Best iOS Email App?

Marky · 24 Jul 2018 at 10:11

Hey all,

I use my iPhone for personal and business uses, and so have a few email accounts I use at the same time.

All this time I've been using just the standard iOS mail app, but I wondered recently if there were other apps that would work better for multiple accounts. (Gmail & Microsoft Exchange in particular)

What iOS mail app do you use? And why is it better than the default mail app?

Thanks,
Marky

ChrisD. · 24 Jul 2018 at 10:27

I just use the standard one, although I have heard Outlook is good.

Marky · 24 Jul 2018 at 10:40

ChrisD. said:
I just use the standard one, although I have heard Outlook is good.

Just realised I didn't put this in the OP, but I use Microsoft Exchange for my work emails. So Outlook would definitely work - I'll check it out, thanks!

DagsJT · 24 Jul 2018 at 10:58

Spark is the one I see people use most when these questions are asked.

Jimbeam3678 · 25 Jul 2018 at 02:30

Outlook for work definitely works really well. Gmail inbox for my personal one.

Bony Maloney · 25 Jul 2018 at 06:58

Using Outlook here. Wouldn’t change it. Great email app

JunkBot · 25 Jul 2018 at 20:23

I am forced to use the Outook app for work e-mails on a managed iPad. I find it terrible...

I have rules set up to automatically move emails based on sender / subject etc. However, I cannot get notifications when an email is received in a folder other than the Inbox.

Any suggestions or what is everyone else doing?

J.

arty · 25 Jul 2018 at 22:45

AirMail is supposed to be quite good. I think Spark has / had some privacy issues.

Jimbeam3678 · 23 Aug 2018 at 06:45

I’m using that as well surprisingly good in fact.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Aug 2018 at 12:19

You can't beat built in solutions. I like the in-built one. Tried to use others like Outlook but it's more apps to install that drains the battery. Default works great for me.

Feek · 23 Aug 2018 at 15:15

mrbell1984 said:
You can't beat built in solutions. I like the in-built one. Tried to use others like Outlook but it's more apps to install that drains the battery. Default works great for me.

That's generally my attitude - I can't really fault the supplied mail client.

Jimbeam3678 · 23 Aug 2018 at 17:33

Feek said:
That's generally my attitude - I can't really fault the supplied mail client.

I've used the Apple mail client, Inbox and Outlook all extensively and I'd rate the Apple bottom. Not to say it isn't acceptable just Google's does gmail superbly and outlook it great for work emails.

Faustus · 6 Oct 2018 at 23:27

Jimbeam3678 said:
I've used the Apple mail client, Inbox and Outlook all extensively and I'd rate the Apple bottom. Not to say it isn't acceptable just Google's does gmail superbly and outlook it great for work emails.

I'd agree with this. I've never been able to get on with Apple Mail either on my Mac or iOS. Gmail is a great app but Outlook is pretty good too.

Rainmaker · 8 Oct 2018 at 13:59

Canary is decent to use and, importantly for me, supports PGP/GPG and s.mime encryption out of the box. While you can buy GPG Tools for macOS (and I did), the implementation on iOS is trickier and requires a separate app to encrypt and decrypt mails. Canary Mail (iOS) has the same inbuilt encryption tools, certificates (and iCloud sync) as the macOS version. Win.