The OG Pigeon-based Slow Messaging app | The ONLY handwriting-based PenPal app
Connect with your loved ones and make new friends with heartfelt communication using Lettre: a handwriting-based PenPal / Social iOS-exclusive app. Lettre lets you enjoy the charm of handwriting letters in a digital format. Truly connect with the sincerest communication medium of all time.
You’ll Love These Features:
— Write & Send Handwritten Letters. Share deep thoughts, silly drawings, epic poems, or just your day with other members of the Lettre community. Send genuine letters to any email address. Get honest, get personal.
— No bots. No generative AI.
— Find Global Pen Pals! Make authentic, meaningful friendships based on long-form writing, drawing. Use your creativity to start an in-joke with a new bestie. Meet the you from across the world.
— Collect Unique Digital Stamps. Lettre supports our favorite independent artists from all of the places our letters go. Become a digital philatelist; and use the word philately in your letters.
— Full Apple Pencil® Support: Full, excellent support on the iPad. Maybe even on iPhone too if you try. Let us know how that goes!
— Premium Digital Stationery: Elevate your letters with elegant digital paper and envelope designs, just like with real letters. Yes, even on iPhone!
— No Ads, No Distractions, No AI Slop: Write peacefully, with focus. It’s just your thoughts, shared with receiver at the other end, their thoughts shared with you and nothing else.
— Same goes for your data. Your data is yours! We won't sell it or misuse it in any sort of bad faith commercial or non-commercial way. Yes, we are keeping this vague so that we stay accountable no matter what.
— Pippin Supporters Club. Join the club and unlock fun perks, quirky upgrades and exclusive content. Every dollar helps keep Lettre independent and ad-free for everyone! Thank you to all our supporters, you’re the reason this experience thrives!
Lettre encourages a slower, more meaningful way to communicate. Enjoy the ancient and modern art of reading and writing*
*Recommended for use with Apple Pencil & iPad for the most immersive handwriting experience. Your imagination is your only limit! Well, maybe your handwriting too.
Pippin Supporter Club : https://www.lettre.app/pippin-supporters-club
Terms of service/privacy/EULA : https://www.lettre.app/privacy
EULA (standard Apple) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
This is an amazingly cute app! So unique and lovely but I'm having problems in receiving letters. I can't receive them on time; they get received days later than the person has sent me to. Please fix this problem.. otherwise, lovew the app! 🩷
Developer Response
Hello there and thank you so much for your kind words! The slowness in delivery is actually a part of the design. We do have an option for instant or scheduled delivery -> tap on the little "thunder/lightning" button to activate "Express Mail" to schedule your lettre or send it instantly. Fyi, it does cost 2 extra stamps to use (unless you're a member of the Pippin Supporters Club, in which case it is free). If you have any further issues, feedback or ideas you would like to share, please feel free to use the "contact us" button from inside the app to directly reach us. Love, appreciation and thanks again, The Lettre Team
Letters
Udit@13
The penpals section does not refresh. Every time i open the app i have to go through same old letters in order to find new letters. Its time consuming to scroll the same letters every time and also gets annoying. It should be fixed so that i get see new letters every time i open the app. Rest app is amazing.
Developer Response
Hi there and thank you so much for sharing your feedback! We love to hear them because it helps us improve the experience for everyone else. Your issue has been noted and will be addressed in an upcoming update aimed at making the PenPal feed, filter and search even more powerful! We update quite regularly, so looking forward to it in the coming weeks. On the other hand, if you think you’re facing a bug, we would really appreciate if you could hit the “contact us” or “report a bug” from the app’s settings tab. It will be incredibly helpful in enabling us to resolve it with more precision! Thank you for being a part of our journey. We love you!
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Everything in this app is good just this app is a little confusing
Developer Response
Hey there and thank you so much for your kind words! We really appreciate your feedback. If you're finding anything a little confusing, feel free to check out the "Tips" tab; it walks through how everything works. We're also continuously improving the experience and making the app easier to navigate, while adding more ways for everyone to express themselves. Thanks for being part of the community and our journey!
