Comparison

QQ邮箱 vs Mail

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

Head to head
About

QQ邮箱

Manage all your email accounts in one place with support for general mail protocols. Features include sending greeting cards, quick screenshot annotations, and translation of foreign language emails. Optimize your inbox with intelligent ad aggregation and subscription management.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple email accounts
  • Send greeting cards
  • Screenshot annotation
  • Translate foreign emails
  • Intelligent ad aggregation
  • Attachment preview
  • Customizable notifications
Features
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[QQ Mail] Full support for general mail protocols to help you manage all your mailboxes on your phone [New] Send greeting cards on your phone [New] Query mail records in Settings [New] Quick annotation on the screenshot of the mail reading page [New] Efficient and convenient Contacts [New] Translate mails in foreign languages into Chinese Multiple Accounts · Full support for general mail protocols to allow adding a variety of other mailboxes besides QQ Mail Sending/Receiving Mails · Synchronously receive and manage all mails in multiple mailboxes · Added intelligent aggregation of ad mails · QQ Mail subscription aggregation and reading experience optimization · Support online preview of various types of attachments including documents, images, audio and video files, compressed packages, and eml files. Mail Notification · Set to enable notifications only for mails from starred contacts · Set the New Mail Notification option for different email accounts · Added multiple sound effects for New Email Notification · Enable Night Mode to mute the notifications for new mails at night Mailbox Plug-ins · Enable Calendar to manage events efficiently · Use Transfer Station for temporary storage of large files on the network · Enable Notepad to record what you see and think anytime · Manage contacts and find recent conversations in Contacts · Select a greeting card to convey blessings to friends QQ Mail VIP Auto-Renewal Subscription Instructions Subscription Plans: QQ Mail VIP Monthly Auto-Renewal (1 month) QQ Mail VIP Annual Auto-Renewal (12 months) Subscription Price: Monthly auto-renewal: RMB 22/month Annual auto-renewal: RMB 210/year Auto-Renewal: Your Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before the subscription expires. Once the payment is successful, the subscription will be automatically extended for one billing cycle. Cancel Subscription: If you wish to cancel, you need to do so at least 24 hours before the current billing period ends. You can cancel by going to Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions, selecting the QQ Mail VIP subscription, and tapping Cancel Subscription. If you do not turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, the subscription will renew automatically. Other Purchase Options (non-renewing): QQ Mail VIP 1 month / RMB 29 (does not auto-renew) QQ Mail VIP 12 months / RMB 300 (does not auto-renew) QQ Mail VIP Service Terms: https://wx.mail.qq.com/list/readtemplate?name=app_intro.html#/agreement/mailvip QQ Mail Privacy Policy: https://wx.mail.qq.com/list/readtemplate?name=app_intro.html#/agreement/appPolicy If you have any comments or suggestions, tell us in "Settings" -> "Feedback".

About

Mail

Consolidate all your email accounts into a single, organized inbox. Prioritize important messages, quickly respond with smart replies, and manage your inbox efficiently with features like scheduling and snoozing. Enjoy enhanced privacy with IP address hiding and read receipt prevention.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for multiple accounts
  • Automatic message categorization
  • Priority Messages and summarization
  • Schedule send, snooze, and unsend emails
  • Smart Reply for quick responses
  • Mail Privacy Protection
Features
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Access, view and manage messages from all your email accounts in one place. Categorize your messages into easy to browse categories. Catch up on email easily with Apple Intelligence powered Priority Messages and summarizations. Manage your inbox by scheduling emails to send later, snoozing emails you want to get back to later and unsend an email in one tap. Features • Access email from iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, and Outlook as well as many other email providers - all in one place. • View all of your accounts in a single inbox, choose a specific mailbox or filter to see just Unread or Flagged messages. • Automatically organize your messages in to Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions categories and focus on the messages that matter most. • Stay on top of emails with Priority Messages, a new section at the top of your inbox that shows urgent emails. • Use Smart Reply to quickly respond to messages with a few taps. • Catch up on email quickly with summarization of messages and threads. • Find messages by sender, recipient or subject. Top hits make it easy to find what you’re looking for. • Manage your inbox by blocking a sender or muting notifications from an overly active thread. • Flag important contacts as VIPs to receive notifications when their emails arrive. • Triage email messages using swipe gestures that help you quickly archive, delete, flag, or mark messages as read or unread. • Use Mail Drop to send large attachments from any account through iCloud. • Hide your IP address with Mail Privacy Protection so senders can’t link it to your other online activity or determine your locations, and prevent senders from seeing if you’ve opened their email. • App Keywords (do not to exceed 70 characters): Mail, email, email app, productivity email, intelligent email

