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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
I was forced to use Outlook at my new job. Hated it at first but now I prefer it to anything else.
On iOS/Android/Mac I like Spark most
i tried some of the clients but neither satisfied me like gmail does.
The search, the functionality and also the swipe behavior of the native apple client is way worse then the gmail client. This also terminated the use of an icloud mail adress, so I forwarded this to my gmail.
I also do not want another account for my email client just to access my mails, so most of the other clients were out of the race. In the end I stick to my gmail account and it’s app, cause it satisfies me the most.
Thanks again for all your answers :)
thank you for all the great feedback. I will take a look at some of the apps as soon as I’m back from my honeymoon!
for the next days i go with the standard mail app from apple just because I realized that I don’t need all that fancy stuff. Let’s see how that will work out for me…
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!
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.
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
Gmail for web, Thunderbird for client and Bluemail for Android.
I use Mimestream. It’s a beautiful, well-made Mac app (for now, iOS coming soon) by a developer who clearly cares about making a quality product that adheres to the platform’s design language and usage idioms.
I absolutely do not begrudge him for wanting to make a living from it, and currently subscription is one of the only effective ways to do that for small devs.
I also don’t begrudge anyone who doesn’t like it. We all get to use our money how we see fit.
I’ve been considering Mimestream a lot lately, especially for how it works with focuses but I really need an iOS app as well.
Thunderbird on PC
Default Mail app on Mac and iPhone
I still use Gmail over the native app because I instantly get the email when it comes in vs every 15 minutes or whatever it is without manually refreshing
