Google OAuth App Verification Cost for Personal App

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Hello, 

I'm fairly new to the google api ecosystem. I'm trying to create an app that simply sends me an email (to my personal account) once a day with links from arxiv.org for relevant research papers. I'm using the arxiv api and not really doing anything complex. I saw that to send emails, I need to be verified for OAuth App Verification. I read online that this MIGHT cost $15k-70k. I am not a corporation, nor am I willing to spend that much on a simple project. 

My question is, is this true ? All I really want to do is add an "auth/gmail.send" scope to my project. Any information on this would be helpful. Thank you!