I might be the minority on this but I still prefer stock Mail app. It's simple and it suits my needs for work and personal.
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Five of the Best Email Apps on iPhone
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[doublepost=1549115748][/doublepost]I would use Outlook on my iPad and iPhone, but can’t figure out how to make the app specific password work.
Email apps are a popular App Store category for one simple reason - almost all of us need to access email on our iPhones and iPads. While Apple has its own Mail app built into iOS devices, some people want a more feature rich experience.
Luckily there are plenty of developers out there who are trying to create the perfect iOS inbox, but it's hard to sort through the dozens of email apps available. We dove into the App Store in our latest YouTube video and rounded up a handful of the best email apps we found.
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Spike
Spike, a free app, is a conversation-based email app that used to be called Hop. The app's aim is to turn emailing into more of a message like conversation, organizing the inbox into a chat-style window.
Spike removes email headers, signatures, and more to make the emailing experience chat-like, and it prioritizes emails sent by people while filing newsletters and other automatic emails to other folders. Other features include a unified inbox, email grouping options, quick responses, a unified calendar, and snooze. Spike is unusual and not our first choice, but it's definitely unique and could be what some people are looking for.
Polymail
Polymail, also free, is more of a traditional email app. It has a sleek, clean interface with a useful comment and mention feature that's available on the desktop for teams.
On iOS, Polymail offers useful features like quick tags, read later, and read receipts to let you know what someone has received and read your email. You can also get reminders to follow up on an email that someone has read but not responded to. Other unique features include a calendar invite option in the compose window, one-click unsubscribe, email scheduling, click and attachment tracking, and more.
Polymail is one of the more useful apps if you want to better track who is viewing your emails, but if you don't need that functionality, there may be better apps for you.
Airmail
Airmail, priced at $4.99, started as a Mac app and then expanded to iOS. Airmail is a straightforward email app with a focus on minimalism. There's a single unified "All Inboxes" view for quick email management, but if you swipe from the left, there's access to folders for to-do lists, snoozed emails, and attachments, which is handy for finding specific content.
Airmail keeps it simple with options to reply, delete, and archive when viewing an email, though there are an expanded set of features in the compose window, including tracking, send later options, reminders, and templates. Airmail is compatible with a wide range of other services and apps so you can better integrate the apps you already use with your email app.
Airmail's interface isn't going to appeal to everyone, especially on iOS, but it offers a good cross-platform experience.
Spark
Spark, a free app from Readdle, is one of our top email app picks. Spark offers up a Smart Inbox that presents your most important emails first, saving the junk, newsletters, and less important tasks for later.
Emails are automatically categorized into sections that include Personal, Notifications, and Newsletters, but you can use a single firehose inbox option if you want. Spark has a robust search engine, which makes it easy to find any email, something that we liked about the app.
Spark has tools for discussing and collaborating on emails with your team, and it's one of the few email apps with these kinds of tools. It also offers options for scheduling emails and snoozing emails, plus there are smart notifications so you only get pinged when there's something important to see.
Other Spark features include followup reminders, integrations with other services, and customizable swipe gestures.
Edison Mail
Edison Mail, another free app, is super popular on the App Store for a reason. It has a clean, modern look, customizable swipe settings, and all of the tools that you need for managing your email.
Edison Mail's design is reminiscent of the design of the Mail app, so it fits well on the iPhone, but it offers a richer feature set than the Mail app. There's an included personal assistant that organizes your inbox, sorting out subscriptions, travel emails, bills, receipts, and package emails.
It lets you track packages and sends an alert when something is out for delivery, and it can do other things like send notifications for upcoming flights. Traditional tools are included too, like snooze options, send undo, and one-tap unsubscribe. It also integrates with Face ID, providing another layer of protection for your inbox.
Conclusion
Of all the email apps listed above, which are some excellent options for email management, we liked Spark and Edison the best, with Edison ranking as our top favorite. If you're looking for a new email app to try out, it's worth taking a look at everything on the list.
Did we miss your favorite email app? Let us know which one you prefer in the comments.
Article Link: Five of the Best Email Apps on iOS
I’m using Mail. It works, and does everything that I need. I don’t like that emails go through third-party servers with the other apps anyway. So it’s a no go from the start. Good thing I’m happy with the stock mail app. LOL
Outlook on iOS is a damn good app. It's one of the few Microsoft apps done beautifully for iOS!
