Comparison

Sender vs NoteThing Planner

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

Head to head
About

Sender

This app provides a focused way to send emails without the distraction of an inbox. It utilizes SMTP to send messages, allowing you to connect your preferred email provider. Ideal for quick dispatches when you need to avoid the complexities of a traditional email client.

Highlights
  • Send emails only
  • No inbox or distractions
  • SMTP protocol support
  • Connect your email provider
  • Create specific app passwords
  • Inbox-stressless phone experience
Features
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A tiny app that allows you to send email, but not receive. No inbox, no distraction. For those who are tired of the busy email bandwagon but still needs to dash off a quick email on a go. Why not using regular email app with silenced notifications? Because it requires willpower, which we have only little. Don't test yourself, have a system that works just as needed. Sender sends emails via SMTP, which stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. This is what email is supposed to be, right? Set up your email provider of choice in the app, and you're good to go. Every major email provider allows sending with SMTP protocol. You'll just need to create a specific password. There are links for instructions in the app to help with that. Enjoy inbox-stressless phone!

About

NoteThing Planner

This app combines notes, tasks, goals, and reminders into a single, focused experience. It offers a rich text editor, task management with flexible recurrence, habit tracking, and smart reminders. Enjoy a unified productivity toolkit across all your Apple devices with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Rich text and Markdown editor
  • Task management with recurring options
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Smart reminders with quiet hours
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Native Mac app
Features
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Notes, tasks, goals, and reminders — together in one beautiful app. NoteThing is the productivity toolkit that replaces four apps with one. Capture quick thoughts, stay on top of deadlines, track habits over time, and never miss a reminder — from a single focused experience that works the same on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One purchase covers every Apple device you own. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No account to create. NOTES • Rich text editor with formatting toolbar • Full Markdown mode with live preview • Folders and color-coded tags for organization • Fast search across every note TASKS • Due dates with flexible recurrence (daily, weekly, monthly, custom) • Smart notifications: at time, 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 1 day before • Completed recurring tasks automatically create the next occurrence • Upcoming view rolls all your deadlines into a single timeline GOALS • Track habits daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly • Yes/No tracking or quantity goals (push-ups, miles, dollars saved) • Four display styles: checkbox, tally marks, streak counter, progress bar • Complete history with charts and momentum REMINDERS • Recurring schedules with the same flexibility as tasks • Built-in quiet hours so notifications never wake you at 2 a.m. • Pause and resume individual reminders without losing their schedule • Smart batching keeps you under the system's 64-notification limit WORKS EVERYWHERE • One Universal Purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac • iCloud sync via your own Apple Account — never our servers • Home Screen widgets in three sizes • Native Mac app with keyboard shortcuts, multi-select, and file export • Family Sharing supported HONEST PRICING • Buy once, own forever • No subscriptions, ever • No in-app purchases or paywalled features • No account to create — just your Apple Account • No ads, no upsells, no nags • Free updates for the life of the app SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into English, French, French (Canada), German, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Japanese, and Korean. PRIVATE BY DESIGN NoteThing does not collect or transmit any personal data. Your content lives on your device and — if you choose — in your private iCloud. There are no servers holding your content, no analytics SDKs, and no third-party trackers in the app. Stop juggling four subscriptions. Get the calm of a single tool that does everything you need, owned outright. NoteThing is the productivity app you'll actually use.

Screenshots

Sender4 screens
NoteThing Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sender at Free against NoteThing Planner's $2.99. NoteThing Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Sender is free to download; NoteThing Planner costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NoteThing Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sender ships an update monthly, NoteThing Planner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Sender versus NoteThing Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSenderNoteThing Planner
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii PryimachukCore Dump Software LLC

Customer experience

Sender

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NoteThing Planner

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

In-app purchases

None

Sender

No in-app purchases

None

NoteThing Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sender free?
Sender is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoteThing Planner free?
NoteThing Planner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sender or NoteThing Planner?
NoteThing Planner is rated higher. Sender averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while NoteThing Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sender or NoteThing Planner have ads?
Neither Sender nor NoteThing Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sender or NoteThing Planner?
Sender ships an update monthly, and NoteThing Planner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sender was updated on October 10, 2026 and NoteThing Planner on October 16, 2026.

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