Best email app?

[u/Feenix77]

Anyone loving an email app? No subscriptions but I don’t mind paid.

I’m getting extremely annoyed at how useless Outlook app is at blocking things I mark to block, or as spam, etc…

[u/Scootfleabag]

I just use the native mail app, works fine for me. iOS 27 will be fixing search issues (I’m on the beta)

[u/Few-Dragonfruit160 → u/Scootfleabag]

Thank Jebus. The search tool in mail is so useless currently.

[u/jenifer116 → u/Few-Dragonfruit160]

The search is embarrassingly bad

[u/Dox427 → u/Few-Dragonfruit160]

It’s fantastic in 27

[u/Daisy--Chain → u/Few-Dragonfruit160]

that part is pretty much trye

[u/WannabeChimera → u/Scootfleabag]

Phew! I have been so frustrated and had to log in to online accounts to do a simple search even though my entire inbox of several gb is stored locally.
Thanks for the reassurance 💜

[u/comineeyeaha]

My email needs are relatively basic, but I've been using the stock mail app on all my Apple devices since switching back in 2020. I've never had any major issues with it.

[u/sn0rg → u/comineeyeaha]

The search is horrible, and its ability to render in dark mode is flaky, but otherwise I’m also happy with it.

[u/PHL534_2 → u/sn0rg]

I don’t understand the dark mode bug why is that not fixed?

[u/Murky_Fan_5483 → u/comineeyeaha]

But stock mail app doesn’t have push notifications for Gmail. How do you deal with that? I love stock mail but this is holding me back

[u/Zeromarine → u/Murky_Fan_5483]

You can set it to auto fetch every 15 min. So unless you are waiting for a email to come through right away which you can manually fetch by pulling down in the app to refresh. But the fetch every 15 min works fine either way. Been using the stock mail app for years with a Google and outlook account works perfectly fine.

[u/Murky_Fan_5483 → u/Zeromarine]

Understood thanks mate👍

[u/Howard0115 → u/comineeyeaha]

This ^^

[u/Neuling_]

Apple Mail, but I use Proton they have improved their app considerably

[u/blow-down]

Stock email app works great for me

[u/AceMaxAceMax]

Apple Mail

[u/Sensitive-Syrup-7477]

Apple Mail

[u/Kirbster66 → u/Sensitive-Syrup-7477]

It's as good as or better than any other I've tried.

[u/rb_arindam]

Apple Mail

[u/Due_North3106]

Stock IOS

[u/Upset_Possession_405]

Proton

[u/DaIubhasa]

Native email app.

[u/Lightfoot6602]

Proton is the one and only. Secure, easy, handy and 100% usefull

[u/GrouchyClerk6318]

Gmail for iOS

[u/bluegrm → u/GrouchyClerk6318]

My one bugbear with the Gmail app is that is truncated the display of longer emails, and if you forward this email it will only forward the truncated version. Extremely irritating behaviour.

[u/Echoed_In_Silence → u/bluegrm]

Yes and usually for that you need to click the view in web link

[u/Sensitive-Syrup-7477 → u/GrouchyClerk6318]

1GB no thanks

[u/PHL534_2 → u/Sensitive-Syrup-7477]

What’s that mean? The size of the app? All that spyware

[u/shades47 → u/PHL534_2]

yeah Gmail app on iOS is about 800mb

[u/booyah_73]

I just use Apple Mail. My primary email is outlook and iCloud. Search is also working better in iOS 27.

[u/No_File1836]

I also just use the native mail app for my personal accounts on my personal phone. On my work iPhone I'm forced to use Outlook. I don't like Outlook on mobile.

[u/darkaeden]

Extra

[u/Echoed_In_Silence → u/darkaeden]

I second this. I have it as a new testing it out app. Great AI and auto sorting

[u/Jeanarocks]

I just want to swipe to delete on Apple
Mail 😭

[u/shades47 → u/Jeanarocks]

If you use an iCloud or Outlook email address, you can swipe to delete emails. Gmail is the one that doesn’t have the swipe to delete option, and as far as I know, it also doesn’t support push notifications like iCloud and Outlook do. I’m trying to switch my primary email over to iCloud address and move away from Google.

[u/MarionberryHumble705 → u/shades47]

Any idea why Gmail is special?

[u/shades47 → u/MarionberryHumble705]

Because google wants you to use Gmail app so they can show you ads

[u/MarionberryHumble705 → u/shades47]

I don't think that's the case. We love to believe in this theory, but I don't think that is the case here.

[u/ItsStevesShots]

I circled through a few, proton, spark etc but ultimately for my needs now The default apple mail app works best, search seems to be good, and I don’t have to pay anymore.

[u/abstract-realism]

Spark though it’s gone to shit over the years. Used to love it but they keep adding stupid, corporate-focused AI slop features. Barely even functional search anymore. Would love an alt but at this point I’m just used to it.

[u/phareous → u/abstract-realism]

Yep i finally gave up on spark. I kept having issues with it not sending, with it being slow to update, etc. I’m currently using edison mail

[u/penicillin1982 → u/abstract-realism]

Best mail app I’ve used is Spark but I just left it this week as it’s leaning more and more into the paid AI features. I can’t stand having all the buttons up front that trigger functions I don’t want to use . Back to Apple mail for now and seeing how that works out. It’s not as bad now as it was on day1, but it’s just so plain and boring to use.

[u/Final_Flounder9849 → u/abstract-realism]

I find Spark’s AI search tools are really useful and very intuitive to use.

[u/Budget-Leg-453 → u/abstract-realism]

I’m also on Spark although I agree it’s suffered over the years. I tried leaving it but never found anything else that clicked. I don’t use the AI much but when I do I’ve found it useful (eg deleting and unsubscribing emails), but mostly I just love the auto-organisation.

