Obviously the calendar feature is critical. Right now, accepting a meeting invitation is possible with this emClient but… since there is no calendar feature, the event does not actually get put onto any calendar once accepted. This is a problem - don’t accept invitations from this mail client or you risk losing meetings.
But even more importantly, the app needs to refresh in the background. I should always get a notification if I get an email when I’m not looking at my inbox (as Apple Mail and most other email clients do). And, the app’s badge should show me I have X number of new messages, even before I launch it to read those messages. Why should I have to launch the app in order to see if I actually have any new mail? This puts me into “polling” mode which isn’t productive.
Look forward to upcoming enhancements as the UI is very nice and consistent with the desktop app.
The only thing missing is the ability to set notification sounds per account. Seriously, that’s it. Otherwise a one-hour test of the app on my phone and iPad pretty much sold me.
I've been using the PC version of emclient and it's wonderful. It's actually l the best email client for the PC. This ios version on my iPhone 15 pro is horrible... it's so slow getting emails. You see a notification of a new email but when you open up the App, it keeps on spinning and it takes about 15-60 seconds for the new email to show up on the list. So annoying. It also feels that it's always syncing or doing something since the status bar is always active. I can't stand it anymore and will move on to a different app. If they fix the slowness and syncing issues, I can see this being the best email app for ios.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review, if you decide to give eM Client another try, can you please try the newest update and see if the issues persist? The iOS app might unfortunately still be slower than the desktop app, as iOS does not allow background sync for 3rd party apps so we can only download the messages once the app is running. But we continue trying to improve this behavior of course.We use it as a desktop email client, works very well. The only exception is that it overrides default gmail events privacy, and makes all calendar events public unless the user explicitly marks private checkbox. They refuse to fix this for years.
As per the mobile app, similar weird product management decisions are made. All the major IOS mail apps behave in a certain way, and EM Client does things differently.
Using gmail, while in any folder other than inbox, archive button or swipe will remove the email from said folder. This is true for MS Outlook, Apple Mail and other email apps, but not for EM Client. Archive outside of inbox does NOTHING. You get the info message was archived, but it remains in the folder and nothing has happened.
Another example, all other major email apps will send push notifications and show status badge for all favorite folders, not just inbox. EM Client doesn’t have an option to choose which folders are important to a user to get notifications, even though it has favorite folders.
For us, these are dealbreakers, and mobile app is not used.
The best part of em client is the unified mail box and the ability to sort by sender. The IPad OS version does not support that. Cannot go thru so many emails one at a time. Group by sender is super easy on the desktop version.
Best email client without a doubt. I used it on PC for 6 years. There is no better option on the market. EMclient better in all aspects.
I really want to like this app. It actually has baked in support for pgp encryption, which is so rare. However the app is always trying to sync and just doesn’t update or search quickly. Notifications work fine but the actual app is soooo slow/laggy when checking for new messages. I have it installed but do t use it anymore. Too annoying.
I’ll keep it installed but it takes sometimes 30mins plus for it to receive emails. Definitely won’t be my primary email client for iOS though.
Have a lifetime PC license, this seems more like alpha/beta release than production ready
The one major issue (although there are several minor issues) is that the app will only refresh after it’s opened, even though it’s set to push and background refresh. It’s unusable for me until this gets fixed.
Have been waiting for EM Client for IOS for some time and have been using it for several months now. There are problems and shortcomings that should be addressed, perhaps in a more urgent fashion.
There seems to be a significant lag in what my iPad screen shows vis-a-vis the action that was just completed. E.g. Delete a message in the Inbox and it remains visible on-screen. Have to select another email to clear it.
More formatting features on-the-fly would be greatly appreciated.
There is a keystroke delay at times that slows typing an email down to a painful crawl. It's as if the keystrokes are first being sent via dial-up to a server and then bounced back as an echo.
No IOS Share Sheet for the app. E.g. Forwarding a news article that has no native button in it. This necessitates first having to copy the link manually, paste it into the email body and then copy the article header and pasting it in Subject.
However, the big PLUS is that EM Client enables me to create Local folders on my iPad and store them safely and privately while removing them off of the ISP server. This is a feature that none of the email apps I've tried offer.
EM Client is still my default email app as of now and I look forward to the app's designers releasing more updates.
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