of your locations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ByPost Postcard Maker at 62% against Polypipe Smart's 10%. ByPost Postcard Maker also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). Polypipe Smart's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Polypipe Smart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of ByPost Postcard Maker's written reviews are positive against 10% of Polypipe Smart's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ByPost Postcard Maker ships an update every 8 days, Polypipe Smart every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ByPost Postcard Maker | Polypipe Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cards Online Limited | Polypipe PLC |
Customer experience
ByPost Postcard Maker
Polypipe Smart
Bugs and requests
ByPost Postcard Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when trying to write on postcard
- Credits disappearing or not showing up
- Inability to reset password or login
- Postcards not being delivered
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options
- Ability to send to multiple recipients
- Improved account management
- Faster delivery times
- Cheaper pricing
Polypipe Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ByPost Postcard Maker
No in-app purchases
Polypipe Smart
No in-app purchases
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