HEY Email vs SayMail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEY Email
This email client streamlines your inbox with features like call-like screening for senders, grouped message organization, and a unified attachment library. It offers unique ways to read emails, manage receipts, and protect your privacy from trackers.
- Screen senders like calls
- Naturally grouped messages
- Read multiple emails at once
- Unified attachment library
- Set aside emails for later
- Dedicated receipt management
- Blocks email trackers
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It’s “you’ll never go back” better HEY replaces workarounds, messy hacks, and daily frustrations, with built-in workflows, effortless organization, and clever features that levels-up email in meaningful ways. Screen emails like you screen calls You screen your calls, so why can't you screen your emails? With HEY, you can. HEY puts you in complete control of who's allowed to email you. Don't want to hear from someone? Screen them out and won’t hear from them again. Naturally grouped Inboxes are typically an intertwined mess of new and old messages haphazardly mixed together. Yuck. With HEY, new messages are always grouped together at the top, and previously seen emails are always at the bottom. Neat and orderly by default. No need to wade through the inbox jungle with a machete. Spread ’em out, read ’em together Let's say you have 7 unread emails. Why do you have to open one, close one, open one, close one, open one, close one, and so on. It's rediculously inefficient. With HEY, you can open multiple emails at once and just scroll though them, just like you would a newsfeed. It's a revolutionary way to read your emails. You'll never go back to the old way. Find files without pulling your hair out If you’re looking for an attachment, why should you have to find an email first? That’s backwards. With HEY, you get an attachment library that gathers up every attachment you’ve ever received in one organized, siftable place. Just set it aside Sometimes you get emails you need to reference later - travel info, handy links, numbers you need, etc. With HEY, you can 'Set Aside' any email in a neat little pile for easy access whenever you need it. At hand, but out of your face. Put receipts in The Paper Trail Receipts, confirmations, and transactional emails getting in your way? With HEY, you can send those types of emails to The Paper Trail where they'll be out of your way, but easy to find when you need them. Blocking email spies 24/7/365 Many companies track which emails you open, how often you open them, and even where you were when you opened them. It's a massive invasion of your privacy. HEY blocks these trackers and tells you who's spying on you. Fix bad subjects without busting threads If you don’t start the thread, you're often stuck with other people’s generic, non-descriptive email subjects. With HEY, you can rename a subject so it makes sense for you without changing things for the other person. Add private notes to any email thread Conversations may start in email, but they may continue somewhere else. Some emails turn into lunches or calls or video conferences. Where do you put the notes from those - especially if they relate to the initial email conversation? With HEY, you can add personal, private notes (and files) to any thread. This way you keep everything related to the conversation on one page, even if it didn't all happen via email. Notifications you control HEY push notifications are off by default so your phone doesn’t steal your attention every time an inconsequential email hits your inbox. However, HEY lets you selectively turn them on for specific contacts or threads so you don't miss the things you really care about. A built-in ‘Reply Later’ workflow What if you need to reply, but you don't have time right now? With HEY, just click the “Reply Later” button to move an email to a dedicated ‘Reply Later’ pile at the bottom of the screen so you don’t lose or forget it. Stop heavy senders from dominating your inbox When you get lots of emails from someone, they can take over your Inbox. With HEY, you can choose to bundle a sender into a single row. This means no matter how many emails they send you, they'll only take up a single row in your Inbox. Clean, controlled, and calm. Get off threads without having to ask Stuck on a mega email chain and want off? Good luck asking someone to remove you. With HEY, you can unfollow any thread and replies won’t show up as new emails anymore. Out of your face forever.
SayMail
This app allows you to send emails using only your voice, without needing to unlock your phone or navigate menus. It's designed for speed and accessibility, enabling hands-free communication for various situations, including emergencies.
- Hands-free voice to email
- Siri integration for instant launch
- Automatic recording start
- Shake to send functionality
- Location attachment
- Secret emergency trigger phrase
- Offline message queuing
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SayMail — Hands-Free Voice to Text to Email SayMail turns your voice into a sent email in seconds — no typing, no unlocking, no navigating menus. Say "Hey Siri, SayMail" — the app opens and recording starts immediately. Speak your message. When you stop talking, SayMail transcribes your words and sends them as an email automatically. Or shake your phone to send instantly. --THE SIRI WORKFLOW — PERFECTED Leave SayMail running as you switch to using other apps. Every time you say "Hey Siri, open SayMail," the app comes to the foreground and recording starts automatically — as if you had just launched it fresh. No tapping. No looking at the screen. Just speak and it sends. Enable Auto-record when already open in Settings once, and this becomes your permanent hands-free loop. DESIGNED FOR SPEED -Launch with Siri — no unlocking required -Recording starts the moment the app opens or returns to the foreground -A strong haptic pulse is felt confirming recording has started – no need to look at the screen -30-second countdown — sends automatically when time is up -Shake to send instantly at any time -A double haptic pulse confirms your message was sent -Driving safe — eyes stay on the road, hands stay on the wheel, record new messages over and over -Accessibility friendly — fully operable without ever looking at the screen, with haptic pulse feedback at every key moment SMART LOCATION Say "send, set or add location" anywhere in your message to attach your GPS coordinates as a Google Maps link. Or turn on Always Append Location in Settings. EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM For situations where you cannot ask for help openly. Set a secret trigger phrase — something only you know. Set a trusted Emergency CC contact. A child in danger speaks their code word, sets the phone down, and walks away. The parent receives an alert with exact GPS coordinates instantly. The person who picks up the phone sees what looks like a crashed, rebooting device — no indication anything was sent. When triggered, SayMail silently: Copies your emergency contact on the email Attaches your GPS coordinates as a Google Maps link Marks the subject URGENT Displays an error screen with no evidence of SayMail OFFLINE MESSAGE PRESERVATION No signal? SayMail queues your message locally and sends it the moment connectivity is restored and SayMail is opened. FLEXIBLE SENDING SayMail Email Service (Pro+) — zero setup, works instantly out of the box Your Own Email (SMTP, Pro) — Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, or any SMTP provider REST API — trigger automated actions from any email you send PRIVACY FIRST SayMail does not store your recordings beyond what is temporarily needed for transcription. SMTP credentials never leave your device — stored in your encrypted keychain. Perfect for drivers, people with visual impairments, voice memo users, safety check-ins, and anyone who needs to capture a thought the moment it arrives. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HEY Email at none against SayMail's 2. HEY Email also leads on ratings volume (4.3K vs 1). SayMail's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. SayMail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HEY Email asks for nothing beyond the download.
SayMail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HEY Email has 4.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HEY Email ships an update every 10 days, SayMail every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEY Email | SayMail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 37Signals LLC | CHICK MILLER WELLS |
Customer experience
HEY Email
SayMail
Bugs and requests
HEY Email
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard issues on iPad
- Inconsistent behavior when moving between email views
Requested features
3 requests- Support for custom email domains
- More advanced filtering and automation options
- Improved integration with other apps and services
SayMail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HEY Email
No in-app purchases
SayMail
- SayMail Pro+$1.991 Month
- SayMail Pro$2.99









