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
On iOS/Android/Mac I like Spark most
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.
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…
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 prefer using the default mail app.
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
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.
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.
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?
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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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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.
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.
Thunderbird on desktop, canary or stock mail on mobile
Yeah, I love thunderbird and hope the iOS app release gets some news soon. Supposed to be releasing this year but nothing yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
will take a look at canary :)
I was forced to use Outlook at my new job. Hated it at first but now I prefer it to anything else.
Spark for personal and Outlook for work. Really wish Outlook had the option to show pinned emails at the top like Spark does though.
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!
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.
Spark is the closest to how Inbox use to be. At least in my experience so that’s what I’m using these days.