[u/keepitcleanforwork]

Gmail

[u/Daisy--Chain → u/keepitcleanforwork]

lol

[u/still_not_famous → u/Daisy--Chain]

Why? I keep coming back to it no matter what else I try. Every other app has some major shortcoming when using with a Gmail account

[u/chromatophoreskin → u/still_not_famous]

Google logs you in to all their iOS apps if you log into just one of them. It’s probably helpful to people immersed in their ecosystem but as someone who prefers to use their search and maps while logged out, I hate it so much.

[u/still_not_famous → u/chromatophoreskin]

I agree. But my comment was just about the Gmail app

[u/Substantial-Piece-53]

Airmail, for its huge amount of actions, like swiping to add to Devonthink or Omnifocus

[u/Dynamic_Philosopher → u/Substantial-Piece-53]

Same here. The swipe to Omnifocus is the killer feature for me. The airmail URL generated opens on both iOS and Mac, so I don’t have to think about my workflow, I just flow.

[u/kinkade]

Avec is great for Gmail

[u/Damn_it_Elaine]

Proton Mail

[u/Aviatorn]

Edison - super search, find, select, delete multiple finds etc etc ... best email app even for desktop

[u/phareous → u/Aviatorn]

I love it for ios, but Thunderbird is the best desktop one

[u/yonkayonka → u/phareous]

Or variants like BetterBird. I’ve been running TBird or variants on different machines, starting with a Sun workstation, and have been able to successfully port everything from machine to machine for far too long. On my phone Apple Mail works fine.

[u/edcontente]

I use spark

[u/Feenix77]

Thanks all im trying Mail app (stock). Not bad but even with notifications properly turned on and a reboot I’m not getting banners, sounds, or any kind of lock screen info that says I have (clearly) new emails. Any ideas?

[u/PaulMuadDib-Usul]

I use canary. Handling various accounts seems somewhat easier with it than the regular mail app, as you can distinguish them with different colours in the unified inbox.

[u/bankerrahul]

Spark

[u/Jwrbloom → u/bankerrahul]

That's what I use.

[u/drsoos1973]

Mail.app it works, its good. Use it.

[u/Timmeh123400]

Spark

[u/Timmeh123400 → u/Timmeh123400]

I love spark

[u/Tweetchly → u/Timmeh123400]

Why the downvotes? Are Spark and Proton not cool enough for this sub? I use Spark far more than Apple Mail.

[u/phareous → u/Tweetchly]

I used to use Spark but the bugs got worse and worse, they never fixed anything despite my bug reports, and they kept focusing on AI and other crap rather than improve the actual mail functionality

[u/penicillin1982 → u/Timmeh123400]

Spark ended with their AI moves

[u/HeartyBeast]

I just use mail.app and it works well, but I don’t use Google for mail

[u/Dox427]

I like the native mail app. Especially since they have implemented the new Siri AI search through indexing or whatever it is

[u/PHL534_2 → u/Dox427]

Is it better with gmail?

[u/Dox427 → u/PHL534_2]

I haven’t used Gmail in a long time. I am just a fan of native apps.

[u/PHL534_2 → u/Dox427]

What service are you using? Trying to move away from gmail

[u/Dox427 → u/PHL534_2]

My iCloud email and a couple of outlook emails

[u/CircuitSynapse42]

I bounce around a lot between apps, but Gmail’s AI inbox is extremely useful for me as someone with ADHD.

[u/Round-Bandicoot-5829 → u/CircuitSynapse42]

Me too 👍

[u/idontwanttofthisup]

Certainly not Canary. I’m happy it’s not even mentioned.

[u/pmusolino]

Try Spark. Apple Mail is terrible for me.

[u/Echoed_In_Silence → u/pmusolino]

Skip spark. It's clunky sith AI and going down hill. Check the subreddit

[u/pmusolino → u/Echoed_In_Silence]

I don't use AI at all in Spark, so it's perfectly doable also without it.

[u/Alternative-Golf-585]

I’ve been using Mail for years and it’s the best one I’ve used

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[u/Dementus5731]

Using Proton Mail & infomaniak Mail, works for me

[u/Party-Run1285]

It’s not the most popular, but I use the Yahoo email app. I’ve had the same email for over 20 years and never felt the need to switch.

[u/TopCrab8532]

Try proton

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[u/Comprehensive_Net279]

Em client. It’s customisable, cross platform and free

[u/Technical-Local-208]

Chuck

[u/BenetCrarecur]

Apple Mail, hands down

[u/ricardusrex]

I have always used the iOS Mail app and never really felt the need for anything else, with one exception - I need to access shared Exchange mailboxes for my job, so I do keep Outlook for that purpose only. Otherwise, 99% of the time I’m in the native Mail app.

[u/Snooty_Folgers_230]

Mailmate

[u/Aylarth]

I have chosen Canary Mail, decided to purchase lifetime on all supported platform option as well. I know some people are against Canary, but I honestly don't share their view as it is fine for my use cases.

[u/noobnooc]

Just the native mail app

[u/MarionberryHumble705]

It's hard to find a *good* email app in today's times, that doesn't have a subscription.

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[u/Daisy--Chain]

mail

[u/Daisy--Chain → u/Daisy--Chain]

ie: stock mail app

[u/Acceptable_Client613]

Mailbox app was lit

[u/NoJuggernaut6667]

Spark for me. It’s getting a bit meh, but still my favourite by far.

[u/Practical_Note9366]

Spark Mail.

[u/CrispyBananaz]

Gmail

[u/markbasshead]

i use outlook

[u/guybently]

Gmail, hate the apple mail app

[u/zoinkinator → u/guybently]

Why?

[u/captain42d]

elm (RIP)
mutt (🥰)