WEB.DE vs Helios
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WEB.DE
Manage your emails, store files securely online, and stay informed with news, all within one app. Features an intelligent mailbox for better organization and a protected online storage solution with German data protection standards.
- Intelligent mailbox for thematic email sorting
- 1 GB email storage
- 2 GB minimum online storage
- Send attachments up to 20 MB
- Secure file storage with German data protection
- Automatic photo upload
- Encrypted email sending
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Email, Online Storage & News - All in your account! The free WEB.DE app is your loyal companion on the go! The Intelligent Mailbox takes a lot of work off your hands! Incoming emails automatically arrive in the inbox of your mailbox. One after another, in chronological order - but mixed thematically. In the intelligent mailbox, new emails are also displayed in individual categories - completely automatically, for more overview. Everything remains as usual in the inbox. With the online storage, WEB.DE offers you a professional, free storage solution. It is equally suitable for file backups as well as for easy and fast sharing of large files - for example, photo albums. Thanks to the highest security standards, the online storage is virtually indestructible, and with cloud made in Germany, it also meets the highest data protection requirements. Particularly useful: The WEB.DE app also supports your other WEB.DE mail accounts. So you can always keep an eye on all your WEB.DE mailboxes in one app! Our "push sounds" are particularly popular: These individually adjustable notifications sound when a new email arrives. The operation is also very simple and intuitive, and the interface adapted to the smartphone is particularly user-friendly. The battery-saving email push service and the secure, protected access with PIN protection are additional advantages. For these reasons, the WEB.DE app has already been downloaded and installed over a million times! At a glance: Free app for your WEB.DE email account! 1 GB email storage Send attachments up to 20 MB Minimum 2 GB online storage 2 individual mail addresses Ad-supported Send encrypted emails Optional: Secure access with PIN protection Best display of mailbox on the smartphone Read WEB.DE news Manage files in online storage Automatic photo upload Our terms of use: http://agb.web.de/registrierungspflichtig/AGB Our privacy policy: http://agb.web.de/Datenschutzerklaerung/AGB/
Helios
This app helps freelancers and remote workers manage their time and projects efficiently. It allows you to create tasks, organize them by project, set hourly rates to track revenue, and export detailed statistics. The tool also provides reminders and analysis to boost your productivity.
- Task creation and time tracking
- Project organization
- Hourly rate and revenue calculation
- Time statistics analysis
- CSV export via email
- Task focus reminders
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Helios is a simple time-tracking tool for freelancers and remote workers. We aim to simplify time tracking process by organizing important tasks in one place and focus your attention on the work. Create tasks, organize them by projects, set hourly rate to calculate your revenue, export your statistics via email in .csv. Set periodical sound signal and notifications as a reminder of what you're working on. Analyze statistics for completed tasks in Archive to improve your productivity. What you can do with Helios: - Create tasks and track time that you spend on it - Organize tasks by projects - Set hourly rate to calculate revenue - Analyze your spent time grouped by day - Export statistics via email in .csv - Focus on task, use sound signal and notifications as a reminder - Time would be tracked even if app is in the background or closed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WEB.DE at Free against Helios's $4.99. WEB.DE also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and review sentiment (73% vs 61%). Helios's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
WEB.DE is free to download; Helios costs $4.99 up front. WEB.DE sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Helios asks for nothing beyond the download.
Helios holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WEB.DE has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of WEB.DE's written reviews are positive against 61% of Helios's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WEB.DE ships an update fortnightly, Helios every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WEB.DE | Helios |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 362 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH | SVETLANA POLISHCHUK |
Customer experience
WEB.DE
Helios
Bugs and requests
WEB.DE
Reported bugs
3 issues- Emails not loading or syncing properly
- Login issues and app freezes
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved email search and organization
- Support for multiple email accounts
- Better integration with other services
Helios
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WEB.DE
- Online-Speicher 30 GB3 variants$0.991 Month
- TrackFree$1.491 Month
- Online-Speicher 100 GB$1.991 Month
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- WEB.DE MailPlus$3.991 Month
- WEB.DE Mail Plus$3.991 Month
- WEB.DE Mail Plus$4.991 Month
- WEB.DE Club Membership$6.991 Month
- Cloud 100 GB$19.991 Year
Helios
No in-app purchases









