Ranking Email Applications: The Best to Worst

Third-party email applications help us get work done using layers on top of conventional Outlook, Gmail and Apple Mail servers. Today, we've shortlisted 10 email applications to rank and give you our best opinions on these tools.

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[hernanlara]

The truth is that it's weird that you didn't include or consider thunderbird, even if you don't like it very much it was worth checking it out

[jamess]

Hey, do you think setting up a professional email with the Custom Email Domain with Apple iCloud+ is worth it? I'm thinking of using it for my professional email account.

[shamarterrell]

I am trying spark now but I can not figure out how to get the calendar function going in Windows. Any thoughts ??

[jtxwfdv]

The Epic Ones

1:37 Spike (messenging-like, free, highly rated, fast)
2:39 Spark (reliable, fast, team-abilities)
4:20 Hey (productivity-based structure, not free)
7:16 Superhuman (fast, reliable, expensive)

[les_invisibles]

How on earth was this video put out 3 weeks ago yet you don’t mention or take into account how Spark has morphed from an amazing email app to an atrocious, unintuitive nightmare that they want you to pay for???

[emiliomuse]

Hi. I use Canary mail. Very good application. It uses AI reply and also has read confirmation.

[OldGuy]

Excellent! Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

[mandrael]

Canary Mail missing. How does it compare to Spark?

[creativeexpress]

Thank God for this video. I've been desperate for new email software for a long time since the s**t shows of Apple Mail and Outlook.
I appreciate you.

[Father.Beocca]

Is there anything even like this? I am looking for an online email reader that will accept multiple email addresses and is able to send auto respond to the initial email? In the past, I have used Microsoft Outlook and it works great for all of that except it’s a local install. When I change computers, which is often, I have to export all my email and settings, then import on the new system. It is a time killer and there’s always little issues along the way. I would love to have something online only so I can go from computer to laptop to tablet and always have it react the same. Any thoughts?

[ThomazMartinez]

Spark is shit lately, constantly getting issues now with Calendar invites not being added to my gmail account even tho it shows in Spark calendar

[Dayta]

help needed with thunderbird
i have a few issues with thunderbird that were not present like let say a year ago maybe someone can help or knows something about those issues
1. already opened attachments are not loading after reopening the email client
2. extremly laggy during the aplication start and during the login process of multiple accounts only running smooth after everything is loaded
3. creating folder dont show up like they did in the past on the actual email provider also not showing up below the email account itself as subfolder

[coyley]

What, no mention of Gmail or Apple Mail?

[JacobMata]

dying to know his opinion on spark 3....oppphhh i wanna like it so bad but something about it doesnt sit well with me. Readdle has butchered the ios app by making it closely resemble the new spark 3. using spark 2 still on my mac and the new spark app on my phone makes for a very inconsistent experience. archive (spark 2) is called done in spark 3, and email "set aside" in spark 3 are snoozed as someday in spark 2. smart folders do not work...and its now something you have to pay for if you want all the new features...which i do not find appealing.

[tracymarks]

I've been using Eudora since 1996 and won't give it up although it doesn't like 4digit extensions on attachments. I have 1.8gbs of emails in it(all my students and clients since 1996), 950 mailboxes (mailboxes in mailboxes in mailboxes, all carefully organized and easily accessible) and dozens of filters that filter my email. I can find anything in a matter of seconds. No problem on Windows 10 --- heaven forbid I can't use it on Windows 11 which I'll soon have. It has so many features that I use constantly, like changing the subjects of emails so that they match the content. It has crashed every now and then - not frequently - but I've never lost an email. Eudora was discontinued around 2006 but one can still download it for Eudora users switched to Thunderbird then but Thunderbird didn't/doesn't have half the features.

[MrPDawes]

Would be nice to know if any of these support POP3 and SMTP protocol. Many only support just Gmail and Outlook accounts which is no use to me.

[calliopelove]

thanks! how about the shift app that aggregates all kinds of apps? can you review that?

[Abdullah-zlub]

Was waiting for this update from you however I wished if it was more detailed to help me out. It’s good to know your using superhuman as I’m testing it out and I like it although I’m having some issues with it in search and downloading speed…I’m still thinking of the price and I can see spark is near it/copying and works well. Yes it’s nice but I don’t know. It’s nice to have more advise from you :) (do you use it on your iPad and iPhone as well ? Seems not as good.)

[HappyPreciousGem]

How about BlueMail? Found it while researching on email apps.

[rickramos]

Thanks for the info. I just noticed Outlook has been uploading MP4, mp3 & other personal files off my sd card. Now I need a new email account.