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!
Hello lovelies, twice in one week!? This one is a little different. No giant rebuilds, no architectural adventures, no shiny new feature. Just a bunch of small things we've been wanting to make better, a little music from Pippin’s Park Buddies and some much-needed polish across the board.
Here’s what’s new, the important stuff worth mentioning:
- Our (FIRST) Official Soundtrack: We’ve added a new card to the Post Office “Home” section for something a little special: our very own music album release! Tap it to see all the places where our music is available. Put on some headphones, grab your pencil and cozy up!
- Supporter Perks, behaving properly: The Daily Stamps and Monthly Stationery sliders found at our Post Office’s “Home” section now behave according to who is actually tapping them. It sounds obvious, but they weren't always quite this sensible.
- A smoother Post Office: Opening and closing the Daily Stamps and Monthly Stationery galleries no longer makes the Home screen behind them flicker, disappear, and download everything all over again. It’s a lot smoother now, making the experience a lot more… fun
- Unsend Mail gets its own look: Unsend Mail now has a dedicated paywall page and artwork instead of borrowing the generic one. Every feature deserves a little personality and weirdly, you people seem to like this feature way more than we anticipated!
- PenPal profiles got a little clearer: Interests and Languages now have an actual Edit button in their section headings. Previously, you had to know that tapping one of the existing chips was somehow the secret way to edit the section. We thought we could do better. The profile is also ready to scroll immediately when you open it, rather than taking a brief moment to remember what it was supposed to be doing.
- We’ve rewritten the one-time PenPal posting notice to make the important bits much harder to miss: PenPal lettres are public, replies aren't guaranteed, and Mailbox lettres are private. While browsing the PenPal Stack, we still highly encourage you to “start a conversation”; it’s the best way to begin a correspondence and you’re much likelier to get a reply! There’s someone on the other side of that lettre waiting for a response, exactly like you when you post a lettre to the PenPal Stack!
A collection of little things, little fixes, and little improvements that hopefully make Lettre feel just a little nicer to use.
As always, thank you to everyone who continues to write lettres, start conversations, report bugs, send us feedback, and generally make this strange little corner of the internet what it is.
And, of course, a huge thank you to the members of the Pippin Supporters Club. Your support lets us keep building Lettre independently, ad-free for everyone, and on our own terms. We genuinely couldn't do this without you.
Now go listen to our first music album release, write someone a lettre, and stay hydrated.
See you soon.
Version 2.8.1
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
Identifiers
Usage Data
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Information
Provider
Chee Thee LLC
Size
442.8 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
13+
13+
This app is rated 13+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.