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!
Has anyone tried Vivaldi’s mail client? I use Mail right now, but the snooze function not working is kind of bugging me. Oddly enough, I lived without it up to now. Somehow, since they added it I expect it to actually work!
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 don’t like how gmail shows ads even if you subscribe to Google One (I suppose this isn’t a problem on workspace accounts). I do like it’s rules to auto tag emails and the ability to set your own tags and rules.
Outlook app is a little bloated but it’s more functional than the native iOS mail.
Gmail is probably my favorite but since I transferred my domain to cloudflare after Google domains sold to square space, I’ve decided to use iOS mail again with my custom domain
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!
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
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.
I’m in the same boat for the most part but was unwilling to pay a subscription for email. I was using Mailplane until they went subscription leaving me with the Gmail app, and Apple Mail apps for non-Gmail accounts.
I don’t love it, but at least it’s not another subscription in my life.
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What does Snooze do?
The same thing it does on your alarm clock.
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.
Got it
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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!
same for me, snooze is a must have
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.
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.
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.
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 ;-)
Yeah, I think Outlook is much better now, than it used to be. At the very least, the UI makeover it had recently is welcome.
Ironically, the mac version of this new UI can handle combined inboxes and the windows version can’t!
It has definitely improved. For one, I don’t think about my PST files for my personal use, which is nice. I’m torn on the new UI, sometimes, but usually only when I’m trying to go old school outlook power user on things.
But the add-ins have been pretty nice. I use one that does local header analysis and full header viewing SxS with the email. It’s handy.
You made a good point on the Mac version with multiple inboxes, too. My primary email machines are my phone and Mac, so it’s gravy all the way.
can’t stand outlook and it never worked that smooth for me
Spark for personal and Outlook for work. Really wish Outlook had the option to show pinned emails at the top like Spark does though.
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)_/¯
Gmail for web, Thunderbird for client and Bluemail for Android.
I use outlook on the iPhone and the gmail and outlook websites on my desktop.
Outlook does a good job of presorting my mail so I’m not bombarded with all the read at your leisure emails.
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.
I’m also using Spark; I like it but don’t love it. I often think about switching back to Apple Mail, but Spark’s block button is just too convenient. If junk mail filtering in Mail worked better, I’d switch.
Agreed. While junk doesn’t get through for me, it also tags plenty of false positives.
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.
I just wish the IMAP standard would expand to include contacts and calendar.
Why? There are protocols for those already, CardDAV and CalDAV. Mail clients (or I guess at that point it’s more of a PIM suite rather than a mail client) worth using have support for those.
