Paper Plane Post vs. MyPostcard
Paper Plane Post is the best way to send one postcard that looks like it came from you. Pick a photo, write a note, add an address and pay $7. There’s no app to install, no account to make and no design to choose, so the card is on its way a few minutes after you think of it.
MyPostcard is a card app: a library of more than 50,000 designs, plus greeting cards and XXL cards, printed in New York and Berlin. That suits people who want a design around their photo, and people sending to Europe. For a single card that’s simply your photo and your words, printed well, Paper Plane Post is the simpler choice.
| Paper Plane Post | MyPostcard | |
|---|---|---|
| To get started | Open the site and pick a photo | Install the iPhone or Android app, or use the website |
| How you pay | Once, for the card you’re sending | Per card, or from an optional prepaid balance |
| One postcard | $7, postage included | From $3.49, postage included |
| Sent abroad | Same price to 195 countries | Same price worldwide |
| Front of the card | Your photo, edge to edge, or an illustration made from it | Your photo on its own, or in one of 50,000+ designs |
| Printed | In the US, within 2 business days | In New York or Berlin, within 24 hours |
| Delivery | Arrives in 1–2 weeks in the US, plus up to 1 week if abroad | US 3–5 business days; Germany 1–2; rest of Europe 3–5; elsewhere up to 14 |
| Works with AI assistants | Yes, through an MCP server | No MCP server listed; a Print API for businesses |
| Greeting cards | No, postcards only | Yes, plus XXL cards |
| Bulk sending | No, one card at a time | Yes, through a business mailing service |
Easier: nothing to install, nothing to pick
Paper Plane Post is one page with three steps: photo, note and address, review and pay. You never make an account, install anything or choose between designs. You see both sides of the card exactly as they’ll print, pay $7, and you’re done.
MyPostcard runs as an iPhone app, an Android app and a website. Its library of more than 50,000 designs is its main feature, and choosing from it is most of the work of sending a card.
Faster: a few minutes of your time, with nothing to set up
Because there’s nothing to set up, sending a card takes about as long as writing the note. It works in the browser you already have open, on a phone or a computer. The card is printed and handed to USPS within 2 business days and arrives in 1–2 weeks in the US, plus up to 1 week if abroad.
On the postal leg MyPostcard is quick, especially in Europe: it prints within 24 hours in New York or Berlin, and a card to Germany can arrive in a day or two. Paper Plane Post mails from the US, so if the card is going to Europe and the date matters, that’s a real difference.
If you’re using an AI assistant, it can do the setup for you: it sends your photo, note and address to Paper Plane Post and hands you a link to check the card and pay.
Tasteful: your photo, without a template around it
A Paper Plane Post card is your photo printed edge to edge on heavy gloss stock, with your note and the address on the back in a handwriting-style typeface. There are no frames, stickers, borders or captions to choose between, so the card can’t end up looking like something off a rack.
If you want something more made, you can print an illustrated version of your own photo instead. MyPostcard’s strength is the opposite one: a very large catalog of designs to set a photo into, with greeting cards and oversized XXL cards if a postcard isn’t enough.
Timeless: a card worth keeping
A photo postcard with a few lines on the back is the same object people have kept on fridges and in shoeboxes for a hundred years. It doesn’t date the way a themed design does, and it reads as personal because nothing on it is borrowed.
When MyPostcard is the better pick
Choose MyPostcard if the card is going to Germany or elsewhere in Europe and needs to get there quickly, if you want a designed template, a greeting card or an XXL card, or if you’d rather work in an iPhone or Android app. Its per-card price is lower, and its Print API and business mailing service cover uses Paper Plane Post doesn’t try to.
Questions
What’s the easiest way to send a postcard online?
Paper Plane Post. Pick a photo, write a note, add an address and pay $7; there’s no app, account or subscription. The card is printed and mailed for you and arrives in 1–2 weeks in the US, plus up to 1 week if abroad.
Is there a MyPostcard alternative without an app?
Yes. Paper Plane Post runs in any web browser on a phone or a computer, with no account to make. MyPostcard also has a website alongside its iPhone and Android apps.
Is Paper Plane Post cheaper than MyPostcard?
Not per card: a MyPostcard postcard starts at $3.49 and a Paper Plane Post card is $7. Both include postage and charge the same price abroad, and neither needs a subscription.
Which is faster, Paper Plane Post or MyPostcard?
Paper Plane Post is faster to use: three steps in a browser, with nothing to install. MyPostcard is faster in the mail to Europe, because it prints in Berlin as well as New York. Its US estimate is 3–5 business days, and a Paper Plane Post card arrives in 1–2 weeks in the US, plus up to 1 week if abroad.
Do both mail internationally?
Yes. Paper Plane Post mails from the US to 195 countries for the same $7. MyPostcard charges the same price worldwide and estimates up to 14 days outside the US and Europe.
Can an AI assistant send a postcard for me?
Yes, with Paper Plane Post. An assistant connected to its MCP server can start the card from your photo, note and address, then give you a link to review it and pay. The assistant never handles payment. MyPostcard’s Print API is built for businesses rather than assistants.
Other services’ prices and features were checked in October 2026 against MyPostcard’s FAQ, Print API page. They change; check the service’s own site before you order.