Of course, being embarrassed about retaining a Hotmail.com address still can't be avoided.
Of course, being embarrassed about retaining a Hotmail.com address still can't be avoided.
You get more option in outlook when you long press a mail : ) Then you can long press and flag.
Hi, good evening
The Gmail app seems to be one that has more options... I may be wrong about it!
What I would like it to have an e-mail manager on the iPhone, something the Outlook app that we used to use from the Microsoft suite... be able to flag the messages, set priority, signature, quick to send & receive mails, be able to schedule when one specific e-mail will be sent, and be able to attach whatever I want...
Looking forward for the advises...and... yes, I am looking always for a good all in one app that works...
The Mail app I think it is too slow...
And one more thing... when making the configuration, be able to push all the e-mail that I have on theirs servers... not like the outlook that you scroll and then shows "Load more conversations"
Best regards,
David
The Gmail app seems to be one that has more options... I may be wrong about it!
What I would like it to have an e-mail manager on the iPhone, something the Outlook app that we used to use from the Microsoft suite... be able to flag the messages, set priority, signature, quick to send & receive mails, be able to schedule when one specific e-mail will be sent, and be able to attach whatever I want...
Looking forward for the advises...and... yes, I am looking always for a good all in one app that works...
The Mail app I think it is too slow...
And one more thing... when making the configuration, be able to push all the e-mail that I have on theirs servers... not like the outlook that you scroll and then shows "Load more conversations"
Best regards,
David
Press and hold an email instead of swiping it, you will see bunch of icons appear at the bottom of the screen, and one of them will be your missing shortcut. Give it a shot.
Well I think it's kinda obvious why Macrumors ignored it...
It's kinda like looking for a honest opinion of Trump on CNN or Hilary on Fox.
I went through this exercise recently as I like to use separate email apps for different accounts. I really wanted to try Spike but I never could get my email setup plus it kept crashing. I settled on Spark because Edison was too plain and I wanted something different.
Cheers guys.
Makes me miss Peek and Pop even more. But will definitely be a help.
https://newtonhq.com/k/privacypolicy
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All for $49.99/year with already questionable business model stability going under once now.
Sorry but that privacy policy is as vague as the free ones and paying to have Crapbook ads, or anywhere near an email app, is shameful to slip in there.
We may share your information as follows and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
- With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need such information to perform services on our behalf (such as to send emails or process payments for us);
- Between and among CloudMagic and any current or future parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and other companies under common control and ownership;
All for $49.99/year with already questionable business model stability going under once now.
Sorry but that privacy policy is as vague as the free ones and paying to have Crapbook ads, or anywhere near an email app, is shameful to slip in there.
Apple's native iOS mail app only lets you see 3-4 messages in your history. OUTLOOK for me, and yes, there is a way to get a rich HTML signature using code.
Outlook on iOS is nothing like Outlook for Windows or Mac.
Same with me. But my business is using the native iOS apps for emails and calendar. So I have to use 3rd-party-apps to separate contacts and emails.
Same with me. But my business is using the native iOS apps for emails and calendar. So I have to use 3rd-party-apps to separate contacts and emails.
Business/Personal Setup
All my personal & business contacts are in iCloud. I have over 2500 names, addresses, numbers, birthdays, custom avatars, and misc notes in each contact card.
I’m in Sales and have customers with 3 or more construction projects going concurrently. Each site (labeled Site (custom labels)) has a civic address. I have some customers with 8 addresses in my contacts. This ties into my Apple Maps nicely for driving or sharing a location.
What’s not in my shared iCloud address book is work email addresses. I use the native Gmail app for emailing which automatically has saved the business emails from previous correspondence.
I never mistakenly make a business email from my personal email account.
Other benefits of keeping the contact information in iCloud is I know who is calling and or texting me even when the Caller ID is blocked. If the contact isn’t in my address book, I don’t pick up immediately as it could be a telemarketer or someone not so important. They can leave a message and usually don’t.
Anyways, this system has really worked really well for me over the years.
Do you have any more information about Spark's shady practices? Seriously.