EssentialPIM vs eM Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EssentialPIM
Manage your personal information with this comprehensive organizer. It handles calendars, tasks, contacts, and passwords, with seamless synchronization across devices and platforms. Organize tasks hierarchically and securely store sensitive data.
- Calendar management
- Task management with hierarchical structure
- Contact organization
- Secure password storage
- Synchronization with Windows version
- Synchronization with Google Tasks
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This is an iOS version of highly popular on Windows platform personal information manager - EssentialPIM. It allows you to manage Calendars, Tasks, Contacts and Passwords (first two types of data are synchronized with iOS internal apps). All your data is interconnected and in one package! - Synchronize your data Syncs with Windows version of EssentialPIM (Free and Pro). - Hierarchical tasks structure Flexible structure that organizes tasks into multiple trees, with sub trees and leaves. - Secure passwords list Self-locking mechanism offers safe and convenient way to store all your passwords and other sensitive data. Key features: - Includes Tasks and Passwords modules (more in the development) - Flawless synchronization with Win EPIM (including Calendar and Contacts with built-in iOS apps) works as over Wi-Fi as over cellular networks - Automatic synchronization with Google Tasks - Ads free Support and feedback: If you are looking for help or have any questions or ideas, please contact us by using the following email address: epimsupport@essentialpim.com. About translation: Seeing EssentialPIM not being fully translated into your language? We would like to invite you to take part in the translation process. It’s easy and fun. And if you aren’t ready to do translation just yet, you can still review the existing one for mistakes. Please contact us at epimsupport@essentialpim.com and we will reply back with an invite. As a token of appreciation, all active contributors get free EssentialPIM Pro Windows version licenses.
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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eM Client at 3.7 against EssentialPIM's 2.6. eM Client also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 21%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). EssentialPIM's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of EssentialPIM's written reviews are positive against 48% of eM Client's.
EssentialPIM ships an update every 2 months, eM Client every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EssentialPIM | eM Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (12 ratings) | 3.7 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astonsoft | eM Client |
Customer experience
EssentialPIM
eM Client
Bugs and requests
EssentialPIM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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.)
In-app purchases
EssentialPIM
No in-app purchases
eM Client
No in-app purchases
Questions
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