AwayMail vs eM Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AwayMail
Manage your Gmail inbox by setting up custom away messages that filter incoming emails. This client helps you control what reaches you when you're unavailable, ensuring a cleaner inbox upon your return.
- Gmail client
- Manage away messages
- Filter incoming emails
- Control email reception
- Inbox management
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AwayMail is a Google gmail email client that allows you to manage aways which limit which email is received while on away mode.
eM Client
This app unifies email, calendar, tasks, contacts, and notes into a single, AI-enhanced platform. It offers advanced features typically found on desktop, including instant message translation and robust encryption, for seamless management of multiple accounts on your iPhone and iPad.
- AI-enhanced email drafting and replies
- Unified inbox for email, calendar, tasks, contacts, and notes
- Instant message translation
- PGP and S/MIME encryption
- Quick import from desktop app
- Mail-tracking pixel detection
- Snooze and Undo Send features
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These features include: • Super easy setup including quick import from the desktop app via QR code • AI Support for replies and email drafting • Emails, calendars, tasks, contacts and notes all in one place • Favorite, Global, and search folders to easily manage multiple accounts • Instant message translation • PGP and S/MIME encryption • Tags and Gmail labels support to sort and color-code your messages • Signatures you can choose from and assign to your accounts • QuickText: snippets of text you can quickly insert into your emails • Templates • Messages grouped into conversations • Advanced privacy options • Mail-Tracking pixel detection • Snooze • Watch for reply • Undo Send • Password protection • Online meetings integration • Cloud storage providers integration • Mobile device management (MDM) support and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AwayMail at 5.0 against eM Client's 3.7. eM Client's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (48 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. AwayMail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. eM Client asks for nothing beyond the download.
AwayMail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eM Client has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AwayMail ships an update every 3 weeks, eM Client every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AwayMail | eM Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 48.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Casbu LLC | eM Client |
Customer experience
AwayMail
eM Client
Bugs and requests
AwayMail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
eM Client
Reported bugs
4 issues- Emails not sending immediately
- Drafts not visible or editable
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between folders
- Trouble signing in to multiple Google accounts
Requested features
6 requests- Calendar integration
- Improved background refresh and sync
- Custom notification sounds
- Ability to sort emails by sender
- More customization options
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- Actions from notifications (archive, mark as read, etc.)
In-app purchases
AwayMail
- $4.99/Month14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- $49.99/Year14 Days trial$49.991 Year
eM Client
No in-app purchases
