Comparison

Mail vs Webmail App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mail

Consolidate all your email accounts into a single, organized inbox. Prioritize important messages, quickly respond with smart replies, and manage your inbox efficiently with features like scheduling and snoozing. Enjoy enhanced privacy with IP address hiding and read receipt prevention.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for multiple accounts
  • Automatic message categorization
  • Priority Messages and summarization
  • Schedule send, snooze, and unsend emails
  • Smart Reply for quick responses
  • Mail Privacy Protection
Features
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Access, view and manage messages from all your email accounts in one place. Categorize your messages into easy to browse categories. Catch up on email easily with Apple Intelligence powered Priority Messages and summarizations. Manage your inbox by scheduling emails to send later, snoozing emails you want to get back to later and unsend an email in one tap. Features • Access email from iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, and Outlook as well as many other email providers - all in one place. • View all of your accounts in a single inbox, choose a specific mailbox or filter to see just Unread or Flagged messages. • Automatically organize your messages in to Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions categories and focus on the messages that matter most. • Stay on top of emails with Priority Messages, a new section at the top of your inbox that shows urgent emails. • Use Smart Reply to quickly respond to messages with a few taps. • Catch up on email quickly with summarization of messages and threads. • Find messages by sender, recipient or subject. Top hits make it easy to find what you’re looking for. • Manage your inbox by blocking a sender or muting notifications from an overly active thread. • Flag important contacts as VIPs to receive notifications when their emails arrive. • Triage email messages using swipe gestures that help you quickly archive, delete, flag, or mark messages as read or unread. • Use Mail Drop to send large attachments from any account through iCloud. • Hide your IP address with Mail Privacy Protection so senders can’t link it to your other online activity or determine your locations, and prevent senders from seeing if you’ve opened their email. • App Keywords (do not to exceed 70 characters): Mail, email, email app, productivity email, intelligent email

About

Webmail App

Manage all your email accounts from one secure application. This professional client offers features like unified inboxes, customizable filters, and advanced security protocols to keep your data safe. It supports multiple languages and provides a streamlined experience for both personal and corporate email needs.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple email accounts (IMAP, Exchange, POP)
  • Unified mailbox for all accounts
  • Email synchronization and scheduling
  • Secure email handling with privacy protection
  • Customizable swipe gestures
  • Organize and filter emails
  • Easy-to-use message editor
Features
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Every email account in one place — Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud & any IMAP server. Set up in seconds. No subscription required to get started.

Screenshots

Mail3 screens
Webmail App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mail at Free against Webmail App's $2.99. Mail also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Webmail App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On review sentiment and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mail is free to download; Webmail App costs $2.99 up front. Webmail App sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mail holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mail has 4.4M ratings behind it against 743, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 34% and 35% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mail ships an update every 11 months, Webmail App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Mail versus Webmail App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMailWebmail App
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (4.4M ratings) — better4.2 (743 ratings)
Positive reviews33.9% of reviews34.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.4M — better743
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleLAXMAN KATTIKAR

Customer experience

Mail

All ratings4,444,576 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews8,358 reviews
Positive33.9%
Neutral8.1%
Negative58.0%

Webmail App

All ratings743 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive34.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative55.8%

User reviews

Mail

From 4.4M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient email management
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 💡 Useful categorization of emails

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent swipe gestures
  • 🐛 Unreliable search function
  • 🐛 Emails disappearing or not syncing properly
  • 🐛 Slow email download and loading times
  • 🐛 Buggy performance after updates

Webmail App

From 743 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Useful AI features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 💸 Too many ads, even in paid version
  • 🔌 Poor battery performance
  • 📧 Unreliable email delivery and notifications

Bugs and requests

Mail

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Emails not downloading from server
  • Inconsistent behavior when deleting emails
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Drafts and sent emails disappearing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add snooze functionality
  • Improve email organization and filtering options
  • Provide more customization options
  • Integrate better with other Apple apps and services

Webmail App

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen issues
  • Emails not loading properly
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improve email notification system
  • Reduce ads or offer ad-free option
  • Enhance email formatting and viewing options
  • Optimize app performance and stability

In-app purchases

None

Mail

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Webmail App

Subscriptions5
  • Webmail Regular$0.997 Days
  • Webmail Pro$1.991 Month
  • Webmail Business$4.993 Months
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  • Webmail Sliver$8.996 Months
  • Webmail Gold$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Basic Plan$3.99
  • Pro Plan$6.99
  • Premium Plan$12.99
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  • Business Plan$24.99

Questions

Is Mail free?
Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Webmail App free?
Webmail App costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mail or Webmail App?
Mail is rated higher. Mail averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.4M ratings, while Webmail App averages 4.2 from 743 ratings.
Do Mail or Webmail App have ads?
Webmail App shows ads; Mail does not.
Which is updated more often, Mail or Webmail App?
Mail ships an update every 11 months, and Webmail App every 2 months. Most recently, Mail was updated on September 24, 2026 and Webmail App on September 22, 2026.

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