About FutureMe
FutureMe is a web and mobile platform for writing letters to your future self that get delivered by email on a date you choose, from six months to decades away. Operating since 2002, it has delivered over 20 million letters and lets you set goals, capture memories, and reflect on personal growth, with options to keep letters private or share them anonymously to a public feed.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Extremely simple: write, pick a date, send
- Free tier is enough for basic letter-writing
- Long track record (since 2002, 20M+ letters delivered)
- Public letters feed is genuinely interesting and inspiring
- Native iOS and Android apps plus web access
- Educator-focused Pro option for classroom use
Cons
- Free accounts now face length, storage, and feature limits after a shift to paid tiers
- Rich media (images, video, files) is locked behind Premium
- Niche, single-purpose tool rather than a broad productivity suite
- Letters are delivered via email, so deliverability depends on your inbox over long time spans
Key Features
Scheduled delivery
Pick a future delivery date or occasion and your letter is emailed back to you when the time comes.
Public or private letters
Keep a letter completely private, or share it anonymously to FutureMe's public letters feed for others to read.
Quick sign-in
Sign up and write in seconds using Google, Apple, or email, with a confirmation email to verify your address.
Read public letters
Browse a feed of anonymous letters from other users, sometimes including follow-up updates on what actually happened.
Rich media (Premium)
Enrich letters with images, videos, and file attachments on a Premium membership.
Edit window
Make changes to a letter for a short period after sending before it is locked for delivery.
Delivery notifications & reminders
Get notified on delivery day and receive nudges to write new future letters.
Mobile apps
Native iOS and Android apps let you write and manage letters on the go.
FutureMe Pro for educators
A dedicated Pro option helps teachers reliably deliver letters to students using school email addresses.
Pricing
- Write and schedule letters to your future self
- Private or public (anonymous) letters
- Delivery-day notifications
- Read public letters
- Shorter letter length limit and limited storage
- Everything in Free
- Attach images, videos, and files to letters
- Longer letters and more storage
- Premium-only features
- Subscription terms from 12 months up to a lifetime option (up to ~$36/year or ~$120 lifetime)
- Designed for educators and classrooms
- Reliable delivery to school email addresses
- Bulk letter-writing for students
Best For
Goal-setting accountability
Write down goals and have them delivered in a year to check whether you followed through.
Capturing a moment
Preserve how you feel at a milestone like graduation, a new job, or a birth, to relive it later.
Classroom reflection
Teachers use FutureMe Pro to have students write letters to their future selves and reliably deliver them.
Mindfulness & headspace
Declutter your mind by writing out worries and intentions to be revisited down the road.
