# Fastmail – Email & Calendar — Privacy-first email with more

> Privacy-first email, calendar, and contacts with advanced organizational tools. (iPhone/iPad app by Fastmail Pty Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fastmail-email-and-calendar/id931370077 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Fastmail Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/931370076)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 566 App Store ratings · 441 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.4 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-11-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fastmail-email-and-calendar/id931370077/reviews.md

## What is Fastmail?

Email, contacts and calendars made better

Fastmail gives you full control of your communication, with speed, privacy, and tools that work the way you do.

The New York Times says:
”If you want something easy to use that isn’t tied to one of the big tech giants, Fastmail is a great option.”

Do more with email
• Stay connected anywhere – Read, draft, and search offline.
• Powerful search – Find anything fast, even inside attachments. Plus, use the Search Refinement Toolbar to quickly add, remove, or adjust filters.
• Declutter your inbox – Snooze emails, mute threads, block spam, and unsubscribe easily, and set up rules to automate your flow.
• Stay organised your way – Use folders or labels to keep things tidy, and categorize messages without opening them.
• Work smarter – Schedule or undo send, add private memos, set VIP-only notifications, and resize images in the compose window.
• Custom swipes – Quickly archive, delete, or take other actions with up to four swipe gestures. Your preferences stay consistent across devices.
• Easy navigation – One-tap access to mail, calendar, contacts, and settings. Customize the toolbar in Display Options, or hide it altogether.
• Faster inbox actions – Select messages by tapping avatars, or using a two-finger swipe for faster multi-select.

Smarter calendars
• Plan together – Share calendars with family or teams.
• Sync seamlessly – Works with Google, iCloud, and more.
• Always in sync – Updates instantly across devices, with full time-zone support.

Connected contacts
• Shared or private address books – Keep context from recent conversations and meetings.

Why Fastmail?
• Privacy first – No ads, no tracking, no selling your data. It’s your data, not ours.
• Secure and trusted – Robust encryption of your data both in transit and at rest. Passkeys and 2FA keep your email private and safe.
• No lock-in – Over 20 years delivering better email. People stay because it’s better, not because it’s hard to leave.
• Real support – 24/7 online help from real people, no chatbots.
• Migrate in minutes – Move mail, contacts, and calendars from your old provider in minutes.

Better for everyone – Fastmail supports open standards, keeping email private and usable for all.

## Key features

- Offline access to email
- Powerful search with refinement
- Inbox decluttering tools
- Customizable swipe gestures
- Seamless calendar syncing
- Shared address books
- Privacy-first, no ads or tracking

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fastmail Monthly Plan | $6.49 | per month |


## What do users think of Fastmail?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 🔒 Secure and private
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🔥 Excellent email service
- 💯 Great customer support

**Cons**

- 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
- 🔍 Lacking offline support
- 🔀 Confusing navigation and UI
- 🔋 Poor battery life
- 💤 Slow app performance

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Blank screen on app launch
- Notification badges not updating correctly
- Delayed email delivery
- Unreliable swiping gestures
- Disappearing toolbar buttons

**Most requested features**

- Offline email access
- Customizable notification sounds
- Integration with native iOS apps
- Dark mode support
- Multiple account management

## Recent user reviews (10 of 441)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fastmail-email-and-calendar/id931370077/reviews.md

### 3/5 — UI issue

*2026-08-03, version 4.13.0*

Great service and app normally but the recent update has now made the UI scaling really tiny and fonts are really small! Can’t see any setting to chane this beyond selecting their font or the system font which makes no difference to scaling.

### 5/5 — It just works

*2026-07-23, version 4.13.0*

The app is a joy to use, with an excellent polished UI and a general lack of clutter.

It’s a great example of an app that does what it needs to do, very well, in an unobtrusive way.

Using the separate Apple Mail and Calendar apps now feel like a backwards step - well done!

### 5/5 — Switch to Fastmail. You won’t regret it

*2026-07-23*

Fastmail has tons of flexibility and features, but does a great job of staying out of your way. And being able to reach out directly to real humans for support is incredible. Plus, having masked emails built in, custom aliases, and unlimited(!!) custom domains and catch-all addresses is unlike ANY other email provider that I’m aware of. And trust me, I’m aware of almost all of them. 

The company is employee/owned, so no mega-corps here. Plus, according to job listings on their website, their support staff is unionized, which is awesome!

As far as alternatives are concerned, Gmail and others scan your emails for targeted advertising, which is just not good. Plus, they’re the incumbent, so they haven’t had to meaningfully innovate in over a decade. 

