Comparison

FutureYourself vs Letterseal

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

Head to head
About

FutureYourself

Features
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Future Yourself is a calm place to write thoughts, promises, and reminders to the person you are becoming. Write letters to your future self, add photos or voice notes, and choose when each message should return to you. Future Yourself helps you pause, reflect, track small moments of progress, and stay connected to the version of you that kept going. What you can do with Future Yourself: - Write letters to your future self - Add photos and voice notes to your messages - Choose custom delivery times - Set gentle reminders for your reflection routine - Read delivered messages in your inbox - Build a consistent writing habit with streaks - Explore quotes, affirmations, reflection questions, and small challenges - Save inspiration that motivates you or helps you think clearly - Use the iOS widget to start a new future letter faster Future Yourself is for anyone who wants to reflect more often, stay motivated, follow through on personal goals, or send themselves an honest message for a meaningful moment later. Whether you are working on focus, discipline, confidence, gratitude, personal growth, or simply trying to remember what matters, your words will be waiting when the time is right. Your personal letters, photos, voice notes, saved inspiration, streaks, and reminder times are stored locally on your device. FutureYou Premium offers additional features such as personalized inspiration, unlimited letters to your future self, and enhanced reminders. Terms of Use: https://futureyourself.app/terms.html Privacy: https://futureyourself.app/privacy.html

About

Letterseal

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Write a letter to the person you'll become. Seal it in wax. Then let time do the rest. Letterseal is a time capsule for your words. Write to your future self, choose the day it opens and press the seal. Until that day, all you see is the envelope and a countdown. NEW IN 4.0 • This Year's Letter: write it in December or January with a new New Year question; it opens on New Year's Day at least ten months later • Sealed letters you send now arrive with a short note and an App Store link, so anyone can open them in Letterseal (free). Nothing about your letter is in the note • Received a letter? Ask for a reminder on the day it opens • Three new app icons: Wax Seal, Envelope and Gold Seal HOW IT WORKS 1. Write on paper that feels like paper. Add photos, and with Unlimited your voice or a short video. 2. Choose a date: next month, your next birthday, ten years from now. Or let Letterseal hide a surprise date. 3. Seal it. Press the wax, and the letter stays closed until its day. 4. Open it. On the day, break the seal and read what you once hoped, feared and promised. LETTERS FOR SOMEONE ELSE Write to your child for their 18th birthday, to a friend for next summer, to your partner for your anniversary. Letterseal sends the sealed letter as a file by AirDrop, Messages or Mail. When they open it in Letterseal, it waits, sealed, until the date. They need Letterseal (free) to open it. MADE FOR THE WAIT • 56 writing prompts, including New Year and "for someone" themes • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a new large widget • A Live Activity in the final 8 hours, and a live seconds countdown on the last day • Reply to your past self, or write ahead to your next self • Export any opened letter as a keepsake PDF PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. Your letters stay on your iPhone and the developer collects no data. Lock the app with Face ID and keep an encrypted backup file wherever you like. FREE, OR UNLIMITED ONCE Letterseal is free to download. The free version keeps up to 5 sealed letters at a time, with 2 papers, 2 wax colors, up to 2 photos per letter and one surprise date. Letters for someone else (words and photos) are free and don't count toward the 5. "This year's letter" is free too. Letterseal Unlimited is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It unlocks unlimited sealed letters, all 6 papers and 8 wax colors plus your initials pressed into the seal, video letters (up to 3 minutes) and voice letters (up to 5 minutes), up to 6 photos per letter and unlimited surprise dates. AN HONEST NOTE Letterseal keeps a letter closed until its date. That is the whole ritual. It is a sealed envelope, not a bank vault: please don't use it for passwords or anything that must stay hidden from someone holding your unlocked iPhone. If you truly need to, you can open a letter early, but only on purpose.

Screenshots

FutureYourself4 screens
Letterseal4 screens

Verdict

The call

FutureYourself and Letterseal are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. FutureYourself sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Letterseal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FutureYourself versus Letterseal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFutureYourselfLetterseal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYorick StratmannMURATHAN ORAN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FutureYourself

Subscriptions2
  • Future Yourself Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Future Yourself Yearly$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Letterseal

One-time1
  • Letterseal Unlimited$5.99

Questions

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

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