eM Client vs iCanText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eM Client
Manage emails, calendars, tasks, contacts, and notes efficiently in one application. Features AI assistance for drafting and replying, robust security with PGP and S/MIME encryption, and instant message translation. Offers advanced privacy options and seamless integration with cloud storage and online meetings.
- Unified inbox for emails, calendars, tasks, contacts, and notes
- AI-powered email drafting and reply assistance
- PGP and S/MIME encryption for secure communication
- Instant message translation
- Advanced privacy and mail-tracking pixel detection
- Integration with cloud storage and online meetings
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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
iCanText
This custom keyboard app enhances typing with oversized keys, a gentle sway animation, and smart visual cues. It offers gesture controls, single-tap contractions, and auto-editing features to improve speed and accuracy. Users can also customize styling and leverage on-device LLM for text proofreading.
- Oversized keys for comfort
- Soothing sway animation
- Next-letter highlights
- Gesture controls for space/backspace
- Single tap contractions and sentence endings
- Auto-editing and LLM proofreading (iOS 26+)
- Customizable styling
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iCanText – A Bigger, Smarter Keyboard That Moves With You iCanText is a custom iOS keyboard built to make typing easier, clearer, and more comfortable. Featuring large, easy-to-tap keys, a gentle swaying animation, and smart visual cues, iCanText helps you type with more speed and fewer mistakes. Features: * Oversized Keys for Confident Typing. * Designed for accuracy and comfort. iCanText gives your fingers more space. * The top row gently moves left and right that allows for a maximum overall key size. * Next-Letter (instead of next word) predictions. * Likely next-letters glow based on what you're typing, making it faster to spot and tap what comes next. * Natural gesture-based texting: swipe right for a space, left for a backspace, up for numbers, down for symbols, and keep swiping up for phrases and dialects. Double swipe down toggles caps. * Single tap contractions. One tap makes a 'll, 's, 'r, 't, 'm or 've. * Tap the "Fix it" key (the wrench) to correct typos, caps, and formatting. * No pressure from autocorrect. * Just type. You can fix your typos later. * Custom keyboard styling (colors, etc.) in the main app. * No Ads, No Tracking, No Distractions. * iOS 26 users: have Apple's on-device LLM fix your typos. Whether you're a fast typer, someone with larger fingers, or just want a more relaxing keyboard experience, iCanText will help you text better.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: eM Client at 48% against iCanText's 0%. eM Client also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (51 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
eM Client holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eM Client has 51 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of eM Client's written reviews are positive against 0% of iCanText's.
eM Client ships an update every 10 days, iCanText every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eM Client | iCanText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (51 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eM Client | Tom Bensky |
Customer experience
eM Client
iCanText
Bugs and 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.)
iCanText
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
eM Client
No in-app purchases
iCanText
No in-app purchases









