Comparison

FutureNote vs Tenderly

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

Head to head
About

FutureNote

Write messages to your future self, capturing current thoughts, hopes, and memories. Seal them to be delivered at a later date, allowing you to reflect on your journey and growth.

Highlights
  • Write messages to future self
  • Seal notes for delayed delivery
  • Track progress and overcome challenges
  • Capture hopes and memories
  • Unlock notes at a future date
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

Tenderly

Features
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Some words are worth the wait. Tenderly lets you write letters to the people you love and seal them to be delivered on a future date — tomorrow, on their 18th birthday, on a wedding morning, or for the day they'll need them most. A time capsule for the heart. You write it today. They read it when it matters. WRITE TO THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE Not a letter to your future self — a letter to your daughter, your son, your partner, your parents. Pick the moment it should arrive, seal it, and let time do the rest. The countdown begins: "16 years remaining." THE MOMENT IT ARRIVES One day a quiet notice appears: a letter has arrived. Your words, written years ago, opened exactly when they were meant to be read. No printing, no shipping, no waiting on the mail — the moment of arrival is the keepsake. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS Sealed letters are encrypted on your device with keys only you hold, so their contents stay private to you — even from us. Tenderly is local-first — it works offline and keeps your most intimate words between you and the person you wrote them for. DELIVERED EVEN IF YOU CANCEL Here is our promise in plain language: for as long as Tenderly operates, every letter you've already sealed will be delivered on schedule — even if your subscription ends. Delivery happens on your device, so a letter you've scheduled arrives whether or not you still subscribe. Your subscription pays for writing new letters and family features, never to hold the letters you've already sealed. Once it's sealed, it's on its way to them. A KEEPSAKE FOR EVERY DAY Between the big moments, keep a private journal for the people you love — small notes, photos, and reactions you can choose to share with family. A warm, private space with no public feed and no strangers. NEVER FACE A BLANK PAGE Gentle prompts help you start: "Write to them for their 18th." "What do you want them to know?" The hardest part of any letter is the first line — Tenderly hands you one. TENDERLY PREMIUM - Unlimited sealed letters, media, and shared family journaling - 7-day free trial on the annual plan - Free tier includes 1 sealed letter so you can feel it before you decide Tenderly Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically — $39.99/year (with a 7-day free trial) or $6.99/month — unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://nexasphere.io/legal/tenderly/privacy · Terms of Use: https://nexasphere.io/legal/tenderly/terms Write love that arrives later. Seal it. They'll read it someday. Tenderly is a Lifestyle app for keeping in touch across time. It is not a medical, clinical, or health product.

Screenshots

FutureNote4 screens
Tenderly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FutureNote at 3 against Tenderly's 1. FutureNote also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FutureNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Tenderly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FutureNote versus Tenderly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFutureNoteTenderly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkas GiniotisNEXASPHERE INC.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

FutureNote

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$4.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Seal Just This Note$0.99
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Tenderly

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)$39.991 Year

Questions

Is FutureNote free?
FutureNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tenderly free?
Tenderly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FutureNote or Tenderly have ads?
Neither FutureNote nor Tenderly shows ads.

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