Comparison

Superhuman Mail vs Phantom Focus

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

Head to head
About

Superhuman Mail

This email application streamlines inbox management with AI-powered drafting and summarization. It helps users prioritize important messages, schedule emails for optimal delivery, and collaborate with teams through shared email views and integrated CRM tools. Save time and improve responsiveness with advanced features.

Highlights
  • AI email drafting
  • Automatic email summarization
  • Customizable inbox triage
  • Scheduled email delivery
  • Email sharing and commenting
  • Calendar integration
  • CRM integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce)
Features
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Superhuman Mail is the most productive email app ever made. Designed to help you fly through your inbox, be more responsive to what matters most, and collaborate faster than ever before, Superhuman Mail helps teams on Gmail and Outlook save 4+ hours per person each week. FLY THROUGH YOUR INBOX 2X FASTER Write better and faster with AI that matches your unique style for each person. Get draft replies on every email that needs a response, ready to edit and send. Turn your thoughts into polished emails in seconds with Write with Voice. Stay a step ahead with an automatic 1-line summary above every conversation. Automate phrases and entire emails with Snippets. BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT MATTERS MOST Automatically triage incoming email with customizable inbox splits, so you can always focus on what matters most. Avoid the clutter for good with Auto Archive. Never let a follow-up slip, with automatic reminders to reply. Send emails when they're most likely to be opened, so you land at the top of your recipient's inbox at just the right time. COLLABORATE FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE Share a live view of any email, and add comments for your team—no need to repeatedly screenshot, forward, or bcc. See your calendar without leaving your inbox. Get full context on your customers and deals with HubSpot and Salesforce directly integrated. Connect all your Gmail and Outlook accounts to AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT via the Superhuman Mail MCP. Teams save 20 million hours every single year with Superhuman Mail. https://superhuman.com/terms

About

Phantom Focus

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5 to 6 hours. That is the average time lost to phone screens every day — mostly on autopilot. Phantom Focus is the strict, privacy-first screen time blocker designed to break the doomscrolling loop for good. NO INSTANT OFF-SWITCH Most app blockers fail because turning them off takes one second. Phantom Focus fixes this: disabling protection or removing a guarded app triggers a mandatory 5-minute cooling-off, and raising your budget only takes effect tomorrow. The dopamine urge passes before the timer ends. The shield stays. ONE BUDGET, ZERO LOOPHOLES • Assign a single shared time budget across all distracting apps (Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube) • When your budget hits zero, the shield locks them all instantly • No per-app allowances to game or cheat FOCUS TIMER Lock the apps you choose — or all of them — for 15 minutes to 2 hours. Make it to the end and celebrate: every session adds to your lifetime focus hours and unlocks new milestones. SCHEDULES Block apps automatically at set times: Work hours, Bedtime, Morning, or your own window with its own app list. Once a window starts, it can't be switched off on a whim. EARN YOUR EXTRA MINUTES Need emergency access? Hold the challenge ring to break through — 10 seconds for the first unlock, 20 for the second, 30 after that. Breaking a focus session or a schedule always costs 30 seconds. Every minute spent becomes a conscious purchase, not a reflex. TRUTH-BASED STREAK Track your resilience with an honest streak counter. One slip a day is your emergency margin. A second breach — or quitting a focus session or schedule early — burns your streak back to day one. BUILT FOR ADHD & DEEP WORK Struggling with impulse control or phone addiction? Phantom Focus acts as an external prefrontal cortex, helping you stay in deep work, reduce anxiety, and regain focus. 100% PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE Powered entirely by Apple's Screen Time framework (Family Controls). Zero accounts, zero analytics, zero ads, and no network connections. Your browsing habits and app selections never leave your device. Stop losing hours to mindless scrolling. Download Phantom Focus and own your attention again.

Screenshots

Superhuman Mail4 screens
Phantom Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Phantom Focus at 18.0 against Superhuman Mail's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Superhuman Mail ships an update weekly, Phantom Focus every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Superhuman Mail versus Phantom Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperhuman MailPhantom Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.7K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSuperhuman LabsMaksim Timeshin

Bugs and requests

Superhuman Mail

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and account activation problems
  • Emails not loading or syncing properly
  • Formatting issues in email threads
  • Crashes and freezes on various devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Unified inbox for multiple accounts
  • Better calendar integration
  • More customization options
  • Improved mobile app experience
  • Table support in email composition

Phantom Focus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Superhuman Mail

No in-app purchases

None

Phantom Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Superhuman Mail free?
Superhuman Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phantom Focus free?
Phantom Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Superhuman Mail or Phantom Focus have ads?
Neither Superhuman Mail nor Phantom Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Superhuman Mail or Phantom Focus?
Superhuman Mail ships an update weekly, and Phantom Focus every 4 days. Most recently, Superhuman Mail was updated on November 2, 2026 and Phantom Focus on October 25, 2026.

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