Comparison

Pst Mail vs Read AI

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

Head to head
About

Pst Mail

Access your Outlook emails offline by transferring PST files to your device. Browse, search, and manage your messages without an internet connection. View attachments, reply to emails, and even access contacts stored within the PST file.

Highlights
  • Open multiple PST files
  • Transfer PST files via iTunes or Dropbox
  • Search messages by sender, subject, text, and date
  • View and open email attachments
  • Reply and forward messages
  • Display PST file contacts
  • Password protection
Features
Read full description

Transfer Outlook pst files to your device, and have access to your messages. Save money on your data plan, as no connection to the server is necessary to read stored emails. Some of the features in Pst Mail are: * Open multiple pst files. * Get pst files quickly using iTunes. * Get pst files from Dropbox. * Get pst files from other apps that support “Open In”. * Search messages by sender, recipient, subject, attachment filename or full message text. You may specify a date range to narrow results. Subfolders may be included in the search. * Select sort criteria for the message list. * Use a different sort criterion for the special folder that contains sent items. * Filter messages by from/to/subject or all of them combined. * Open attachments externally with other apps in you device, or if the file format is supported, using Pst Mail preview option. * Reply and forward messages. * Link recipient names to the address book * Compatible with both old and new versions of the pst file (i.e., ANSI and Unicode). * Print emails wirelessly (iOS 4.2 or later). * Customize timezone for date and time display. * Display contacts in the pst file. * Option to protect Pst Mail with a password. * Option to exclude pst files from the iTunes backup.

About

Read AI

This app records audio from your device and generates real-time AI-powered transcripts and summaries. It's ideal for capturing lectures, meetings, or brainstorming sessions, providing comprehensive reports that can be shared or kept private.

Highlights
  • Live transcription and summaries
  • Speaker detection
  • In-person meeting recording
  • Integration with communication channels
  • Cross-platform sync
  • Meeting notifications
Read full description

Record any in-person conversation and get a transcript, summary, and action items when you're done. Read AI turns your iPhone into an AI notetaker for client meetings, interviews, lectures, and brainstorms. Open Read AI, tap record, and stay in the conversation. Read transcribes and summarizes in real time, then builds a full report you can keep private or share with others. Your in-person notes appear next to your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meeting reports, so everything you discussed lives in one place. Key Features: Live Transcription and Summaries Follow along with a real-time transcript and get a concise summary at the end, so you never have to ask what was decided. Speaker Detection Read AI tells speakers apart, so you can see who said what. Built for In-Person Meetings Record face-to-face meetings, classes, and brainstorming sessions without opening a laptop. Easy Sharing Send your notes to Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, and your CRM to share and review them. Sync Across Devices Access your notes and summaries on any device, alongside your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings. Meeting Reminders Get notified before upcoming meetings, when a new report is ready, and with a recap before recurring meetings, so you never forget to record.

Screenshots

Pst Mail4 screens
Read AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Read AI at Free against Pst Mail's $9.99. Read AI also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Pst Mail's advantage is chart position (#146 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Read AI is free to download; Pst Mail costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read AI has 1K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Pst Mail's written reviews are positive against 69% of Read AI's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pst Mail ships an update every 5 months, Read AI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Pst Mail versus Read AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPst MailRead AI
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (41 ratings)4.9 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better68.5% of reviews
Number of ratings411K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#146 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArrow Bit SLRead AI

Customer experience

Pst Mail

All ratings40 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

Read AI

All ratings1,014 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive68.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative29.6%

User reviews

Pst Mail

From 41 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Access PST files easily
  • 🚀 Fast search and loading
  • ✅ Works with large PST files
  • 📂 Preserves folder hierarchy
  • 📄 Opens attachments

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes occasionally
  • 🚫 Live sync not working
  • ❌ Cannot delete emails
  • ❌ Cannot send new emails
  • ❌ Limited sync options

Read AI

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Productivity booster
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Useful features
  • 👍 Convenient mobile access
  • 👍 Helpful for in-person meetings

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 🐛 Buggy with playback and other functions
  • 🐛 App loading issues

Bugs and requests

Pst Mail

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes when printing
  • Live sync does not work
  • Cannot open PST files
  • Occasional crashes
  • App crashes when trying to sync more than one file from Dropbox
Show 7 more
  • Landscape mode not optimized, hangs on orientation change
  • PST Mail Sync app not working
  • Lite version hangs on large files
  • App shows no emails in preview after upgrading to full version
  • Cannot install on second iPhone using same ID
  • Cannot read PST files (unable to read message)
  • App crashes when trying to sync more than one file from Dropbox

Requested features

25 requests
  • Add quick scroll function for inbox
  • More sync options (OneDrive, Google Drive)
  • Better search tags
  • Direct link to Files app
  • Ability to delete emails
Show 20 more
  • Ability to send new emails
  • Support for OST files
  • Direct integration with Exchange account
  • Sort emails by subject/name
  • Search within email body
  • Option to delete individual emails
  • Option to add mails to PST
  • Reorganize folders and emails within PST
  • Move mails from iPad inbox into PST Mail
  • Sync to-do action flags
  • Improve user interface design
  • Sort order reversal
  • Download monitoring for large files
  • Add/remove individual folders from display
  • Import PST data by FTP server
  • Show calendar commitment dates
  • Sync with Outlook for iOS for replies/forwards
  • Ability to sort by date in reverse
  • Search across all PST files
  • Make it installable on second device with same ID

Read AI

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Uploading issues causing lost recordings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Chromecast and AirPlay support
  • Full-screen video playback
  • Cloud sync for transcripts and summaries
  • Better mobile support and file format compatibility

In-app purchases

None

Pst Mail

No in-app purchases

None

Read AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pst Mail free?
Pst Mail costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read AI free?
Read AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pst Mail or Read AI?
Read AI is rated higher. Pst Mail averages 4.3 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Read AI averages 4.9 from 1K ratings.
Do Pst Mail or Read AI have ads?
Neither Pst Mail nor Read AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pst Mail or Read AI?
Pst Mail ships an update every 5 months, and Read AI every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pst Mail was updated on November 1, 2026 and Read AI on October 30, 2026.

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