Comparison

Pixelbot vs Boogie Mail

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

Head to head
About

Pixelbot

Features
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Get the Desktop app (just look for Pixelbot Dashboard on the macOS App Store) https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pixelbot-dashboard/id1560523831 Try before you buy? Get the free iPhone app (just look for Pixelbot Lite on the App Store) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixelbot-lite/id1558282729 Useful for monitoring state of a desktop screen When Mac app is running, if the pixel beneath the cursor on your mac changes, a notification will be sent to this app When is this useful: - online queueing - auctions - notifications of other notifications (e.g. desktop notifications, slack, other apps) - end of renderings - end of long computer operations - end of uploads/downloads

About

Boogie Mail

A modern, native email, calendar, and contacts client utilizing the JMAP protocol. It offers advanced features like undo send, scheduled send, server-side filters, and real-time sync across Apple devices. An optional push notification service is available.

Highlights
  • JMAP protocol support
  • Undo Send and scheduled send
  • Server-side Sieve filters
  • Real-time sync
  • Multi-account management
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Native Mac and iPad apps
Features
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Boogie is a native mail, calendar and contacts client built on JMAP, the modern protocol that replaces IMAP. No IMAP fallback, no webmail wrapper. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Works with Stalwart, Fastmail, or any server that speaks RFC 8620 / RFC 8621 JMAP. MAIL • One-step sign-in through your provider's secure web login. Fastmail OAuth covers mail, contacts and calendars in a single grant • Choose which folders notify you. Inbox only by default; Junk and Archive stay silent until you say so • Undo Send, scheduled send, templates, HTML signatures, font picker, multi-message forward, Send Again • Fail-safe sending: if an account can't send, your draft is kept and you're told why • Server-side Sieve filters and vacation auto-reply • Multi-account with auto-discovery and clear health badges; account removal says exactly what it will do • Spotlight indexing and 41 languages, including right-to-left CALENDAR & CONTACTS • Day, week and month views that update live as invitations arrive • Accept or decline invitations from the email; organizers get exactly one reply. Canceled events offer Remove from Calendar • Contacts across all your accounts, with contact groups you create, name and delete • Apple Contacts are read locally for recipient autocomplete and never uploaded APPLE WATCH • Sign in with a short code shown on the Watch and entered on your iPhone or Mac • Read, reply to and triage mail from your wrist MAC & IPAD • Full keyboard control on iPad: ⌘N, ⌘F, ⌘A and the rest work as they do on the Mac • A native Mac app that prints cleanly and never keeps your machine awake PRIVACY & PUSH • No telemetry, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. Your mail lives on your own server, never ours • Real-time sync while the app is open • Boogie Push, an optional add-on: new mail arrives on iPhone and iPad even when Boogie is closed. Alerts show sender and subject; the message content is never sent to us. First month free, then a separate subscription. Mac notifications while running are included TRIAL AND PRICING 14-day full-feature trial. After the trial, Boogie locks until you subscribe. • Yearly: US$39.99 • Lifetime: US$99, one payment • Boogie Push: US$2.49 a month or US$19.99 a year, first month free Boogie Push is sold separately and not included in Yearly or Lifetime. Privacy: Boogie is a transport between your device and the server you choose. We collect nothing. Support: support@boogie.digital Privacy: https://boogie.digital/privacy/ Terms: https://boogie.digital/terms/

Screenshots

Pixelbot1 screens
Boogie Mail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixelbot at none against Boogie Mail's 2. Pixelbot also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Boogie Mail's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Boogie Mail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Pixelbot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelbot ships an update every 4 months, Boogie Mail every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pixelbot versus Boogie Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelbotBoogie Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrea LissakKTP Digital PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

Pixelbot

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Boogie Mail

Subscriptions1
  • Boogie Yearly3 Months trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Boogie Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Pixelbot free?
Pixelbot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boogie Mail free?
Boogie Mail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixelbot or Boogie Mail have ads?
Neither Pixelbot nor Boogie Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixelbot or Boogie Mail?
Pixelbot ships an update every 4 months, and Boogie Mail every 11 days. Most recently, Pixelbot was updated on October 17, 2026 and Boogie Mail on October 6, 2026.

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