Note To Self vs Mail Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note To Self
This app allows you to quickly send emails to your own address for tracking to-do items or saving notes. It prioritizes your privacy by not using third-party servers and queues emails for sending when connectivity is available.
- Send emails to your own address
- Track to-do items
- Save notes for archive
- Prioritizes user privacy
- Offline email queuing
Read full descriptionHide full description
Note to self helps you quickly send email to your own email address. If you ever sent email to yourself to track to-do item or save a note for archive along with your email, this is a tool for you. We don't use any third party servers to send your emails, to ensure that you are in control of your privacy and if you don't have connectivity at the moment mail will be queued for sending and delivered when you get connection next time.
Mail Notes
Quickly send emails to yourself for reminders and notes. This app streamlines the process to under a second, allowing for easy email address switching, direct sharing from browsers, and even sending notes via an Apple Watch app. It offers features like labeling, history, and subject prefixes for efficient organization.
- Email under 1 second
- Share widget for browser links
- Apple Watch app for on-the-go emails
- Label emails with icons
- Sent email history
- Optional subject prefix
- Paste clipboard contents
Read full descriptionHide full description
Like to send emails to yourself for reminders, notes and to-do? Mail Notes makes the process 100 times faster. Just launch the app, type, and tap Send. If you have multiple emails to which you would like to send notes, changing the email address is as simple as a tap. • Email under 1 second. • Share widget makes it super easy to email browser links and URLs directly, without opening the Mail Notes app. • The included Apple Watch app allows you to send emails on the go. • Label each email and add an icon for easy identification. • One-time-use email address. • Sent email history. • Add an optional subject prefix for each email address for easy email filtering. • Use single or multi-line mode. • Auto Correct option. • Paste your clipboard contents with a single tap. • Support for Dark mode for those late-night emails. • Haptics give you feedback when the email is sent successfully. Mail Notes is simply the fastest emailing app on the planet!
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Note To Self at 5.0 against Mail Notes's 4.3. Note To Self also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Mail Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (106 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Mail Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Note To Self asks for nothing beyond the download.
Note To Self holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mail Notes has 106 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Note To Self's written reviews are positive against 75% of Mail Notes's.
Note To Self ships an update every 27 months, Mail Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note To Self | Mail Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (106 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Chernyshev | Tech Positive |
Customer experience
Note To Self
Mail Notes
In-app purchases
Note To Self
No in-app purchases
Mail Notes
- All Access$2.991 Month
- All Access$29.991 Year
- Unlock Pro Version$69.99







