SelfNote vs Papyr
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/
Papyr
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Papyr is your personal document organizer. Scan letters, invoices, warranties, or contracts and find them in seconds anytime. Everything stays organized, searchable, and set up by default on your iPhone. No more digging through folders. No more piles of paper. No more losing important documents. FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE Papyr goes with you everywhere. - Invoices - Warranties - Insurance policies - Tax documents - Vehicle documents - Health records - Rental documents - Contracts - Letters - Documents of all kinds Everything is in one place. AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZED Papyr automatically recognizes documents and sorts them into the right categories. So you do not have to manage folder structures anymore. Documents stay neat and easy to find anytime. FIND ANY DOCUMENT INSTANTLY Thanks to intelligent full-text search, you can find documents by their content. Search for: - Company names - Invoice numbers - Amounts - Dates - Keywords You do not need to remember file names. DON’T MISS DEADLINES (Papyr Pro) With Papyr Pro, Papyr automatically detects expiration dates and reminds you in time\u2014set per document. For example: - Warranties - Insurance policies - Registrations - Deadlines Stay on top of everything. PRIVACY FIRST Your documents belong to you. That\u2019s why Papyr processes documents directly on your iPhone. - No document cloud - No forced account - No server processing - Face ID protection - Optional encrypted iCloud backup (Papyr Pro) Your most sensitive documents stay private. FREE INCLUDED - Scan and manage up to 15 documents - Automatic categorization - Full-text search - Face ID protection PAPYR PRO (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED) You can try Papyr Pro for free. After the trial period ends, a paid subscription is required. Papyr Pro includes: - Unlimited documents - AI analysis with Apple Intelligence: automatic detection of expiration dates, amounts, and senders - iCloud sync across all your devices - Home screen widgets (quick scan and reminders) - Tax folder: all tax-relevant documents from a year as a PDF for your tax advisor - Reminders per document BUILT FOR APPLE Papyr uses modern iOS technologies. - Spotlight integration - Siri support - Face ID - Native iPhone app - Fast full-text search IDEAL FOR - Individuals - Families - Working professionals - Self-employed people - Students - Privacy-conscious users Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: SelfNote at 4 against Papyr's 2. SelfNote also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. SelfNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Papyr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | SelfNote | Papyr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makai Labs Srl | Marcel Rueckert |
In-app purchases
SelfNote
- Monthly - Unlimited access$1.991 Month
- Unlimited access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$29.99
Papyr
- Papyr Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
- Papyr Pro — Annual$17.901 Year