Proton advertises end to end encryption for your emails, but that’s only really true when you email another proton user. At that point, just use Signal; it’s WAY better. Fastmail has a whole blog post on this topic. Plus, Proton’s CEO has said some… politically unaware? questionable? things in recent years.

### 5/5 — Solid, reliable, and not big tech spy

*2026-07-16, version 4.12.0*

I have been using for 4 years now, it is great alternative to g33mail and 0utL00k 👍👍

### 3/5 — No option to change tiny font size

*2026-07-09, version 4.12.0*

I like Fastmail but the font size on iPhone is tiny and there is no setting to change this. And it does not respond to font size changes in system. It’s not good.

### 3/5 — UI - readability issues in many areas

*2026-07-04, version 4.10.0*

On mobile - I had to configure iOS (Apple mail - which I wanted to get away from!) to get my email instead of their app bc of all the font inconsistencies that made it too hard to read and compose email.  
Bugs with fonts on desktop as well.  Font sizes change suddenly without any way to fix it.  
No word search once you are inside an email - weird.
Calendar - my scheduling is in serious danger bc you cannot tell what month you are in - on both mobile and desktop.  Cannot tell if there is any rhyme or reason to their choices.  
I don’t know what they were thinking.  Readability should be the priority and they have not done that.  
The one time I reached out to support to report a bug the support person framed it as a preference which was dismissive and disingenuous.  I don’t think I will want to spend more time reporting issues when it just goes into a void.

### 5/5 — Better than iOS mail app

*2026-06-21, version 4.8.0*

Love the app, it very quickly replaced the default mail app for me. Great service, reasonably priced, and does everything I could want and more.

The masked email address feature is top notch and easily worth the fee alone if it weren’t for everything else you get.

### 1/5 — why?

*2026-06-16, version 4.8.0*

why would you jerks ever log me out of my email?
was traveling and didn’t have my password with me…
caused a lot of issues for me

### 3/5 — Great service, terrible mobile app

*2026-05-27, version 4.7.1*

It seems that no one at Fastmail uses the iOS App. I hope one day you folks create a native app, because the service is great but the app is unfortunately buggy and clunky, and there is no other option with all the Fastmail features available.

### 5/5 — Best Provider Out there

*2026-05-18, version 4.6.7*

Fast, private, and dead simple. No ads or tracking that I can notice just a blazingfast inbox that handles custom domains and aliases flawlessly. Best email switch I’ve made

## Frequently asked questions about Fastmail

### What does Fastmail do?

Fastmail provides a comprehensive suite for managing your email, contacts, and calendar. It focuses on speed, privacy, and offers advanced tools to enhance your communication workflow, such as powerful search, inbox decluttering, and customizable gestures.

### What are the key features of Fastmail?

Key features include offline email access, powerful search that can find content within attachments, tools to declutter your inbox like snoozing and muting, customizable swipe gestures for quick actions, seamless calendar syncing, and shared address books. It also prioritizes privacy with no ads or data tracking.

### How much does Fastmail cost?

Fastmail offers a freemium model. While specific pricing details are not provided in the description, the presence of 'hasInAppPurchases' suggests that advanced features or increased storage may be available through paid plans or subscriptions.

### Is Fastmail compatible with other services?

Yes, Fastmail is designed to work seamlessly with other services. Its calendar feature syncs with Google, iCloud, and more. You can also migrate your mail, contacts, and calendars from your old provider into Fastmail.

### Who is Fastmail best suited for?

Fastmail is ideal for users who prioritize privacy and want more control over their digital communication. It's a great option for those looking for an alternative to services tied to large tech giants, offering robust features for both personal and professional use.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.14.0 — 2026-08-12

- Added support for new app domains
- Sharing a page from a browser now fills in the subject from the page title and the body from its URL if made available
- Fixed sharing failing when a share directory already existed
- Fixed a duplicate '.' in the names of shared compressed images

### 4.13.0 — 2026-07-22

- Added support for upcoming font/display scaling improvements
- Added checks for blank page loads that could leave the app stuck on the splash screen

### 4.12.0 — 2026-07-09

- Improved standards compliance of network requests to Fastmail, for more reliable background syncing
- Internal improvements to error reporting

### 4.11.0 — 2026-07-06

- If the app gets stuck on a page that won't load, you can now force-quit and reopen it to return to the default view.

### 4.10.0 — 2026-06-29

- Rebuilt the device settings screen to reduce reliance on third-party dependencies.

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