Comparison

iTrackMail vs 1dea

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

Head to head
About

iTrackMail

This app notifies you when your sent emails are opened. It provides details like the recipient's country, region, platform, and browser. Get instant alerts and track multiple opens.

Highlights
  • Email open notifications
  • Recipient location tracking
  • Platform and browser detection
  • Multiple open tracking
  • Push notifications
Features
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Want to know if people are reading the emails you send? iTrackMail will let you know whenever someone opens your email! Tell iTrackMail the subject of your email, write your email like you usually would, and press send! iTrackMail will do the rest! When someone reads your email, iTrackMail will send you a push notification! Yes--it is that easy! iTrackMail will automatically record the date and time of the receipt as well as rough estimates of the Country, Region, Platform, and Browser of the recipient. You will be able to tell if more than one person read your email! iTrackMail is FREE, so try sending an email and you will be pleasantly surprised! Note: Not every email client is compatible with iTrackMail's methods. In some cases, the recipient will have to agree to "display all images" for your email. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

1dea

Features
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Ideas never make an appointment. 1dea catches them in a second, files them without effort, and hands them back just when you had forgotten them. Made for people who write, teach, research or simply think: aphorisms, quotes, talk outlines, hypotheses, reading notes, projects. CAPTURE • From the app, from the Share button of any other app, or with Siri and Shortcuts ("Add an idea"). • Markdown formatting: headings, bold, italic, highlight, lists, quotes, code, links. • Formatting bar above the keyboard: code block, equation, highlight, bold, web link and backtick in one tap. • Code coloured by language: Python, Swift, SQL… more than 190 languages in all. • Automatic references: a DOI pasted into a note becomes a numbered call [1], and the full reference, in Nature style, is added at the end of the note. • LaTeX equations, on their own line or in the middle of a sentence. • The place where the idea came to you, added automatically if you wish. GET INSPIRED • A library of 22,539 ideas, in English and French: history, science, nature, film, music… to browse by category, by words or at random. • Take an idea: it opens in a new note, for you to rewrite in your own words and file in your own categories, with its source link. • Related ideas: those sharing the most words with the one on screen. FIND • Search by words, or by meaning: 1dea finds related ideas even when they share no word. • Coloured categories, tags and one-to-three-star ratings to filter in one tap. • Related ideas and links between notes to weave your thinking together. • A world map of your notes. • Ideas graph: a map of your notes and their links, in Tools. REREAD • Home Screen widget: a random idea, from the categories you choose, refreshed anywhere from every 15 minutes to once a day. • "Random idea" in Siri and Shortcuts as well. • Project note: gather several ideas into one working draft. MEASURE • Statistics by month, year, category and rating. • Vocabulary tools: how many words you have written, how many are still ahead of you (Chao2 estimator), and how varied your vocabulary is (Shannon entropy). SHARE • Copy or share an idea as a quote, with your signature. • JSON export and import of your whole library. YOUR NOTES STAY YOURS • No account to create: sync goes through your own iCloud, across iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Mac. • Search by meaning and statistics are computed on the device. • The idea library is built into the app and works offline. For a reference, only the DOI is sent to doi.org to fetch its record. • Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or passcode. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases. In English and French.

Screenshots

iTrackMail4 screens
1dea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 1dea at none against iTrackMail's 4. 1dea also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). iTrackMail's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. iTrackMail sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. 1dea asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTrackMail ships an update every 2 weeks, 1dea weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iTrackMail versus 1dea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTrackMail1dea
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (586 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings586 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Amitay1O1IN

Bugs and requests

iTrackMail

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Stops working after updates
  • Notifications not working
  • Tracking image visible to recipients
  • Can't add/change email account

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to see who email was sent to
  • Option to disable self-tracking
  • Sync tracking data across devices
  • Self-destruct mode for emails

1dea

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iTrackMail

Subscriptions3
  • iTrackMail Pro - Weekly$0.997 Days
  • iTrackMail Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • iTrackMail Pro - Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • iTrackMail Pro$4.99
None

1dea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iTrackMail free?
iTrackMail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 1dea free?
1dea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iTrackMail or 1dea have ads?
Neither iTrackMail nor 1dea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iTrackMail or 1dea?
iTrackMail ships an update every 2 weeks, and 1dea weekly. Most recently, iTrackMail was updated on November 6, 2026 and 1dea on October 25, 2026.

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