Comparison

FutureNote vs Still

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

Head to head
About

FutureNote

Capture your thoughts and feelings in a digital time capsule. Write letters to your future self, seal them for days, months, or years, and receive them back with a photo of your surroundings. Engage in a dialogue with your past self.

Highlights
  • Write letters to your future self
  • Seal letters for future delivery
  • Add photos of your surroundings
  • Track mood shifts over time
  • Organize letters into chapters
  • Receive notifications for opened letters
  • Reply to past selves
Features
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You wrote it on your hardest day. You read it from the other side. Or you wrote it on the day everything felt possible again. Both belong here. FutureNote is a time capsule for what you actually feel today. Write it down. Choose a mood. Photograph the place you are sitting — not your face, but the desk, the window, the room. Then seal the letter: seven days, a month, a year, ten years. Sealed means sealed. Nobody opens it early. Not us, not you. There is no button that changes that and no price that unlocks it. On average, people tap a sealed letter six times before the day arrives. On the day you chose, it comes back. First the photo, for three seconds. Then your words, line by line. And then you write back — to the person you were. Tell them what happened. Whether the fear came true. Whether the hope was right. And seal it again. Month after month, year after year, a conversation with yourself grows. WHY IT WORKS Your memory keeps the facts but loses the feeling. Within weeks, the texture of a hard day softens into a vague summary, and the evidence of your own growth disappears with it. FutureNote captures the feeling before it fades and returns it when you are ready to read it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Seal a letter for a week, a month, a season, a year, or a decade • Add a photo of where you were — the room, the desk, the window • Choose the mood you are writing in, and see how it shifts over time • Organize letters into chapters and watch a timeline of yourself build • Get a notification the moment a letter is ready to open • Write a reply to who you were, and seal it again YOUR LETTERS ARE YOURS Your letters are encrypted and belong only to you. They are not read, not sold, and never used to train anything. Write the first one today. Meet yourself later. Privacy Policy: https://futurenoteapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://futurenoteapp.com/terms

About

Still

Features
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YOU CAN'T STAY STILL FOR 10 MINUTES And that's the problem. Every app wants your attention. We want you to have none. STILL IS DIFFERENT. This isn't another meditation app with streaks, points, or premium subscriptions. Still uses your phone's sensors to PROVE you're doing nothing. Actually nothing. Put your phone down. Face down. Flat on a surface. Don't touch it. Don't move it. Don't check it. Any movement? Session over. Any touch? Session over. Switch apps? Session over. WHAT YOU GET Proof of Stillness - We track movement with gyroscope + accelerometer. Can't fake it. 100% Offline - No internet. Ever. We literally can't track you. No Accounts - No sign-up. No email. No profile. Just stillness. Your Data is Tiny - We store 2KB. Other apps store 2GB. Export it anytime. Real Progress - See how many notifications you avoided. Watch your stillness capacity grow.\ NO B******T No notifications No social features No streaks that guilt you No "premium" upsells No data collection No manipulation JUST STILLNESS

Screenshots

FutureNote4 screens
Still4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Still at none against FutureNote's 8. Still also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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. FutureNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Still asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FutureNote ships an update weekly, Still every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FutureNote versus Still: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFutureNoteStill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkas Giniotisahmad anka

In-app purchases

8 purchases

FutureNote

Subscriptions5
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium$4.991 Month
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  • Premium$9.991 Year
  • Premium$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Seal Just This Note$0.99
  • Premium Lifetime$19.99
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
None

Still

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FutureNote free?
FutureNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Still free?
Still is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FutureNote or Still have ads?
Neither FutureNote nor Still shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FutureNote or Still?
FutureNote ships an update weekly, and Still every 2 days. Most recently, FutureNote was updated on November 5, 2026 and Still on October 31, 2026.

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