Note To Self vs Paper Plane Email
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
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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.
Paper Plane Email
Instantly send yourself emails and notes with a single tap. This lightweight and customizable app supports attachments and works offline or in low bandwidth. Configure it to send emails automatically, use your own SMTP server, or host it yourself.
- One-tap email sending
- Note creation
- Attachment support
- Offline functionality
- Customizable SMTP server integration
- Low bandwidth optimization
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Send yourself an email and note in one tap! Lightweight, fast and endlessly customizable. Supports attachments and is robust in low bandwidth and offline environments. Let the app send the email itself, hook up to your own SMTP server or Google Apps, or even host the server yourself. Read more about the rationale for this workflow @ https://writings.williamhockey.com/paper-plane
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Paper Plane Email at every 2 months against Note To Self's every 27 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Note To Self against 5.0 for Paper Plane Email. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Note To Self ships an update every 27 months, Paper Plane Email every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note To Self | Paper Plane Email |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Chernyshev | William Hockey |
Customer experience
Note To Self
Paper Plane Email
In-app purchases
Note To Self
No in-app purchases
Paper Plane Email
No in-app purchases
