SelfNote vs REA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
REA
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REA goes beyond traditional to-do lists. It is an energy-aware planner designed to align your daily tasks with your actual mental and physical capacity. Start your day with an Energy Check-in. Tell REA how you feel, and our AI will automatically suggest which tasks to tackle and which to postpone, preventing burnout and maximizing productivity when you feel best. Key Features: • Energy Check-In: Measure your daily physical and mental energy. • Adaptive AI Planner: Tasks are automatically rescheduled based on your current capacity. • Holistic Organization: Balance work, self-care, and personal goals. • Burnout Prevention: Smart algorithms ensure you do not overcommit on low-energy days. Plan smarter, not harder. Align your life with your energy using REA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: REA at every 11 days against SelfNote's monthly. SelfNote's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. SelfNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and REA sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SelfNote ships an update monthly, REA every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SelfNote | REA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Makai Labs Srl | MICHAL STANKIEWICZ |
In-app purchases
SelfNote
- Monthly - Unlimited access$1.991 Month
- Unlimited access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$29.99
REA
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- Radio "ME"$0.99
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