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iPhone Favorite email app
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Spark. I like the cards that separate new mail, newsletters, and the inbox. The customizable shortcuts are great too.
I just wish it handled the rendering of HTML better. Dispatch is very good about that.
I just wish it handled the rendering of HTML better. Dispatch is very good about that.
I initially went with Mailbox and stuck with it even though updates have slowed to a trickle because I was hooked to the triage features. I then went to Spark because it is essentially a better Mailbox.
I can't use inbox because it doesn't have permission to access my work gmail account, and cloudmagic feels too slow and laggy for me.
I am trying Outlook now because it somehow seems to sport a more polished interface, and it has an iPad app (something which Spark still lacks). I have been wanting to move away from Mailbox for a while, but simply haven't found a better desktop mail app that supports push gmail, and as far as possible, I would like the same email client on all my Apple devices.
So no favourites yet.
I can't use inbox because it doesn't have permission to access my work gmail account, and cloudmagic feels too slow and laggy for me.
I am trying Outlook now because it somehow seems to sport a more polished interface, and it has an iPad app (something which Spark still lacks). I have been wanting to move away from Mailbox for a while, but simply haven't found a better desktop mail app that supports push gmail, and as far as possible, I would like the same email client on all my Apple devices.
So no favourites yet.
I am using Outlook right now and it seems to work fine for me. Of course I don't do anything overly demanding with email so the stock email program probably would have worked good also.
I was looking to replace the native mail app on my phone about a month ago, but decided to just stick with it for the time being. I did really like Outlook a lot when I tried it out. Spark is also very good as well. But I generally just receive newsletter emails from places I shop and/or travel promotions from airlines/hotels, etc. So I can't say that I coorespond with people through my personal email all that often.
IMO, none of the new back of email apps "have it all".
- I am currently settling with Inbox by Gmail. However, I am missing the "share sheet" and Google Drive support.
- The Gmail app has the functionality I need but it looks outdated, and is a bit of a pain to use on a 6s plus (e.g. no support for Apple's "swipe to go backward" gesture.
- Boxer is very close but (IMO) performance is poor when you zoom emails.
- Outlook is also very close but (IMO) its landscape view on the 6s/6 Plus is poor when compared to stock Mail. It lacks zoom in landscape mode and wastes space (e.g. the composition and view panes are a microscopic fraction of the screen).
