A LetterPal alternative for digest newsletter writers

LetterPal's help center now shows a notice that it has been paused. HeyNews trains on your real archive, integrates natively with beehiiv and Kit, and learns from what your audience actually opens.

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What it is

HeyNews is an AI newsletter writer for serious operators. It connects to beehiiv, Kit, Substack, Ghost, Mailchimp, or any newsletter with a public archive, learns your voice from past issues, monitors your sources, scores stories against your audience, and drafts your next issue. On paid beehiiv plans, HeyNews can create the finished draft in beehiiv as an unsent post; on other platforms you copy the final version in and send.

LetterPal's help center says it has been paused (checked October 11, 2026). Because LetterPal's product pages could not be checked, this page does not list its plans or features. If you wrote a digest newsletter with LetterPal, HeyNews drafts from the sources you pick, in the voice of the issues you already sent.

Honest comparison

What it does	LetterPal	HeyNews
Help center	Shows a notice that it has been paused	Support chat on heynews.co and in the app
Newsletter platform integration	Not listed here: its help center is paused	beehiiv import and unsent drafts in beehiiv (paid beehiiv plan); Kit import (OAuth); archive import for Substack, Ghost, Mailchimp, Medium
Plans and features	Not listed here: its help center is paused	Published plans with voice training, source monitoring, and a performance loop

LetterPal details are according to LetterPal's help center (checked October 11, 2026).

When to choose LetterPal over HeyNews

LetterPal's own pages come back with a plan that fits your newsletter better. Check it there first.
You only need a quick digest draft and do not need voice training on your archive or a performance loop.

When to choose HeyNews over LetterPal

You publish on beehiiv and want finished drafts created in beehiiv instead of copy-paste, or on Kit and want a direct OAuth connection.
You have an archive of past issues and you want the AI to learn your real voice from them.
You run more than one newsletter and want separate Voice Profiles per publication.
You want the next draft adjusted based on your last issue's open and click data.
You write multiple edition types and want different writers for them.

Pricing

Plan	LetterPal	HeyNews
Plans	Not listed here: its help center is paused	$39/mo Hobbyist to $499/mo Team
Free trial	Not listed here: its help center is paused	14 days OR 5 issues, payment method required

LetterPal details are according to LetterPal's help center (checked October 11, 2026).

Because LetterPal's help center is paused, this table does not repeat LetterPal's past prices. HeyNews plans start at $39/mo with a 14-day trial.

Use cases

The LetterPal user looking for a new home

If you wrote a digest newsletter with LetterPal and its help center now shows a paused notice, HeyNews can take over the weekly draft. It trains on the issues you actually shipped, so the next draft sounds like the newsletter your audience signed up for.

The beehiiv operator tired of copy-paste

You picked beehiiv for a reason. Pasting drafts from a separate tool every week breaks the flow. HeyNews imports your recent beehiiv issues with your API key, and on paid beehiiv plans it can create each finished draft as an unsent post draft in beehiiv, so you finish and send it there.

The multi-publication operator

You run a personal newsletter and a B2B SaaS company newsletter. HeyNews keeps separate Voice Profiles per publication and switches automatically.

The data-driven operator

You want to know which stories drive opens. HeyNews reads your platform data and feeds it back into the next draft.

FAQ

Is LetterPal still available?

According to LetterPal's help center (checked October 11, 2026), the help center has been paused. LetterPal's plans, prices, and features could not be checked on its own pages, so this page does not list them. HeyNews plans start at $39/mo with a 14-day trial.

What sources can HeyNews draft from?

HeyNews supports RSS feeds, blogs, social profiles, Reddit, and a Chrome extension for saving any article. Stories are scored against your audience before they reach the draft.

Can HeyNews send drafts to my ESP?

For beehiiv, yes. On paid beehiiv plans, HeyNews can create each finished draft as an unsent post draft in beehiiv. It never schedules or sends. Kit connects with OAuth, and HeyNews imports archives from Substack, Ghost, Mailchimp, and Medium. For those and other ESPs, you copy the final draft into your platform.

Does HeyNews support non-English newsletters?

Yes. Each publication has its own language setting, and new drafts are written in that language, even when your past issues are in another one. You can choose any ISO 639-1 language. The HeyNews app itself is in English or Turkish.

How does HeyNews voice training work?

HeyNews builds a Voice Profile from your recent issues, automatically. The Voice Profile drives every draft, not just the paragraph you happen to be editing.