Comparison

Letters vs Stoic

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

Head to head
About

Letters

Organize and read all your subscribed newsletters in one clean, dedicated space outside your inbox. It automatically finds your newsletters and keeps your reading data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Organize all newsletters
  • Automatic newsletter detection
  • Clean reading environment
  • Offline access
  • Read/unread tracking
  • Search across all newsletters
Features
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You subscribed to 30 newsletters. You're reading 3. The rest are buried in your inbox โ€” unread, forgotten, quietly becoming guilt. You keep meaning to get to them. You don't. Letters is built for this exact problem. Connect your Gmail and in under 60 seconds, Letters reveals your complete newsletter library โ€” every publisher you've subscribed to, organised and ready to read. Outside your inbox. Without the noise. โ€”โ€” BUILT DIFFERENT: YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Most email apps pass your data through their servers. Letters doesn't. Your newsletters are processed and stored locally on your device only. We connect via secure OAuth. No emails stored on our end. No data sold. No backend that knows your reading habits. For professionals who handle sensitive information โ€” this matters. โ€”โ€” WHAT YOU GET โ€ข Your complete newsletter library โ€” every publisher, instantly visible โ€ข Auto-detection: Letters finds your newsletters, you don't hunt for them โ€ข Clean reader built for long-form content, not quick email scanning โ€ข Offline access โ€” read on flights, commutes, anywhere โ€ข Read/unread tracking so nothing gets missed โ€ข Search across everything you've ever received โ€”โ€” WHO LETTERS IS BUILT FOR Professionals who read newsletters seriously: โ€” VCs and investors tracking market intelligence across 20+ sources โ€” Consultants who need to stay sharp across industries without inbox chaos โ€” B2B marketers monitoring trends and competitor content โ€” Anyone who subscribes intentionally and wants to actually read what they chose โ€”โ€” Letters is not an email app. It's not a feed. It's the reading environment your newsletters always deserved. Free to download. Your library is ready in under 60 seconds. ____ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stoic

Features
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Stoic is a screen time blocker that makes you earn it. Your distracting apps stay locked until the work is done. A focused minute buys a minute of scrolling. A finished task frees the apps for the day. Nothing is free, and that is the point. THE WINTER ARC Pick 30 days, 60, or everything left until New Year's Eve. Every habit you keep, every session you finish and every page you read counts toward one arc. Your home screen shows the day you are on and how much of it you have held. Walk into January already changed. APPS LOCKED UNTIL EARNED Two groups. One opens when you finish your daily tasks. The other only opens with focus credits you earned yourself. Powered by Apple's Screen Time, so it holds even when you don't want it to. INSTAGRAM WITHOUT THE ALGORITHM Ghost Feed opens Instagram with only the people you follow, newest first. No Reels, no Explore, no ads, no suggested accounts. You set the clock, and when it ends, it ends. FOCUS THAT PAYS A Pomodoro timer that banks credits while you work. Quick Block for when you need everything gone now. A streak that counts the days you held and a journal where you call each day honestly: held, or slipped. YOUR DAY, SET ONCE No phone for the first hour. Screens off by ten. You set the rules one time and Stoic holds you to them every morning. Tasks, habits and alarms in one place, with wake-up challenges you have to actually do. READ BOOKS, NOT FEEDS Ten of the best books on discipline, cut down to the handful of ideas that matter. Track your own books page by page. BUILT TO BE KEPT Painted rooms, not spreadsheets. A card that tells you what your focus is worth. The whole app in winter. Nothing you do in Stoic leaves your phone. Your habits, your notes, your Instagram login and your Screen Time data stay on the device. Stoic+ is a subscription. Terms of Use: https://stoik.framer.website/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://stoik.framer.website/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Letters4 screens
Stoic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stoic at every 6 days against Letters's every 2 weeks. Letters's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Letters sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Stoic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Letters ships an update every 2 weeks, Stoic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Letters versus Stoic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLettersStoic
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size62 MB156 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRishab JaiswalYael Brosh

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Letters

Subscriptions2
  • Letters Pro | Monthly Plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Letter Pro Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Letters Pro Lifetime$149.00
3 purchases

Stoic

Subscriptions2
  • Stoik+$12.991 Month
  • Stoic+3 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stoik+ Lifetime$180.99

Questions

Is Letters free?
Letters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stoic free?
Stoic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Letters or Stoic have ads?
Neither Letters nor Stoic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Letters or Stoic?
Letters ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stoic every 6 days. Most recently, Letters was updated on October 4, 2026 and Stoic on October 16, 2026.

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