Screenshots

QQ邮箱4 screens
Mail3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mail at 4.6 against QQ邮箱's 3.6. Mail also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ratings volume (4.4M vs 729). QQ邮箱's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and review sentiment (51% vs 34%). On price and ads 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. QQ邮箱 sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mail holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mail has 4.4M ratings behind it against 729, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of QQ邮箱's written reviews are positive against 34% of Mail's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QQ邮箱 ships an update monthly, Mail every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
QQ邮箱 versus Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQQ邮箱Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (729 ratings)4.6 (4.4M ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews — better33.9% of reviews
Number of ratings7294.4M — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#189 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB8 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperTencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedApple

Customer experience

QQ邮箱

All ratings729 ratings
Positive62.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative32.6%
Written reviews372 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative43.5%

Mail

All ratings4,444,576 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews8,358 reviews
Positive33.9%
Neutral8.1%
Negative58.0%

User reviews

QQ邮箱

From 729 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly functional
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Innovative and useful features
  • ⭐ Excellent app
  • 🤩 Great design and experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🤖 Forced updates and mandatory downloads
  • 🔒 Security and privacy concerns
  • 📤 Issues with sending and receiving emails
  • 🔍 Poor search and organization

Mail

From 4.4M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient email management
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 💡 Useful categorization of emails

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent swipe gestures
  • 🐛 Unreliable search function
  • 🐛 Emails disappearing or not syncing properly
  • 🐛 Slow email download and loading times
  • 🐛 Buggy performance after updates

Bugs and requests

QQ邮箱

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Disappearing emails and sync issues
  • Login and authentication problems
  • Attachment and file handling errors
  • Unreliable push notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • English language support
  • iPad optimization
  • Customizable settings and themes
  • Improved notifications and alerts
  • Better integration with other email accounts

Mail

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Emails not downloading from server
  • Inconsistent behavior when deleting emails
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Drafts and sent emails disappearing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add snooze functionality
  • Improve email organization and filtering options
  • Provide more customization options
  • Integrate better with other Apple apps and services

In-app purchases

11 purchases

QQ邮箱

Subscriptions4
  • QQ邮箱扩容连续包月$1.991 Month
  • QQ邮箱会员连续包月$2.991 Month
  • QQ邮箱会员连续包季$8.993 Months
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  • QQ邮箱会员连续包年$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • QQ邮箱扩容1个月$2.99
  • QQ邮箱会员1个月$3.99
  • QQ邮箱扩容3个月$5.99
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  • QQ邮箱会员3个月$9.99
  • QQ邮箱扩容6个月$12.99
  • QQ邮箱会员6个月$19.99
  • QQ邮箱会员1年$39.99
None

Mail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QQ邮箱 free?
QQ邮箱 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mail free?
Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, QQ邮箱 or Mail?
Mail is rated higher. QQ邮箱 averages 3.6 out of 5 from 729 ratings, while Mail averages 4.6 from 4.4M ratings.
Do QQ邮箱 or Mail have ads?
Neither QQ邮箱 nor Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QQ邮箱 or Mail?
QQ邮箱 ships an update monthly, and Mail every 11 months. Most recently, QQ邮箱 was updated on September 23, 2026 and Mail on September 24, 2026.

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