Love this app!
Cherryyyy1245
It’s so intresting and fun to use! I made so many friends using this app. The only downside is we have to wait a day to send a letter and to get one back. But I definitely recommend downloading this.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and kind words! We’re glad you’re having a good time. On the point about the downside, it’s actually by design as we want people to have more thoughtful and meaningful conversations over instant gratification. With that said, we do have the option to send a lettre instantly or at a scheduled time; it’s called “Express Mail” and can be found on the Envelope screen. Tap the “thunder/lightning”-looking button to enable Express Mail mode! To note, this feature is only available for members of the Pippin Supporters Club, the people whose support keeps us independent and ad-free for everyone!
Hey there lovelies! We have an update for you,
This update gives the Post Office a fresh coat of paint, makes regional pricing behave properly, and squashes a whole bunch of bugs that were making sign-in and browsing from the PenPal Stack more complicated than they should be. Here’s what’s new, the important stuff worth mentioning
- The Post Office (Part 2 of 2): We've completely rebuilt the Stamps and Papers tabs to make browsing our stationery collection in the Post Office tab feel more like, well, browsing a stationery shop! Stamp and stationery packs can now open into their own scrolling collections, while smaller/older packs have been grouped together as cover cards so the Post Office stays tidy. We've also separated individual papers and envelopes into their own sections, added shimmer loading placeholders, and introduced a shared price pill across Stamps and Papers for a more consistent experience. While we were at it, we have also fixed some annoying pricing issues; Prices are now pulled directly from the App Store for your region, so you should see the right currency, symbol, formatting and price wherever you shop in the Post Office.
- A more reliable log-in: This update contains a lot of behind-the-scenes work to make signing in and staying signed in much less error-prone. We've fixed a number of edge cases involving Apple, Google, and email sign-in, including getting randomly signed out, signing back in immediately after signing out, interrupted Apple sign-ins, accidental double-taps, Face ID getting stuck, and sign-in screens becoming unresponsive. Cancelling a sign-in should now actually cancel it, too. No more mysteriously disabled buttons requiring a force quit. We are hoping to see less and less of these pesky login/signup issues
- PenPal stack enhancements: Our PenPal Stack also got a healthy number of under-the-hood upgrades this time around. The PenPal Stack is more resilient when things are slow, and pull-to-refresh works even while the feed is still waking up. We've also fixed blank or incorrect envelope thumbnails, which means scrolling through your stack of PenPal lettres will now feel a lot smoother than before.
- Under-the-hood: Beyond the Post Office and PenPal stack, we have also made some improvements across the board; (including but not limited to) → pinning Lettre's dates to the Gregorian calendar, improving sign-in diagnostics, fixing duplicate guest credentials, and cleaning up a whole bunch of noisy logs. In other words: fewer weird things happening and much better clues when something does.
- The Usual Suspects: Bugs and crashes from last time, done and dusted! Thank you, as always, to each and every one of you for helping us find the weird stuff. Every bug report, confusing screen, and "hey, this shouldn't be happening" message helps us make Lettre a little better for everyone. (please use the “contact us” or “report a bug” buttons to get in touch with us! You are the reason we get to improve the experience for everyone else)
As always, everything we build is made possible by members of the Pippin Supporters Club, the reason we get to stay 100% ad-free for everyone. Thank you for making this possible.
To everyone else, thank you for being a part of our journey, this community is so wholesome and nice because of you!
What's next:
- Full multi-window support (hopefully also officially out on macs, shh)
- Group Conversation Threads / Group Threaded-Conversations
- More stickers and such!
That’s all for today,
Stay hydrated, see you soon!
Now go visit the Post Office and browse some stamps. We made it pretty.
Version 2.7.6
The developer, Chee Thee LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
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Usage Data
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Information
Provider
Chee Thee LLC
Size
447.6 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
9+
9+
This app is rated 9+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.