Comparison

SelfNote vs Alaid

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

Head to head
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/

About

Alaid

Plan your work schedule, track daily hours, and calculate your paycheck. Manage tasks with notifications, record advances, bonuses, and debts. Offers paid features for advanced scheduling and payroll calculations.

Highlights
  • Work schedule planning
  • Daily work hour tracking
  • Paycheck calculation
  • Advance and bonus tracking
  • Task scheduling with notifications
  • Night shift payroll calculation
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Alaid allows you to plan your work schedule the way you want it. Keep track of your daily work schedule. Calculate your paycheck for the month. Add an advance or bonus. Schedule tasks and set notifications so you don't miss anything. Features: ◉ Choose your day type: weekday/weekend/holiday/sick day. ◉ Enter your earnings for the day ◉ Enter your earnings per hour and number of hours for automatic calculation. ◉ Mark advance payment ◉ Indicate bonus (bonus, tips) ◉ Create tasks and schedule notifications (Paid access) ◉ Mark your working hours ◉ Make notes for each day (Paid access) ◉ Indicate night shift with payroll calculation (Paid access) ◉ Create a work schedule with payroll (Paid access) ◉ Record your debts EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SelfNote4 screens
Alaid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SelfNote at 5 against Alaid's 1. SelfNote also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SelfNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Alaid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SelfNote against 5.0 for Alaid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SelfNote has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SelfNote versus Alaid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelfNoteAlaid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakai Labs SrlArtem Sidorov

Customer experience

SelfNote

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

Alaid

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

Alaid

Subscriptions1
  • Alaid Pro Month$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Alaid Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is SelfNote free?
SelfNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alaid free?
Alaid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SelfNote or Alaid?
SelfNote and Alaid are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SelfNote or Alaid have ads?
Neither SelfNote nor Alaid shows ads.

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