eM Client vs Mailbird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Mailbird
Manage all your email accounts from a single, beautifully designed inbox. Features include unified handling of multiple providers, customizable swipes for quick actions, and powerful search and filtering tools.
- Unified inbox for all accounts
- Customizable swipe actions
- Snooze emails for later
- Advanced filters and search
- Powerful email editor
- Centralized attachment management
- Customizable themes and layouts
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In Mailbird every feature is crafted for your flow, with pixel-perfect design, privacy, smooth performance, and powerful tools to help you work smarter: - Unified Inbox: Handle all your accounts in one place. Works with Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and any IMAP account. - Beautifully Designed: Every icon, layout, and transition designed for iPhone. - Privacy & Security: Connect directly to your email provider. Your messages and passwords never pass through Mailbird servers. - Swipe to Triage: File emails to To Do, To Read, or Archive with a single swipe, and choose what each swipe does. - Snooze: Put an email away until later today, tomorrow, next week, or a time you pick. - Filters & Search: Jump to unread, starred, or emails with attachments, create your own filters, and search all your mail. - Powerful Email Editor: Clean and focused, with signatures built in and undo send. - Attachments in One Place: Browse, sort, and clean up the files you've downloaded. - Make It Yours: Light and dark mode, nine color themes, three list layouts, and a toolbar you arrange yourself. Join millions of professionals who’ve rated Mailbird 5-stars. Terms of Service: https://goto.getmailbird.com/wc Privacy Policy: https://goto.getmailbird.com/wd
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eM Client at none against Mailbird's 2. eM Client also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 25%) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). Mailbird's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Mailbird sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.49 per year. eM Client asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mailbird holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eM Client has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of eM Client's written reviews are positive against 25% of Mailbird's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
eM Client ships an update every 10 days, Mailbird every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eM Client | Mailbird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (48 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 550 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | eM Client | Mailbird, Inc. |
Customer experience
eM Client
Mailbird
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.)
Mailbird
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
eM Client
No in-app purchases
Mailbird
- Premium – Yearly Plan$34.491 Year
- Premium – One-Time$159.00
