mail alternatives for iPhone
Alternatives for iPhone
Looking to upgrade the Mail app on your phone? Look no further, as we put six of the best apps through their paces
Most iphone users never even consider using an email client other than Apple’s own Mail on their iPhone or iPad. But you’re different, right? You’re a discerning user who has needs for which Mail doesn’t quite cater. Or for whom its interface or general way of working just doesn’t… well, work. The good news is that there are a host of other email clients on the App Store, and some of them are very good indeed.
The second piece of good news is that many of them are completely free, while others only charge if you need premium features. Even Microsoft’s Outlook, which has come on leaps and bounds since the Redmond firm acquired it as Accompli four years ago, is completely free. You don’t need an Office 365 subscription to use it and it works with any email account. That’s also true of Google’s Gmail app. Despite being designed for Gmail accounts, you can just as easily use it with iCloud, Yahoo or Microsoft email addresses. Or you can set it up as the client for an IMAP email account.
We’ve chosen a range of email apps for this group test. Some offer features that will
suit you better if you work alone, others will be a better match if you who work as part of a team. Spark, for example, is very much one for team players, with its ability to delegate tasks and share messages. However, it’s far from the only app on test that has interesting features. Whether you want to snooze incoming messages so you can deal with them later, reply quickly with a pre– formatted message, or integrate your email client more tightly with your workflow, there’s an app here that can help. All the apps also have an iPad version, and many have an app for Apple Watch.