So basically the title. Which App is your favorite one and why? I’m still mourning the loss of google’s inbox and never found an app that scratched the itch like inbox did…
On desktop I use Spark and on mobile currently google mail, because it got the job done but nothing more.
So I’m excited to hear your picks!
I have found Mail on both iPhone and MacBook to be enough for my use. Otherwise I use and prefer Thunderbird on other operating systems.
I never used mail and always deleted it immediately, but i give it a try
Inbox was so good, made email so easy. Can’t believe how long it’s been and no one has been able to replicate it. Still mad at Google for killing it off.
amen!
amen!
Mimestream was promising in beta. The subscription model is too much for me though.
Outlook is good. Apple mail is good. But I still like Spark the best, I think. But I dislike Spark’s terms of service and feel like they don’t respect my privacy or data.
I’ve tried them all and feel that Outlook (for Mac options) is probably the best. $2/mo is acceptable, and it’s free with light ads. It surfaces cal and shipping info in the email list, and the focus inbox algo it has is solid.
I was using Spark for years and was fine paying them money (I wanted to pay them because their old app was great), but their pivot to the new app was just really disrespectful to users and turned me off. It came with condescending BS like the Home Screen that does not show my email when I open an email app*. They released a massively underbaked app, and took 6 months to reach parity with their old app. I paid for a year, will not renew.
Yeah I was just thinking the same thing. I really enjoy spark on both iOS and Mac OS. But as I am learning and adapting more into the fediverse and FOSS I am considering looking for an alternative client.
Yeah I was just thinking the same thing. I really enjoy spark on both iOS and Mac OS. But as I am learning and adapting more into the fediverse and FOSS I am considering looking for an alternative client.
When the pricing came out it was so disappointing.
I understand why developers want subscription models, but I simply cannot pay them monthly in perpetuity based on a promise that they will update the app so much that it’s value will increase in accordance with the monthly payments.
Gonna pop out the controversial opinion here and say I like the default mail app. It’s quick, simple, and does everything I need. The only thing I don’t like is that gmail doesn’t get push mail, but Google did that not Apple.
I hate that unlike iOS, mail does not run in the background on Mac though.
I require a functional snooze feature so Apple Mail is out. Outlook randomly deletes iCloud emails and Canary is too slow. So I am left with Spark on both Mac and iOS.
same for me, snooze is a must have
What does Snooze do?
The same thing it does on your alarm clock.
Is Snooze different than the Remind Me feature in Apple Mail? I want to commit fully to Apple Mail but Snooze is the one of the few quality of life things I love about Spark, but if Remind Me basically does the same thing then I’m all in.
Remind Me doesn’t remove the mail from your inbox, so a non starter for people that strive for inbox zero.
Good to know, thanks!
Which is what the “Remind Me” button in Apple Mail does?
Negative. Remind Me does not remove the mail from your inbox and then make it reappear at the desired time (which is what I meant by “functional snooze”). For those of us that aspire to achieve inbox zero, Remind Me is not a functional snooze.
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I keep trying other mail apps but always come back to apples. It’s just the best, clean interface, always works. Even ended up ditching gmail and going all iCloud, yay privacy :)
Hide my email is so so so good.
hide my e-mail does not require mail app to be used FYI
Good to know but I have no reason to anything other than apples mail apps.
@weedwhacking I want to do this but my 10 yr plus gmail is so entrenched in my life lol
It’s Outlook for me. Trialed a bunch, disliked the data/privacy deets on many, and MS already worked it’s way into my heart via corporate America.
It does a nice job of pinning, snoozing, combining inboxes, and working cross-platform. FO FREE ;-)
can’t stand outlook and it never worked that smooth for me
Thunderbird on PC
Default Mail app on Mac and iPhone
I switch between apps often, but I tend to use Spark more often than Apple Mail/Outlook/gmail.
Big fan of Spark on both desktop and mobile. I like the feature set of the original app. Haven’t tried the free trial of the new AI feature.
I haven’t tried them either, but I intensely dislike email. I try to spend as little time as possible interacting with it.
Amen!
I prefer using the default mail app.
If you’re on Gmail, buy Mimestream for Mac and never look back.
If you’re not using Google for your email, and/or you’re looking for something on iPhone then it’s a tougher choice. I wrote an extensive review of the options not too long ago and landed on Spark, but your priorities may be different from mine. Have a look and see what you think: https://kevinyank.com/posts/email-apps/
You can’t buy Mimestream, you can only subscribe to it.
Thunderbird on desktop, canary or stock mail on mobile
will take a look at canary :)
Yeah, I love thunderbird and hope the iOS app release gets some news soon. Supposed to be releasing this year but nothing yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mail.app on iPad , iPhone and Mac. I see no need to change it. I wish the search was a touch better but it’s rarely an issue.
Thunderbird on desktop for my Gmail accounts and own domain. Built-in iOS mail app for those on mobile. Outlook web interface for work desktop, and Outlook iOS app on mobile to keep work and personal emails separate.
Some of the Google Inbox people did rebuild Inbox as “Shortwave” https://www.shortwave.com/blog/introducing-shortwave/
Which is available as both an iOS app and PWA. For those unaware, Outlook is also becoming a PWA.
I just wish the IMAP standard would expand to include contacts and calendar.
Shortwave is incredible if you get a lot of work emails with direction in then.
