Naver Mail vs Daum Mail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Naver Mail
Manage your emails efficiently with smart organization, quick filters, and automatic classification of promotions and invoices. Compose emails with rich text formatting, attach files, and use translation features. Safeguard your account with virus detection and password lock.
- Smart mailbox classification
- Conversation and person grouping
- Filter unread, important, and VIP mails
- External account integration (Gmail, Outlook)
- Rich text email composition
- File attachment from MYBOX
- Built-in translation feature
- Virus/malicious code detection
- Password lock for app security
- Dark Mode support
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The NAVER Mail app is here to make your email management smarter! ※ The new NAVER Mail app can only be used on iOS 17.0 and up. 1. Easily find the mails you want. · You can group and view the mails collected in chronological order by conversation or person. · Use the filter feature to quickly group unread mails/important mails/mails with attachments/VIP mails. · You can separately view promotion mails, invoice/payment mails, and mails from social media services or NAVER Café, which are automatically classified to the smart mailbox. · The NAVER Mail app allows you to view and manage your frequently used external mailing accounts, such as Gmail and Outlook. 2. Write smart emails on the app. · Use bold/underline/colored fonts to emphasize important words, and insert images in your mail body. · You can attach and send files uploaded to your MYBOX. · Use the translation feature to write mails in foreign languages hassle-free. 3. Safeguard your mail. · We will detect and inform you in advance of files with viruses/malicious codes before attaching/downloading them. · Use the password lock to keep your mail app safe. 4. Supports Dark Mode, allowing you to comfortably read emails in low-light environments. ■ Details on Required Permissions · Contacts (Address Book): You can compose emails to email contacts stored in your device’s address book. · Camera: You can take photos and videos to attach to emails. · Microphone: You can record audio when shooting videos. · Face ID: Required to unlock the app using Face ID registered on your device. Please contact NAVER Customer Center ( http://naver.me/5j7M4G2y ) for any issue or inquiry while using the app. Developer Contact: 1588-3820 NAVER 1784, 95 Jeongja-il-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13561
Daum Mail
Manage your emails efficiently with features like sender grouping, message filtering, and attachment previews. Quickly archive or delete messages with swipe gestures and secure your inbox with a passcode lock. Optimized for tablet use, it offers a streamlined email experience.
- Group emails by sender
- Categorize messages with filters
- Preview attachments with thumbnails
- Swipe to archive or delete
- Passcode lock for security
- Tablet-optimized view
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※ Daum Mail app requires iOS 15 version. [Key Features] 1. View by Sender Easily group by email address. Simply manage messages with Daum Mail app. 2. Filters Easily categorize your messages in 4 types of filters. Check all of your starred, attached, unread messages in one page by a single click. 3. Preview attachment Check images attached in one glance by using 'attachment list.' You can also check the file easily by using 'thumbnail view' while writing and reading a message. 4. Swipe Just swipe your messages to archive or delete. You can simply delete or archive messages from the list. 5. Passcode lock Keeps your messages safe. Even though you lose your phone, your emails will be safe from others. 6. Tablet view support Mail optimized for a tablet environment. View more pleasantly with a wider screen! [Service Access Guide] * You can use the service even if you do not agree to grant selective permissions. * If you do not agree to grant selective permissions, it may be difficult to normally use some of our service functions. [Selective Permissions] - Photos: Required to grant selective permissions to send photos and videos to the Daum Mail app. - Camera: Required to grant selective permissions to take photos and send them to the Daum Mail app. - Contacts: Required to grant selective permissions to email addresses registered on your device to the Daum Mail app. - Notification : Permissions required to provide notifications of new mail arrivals and other information. - Face ID: Permissions required to unlock the app lock using Face ID instead of a password. [Daum Customer Service Center] - FAQ: https://cs.daum.net/faq/service/43/category/4592 - Contact us: https://cs.daum.net/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daum Mail at 2.9 against Naver Mail's 2.2. Daum Mail also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 18%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Naver Mail's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daum Mail holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Naver Mail's written reviews are positive against 44% of Daum Mail's.
Naver Mail ships an update every 3 weeks, Daum Mail every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Naver Mail | Daum Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (37 ratings) | 2.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.5% of reviews | 43.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAVER Corp. | Daum Corp. |
Customer experience
Naver Mail
Daum Mail
Bugs and requests
Naver Mail
Reported bugs
42 issues- 🐛 Scroll lag and horizontal scrolling issues
- 🐛 Multitasking bug causing account selection screen
- 🐛 Badge notifications not updating or disappearing
- 🐛 New emails not appearing without refresh
- 🐛 Refreshing issues (pull-to-refresh not working well)
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- 🐛 Search function not working or freezing
- 🐛 New mail not received after update
- 🐛 Authentication issues (security codes not working)
- 🐛 Text corruption in Japanese settings
- 🐛 App crashes or freezes
- 🐛 Icons and item names displayed as file names
- 🐛 Mail content not displayed after clicking notification
- 🐛 Infinite loading for new emails
- 🐛 Swipe gestures not working (delete, mark as read)
- 🐛 Dark mode bug with unreadable text
- 🐛 App not launching (black screen)
- 🐛 Login failures
- 🐛 Translation function not working
- 🐛 Attachment issues (disappearing, not opening)
- 🐛 Notification issues (intermittent, not received)
- 🐛 Security code entry problems
- 🐛 App shuts down during use
- 🐛 Face ID issues
- 🐛 PDF attachments not opening
- 🐛 .hwp files not opening
- 🐛 Mail deletion issues (multiple deletions, incorrect marking)
- 🐛 App crashes when attaching files
- 🐛 Login required repeatedly
- 🐛 Inconsistent display of unread emails
- 🐛 Mail list stuttering during scrolling
- 🐛 App not responding to touch
- 🐛 Email content not showing in notification
- 🐛 Login issues after password change
- 🐛 App not working after iOS updates (especially iOS 12 & 13)
- 🐛 Horizontal screen rotation not working
- 🐛 Temporary storage content not displayed
- 🐛 Cannot delete all read emails
- 🐛 App falling/crashing
- 🐛 Notification count not decreasing after reading emails
- 🐛 Unable to attach files other than pictures
- 🐛 App not working after iOS 12 upgrade (black screen)
- 🐛 App not working after iOS 13 upgrade (swipe issues)
Requested features
21 requests- 💡 Template feature
- 💡 Phone authentication (voice call option)
- 💡 Two-factor authentication (2FA)
- 💡 Text size adjustment
- 💡 Dark mode
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- 💡 Search function improvement
- 💡 Option to revert to previous version
- 💡 Support for more languages (English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian)
- 💡 Option to change language settings
- 💡 Swipe to delete functionality
- 💡 Select delete option
- 💡 Add confirmation button for permanent deletion
- 💡 Search function for specific mailboxes
- 💡 Reintroduce Line stickers
- 💡 Support for .hwp files
- 💡 Improve file attachment functionality
- 💡 Allow password change within the app
- 💡 Support for external email accounts
- 💡 Calendar and storage box settings
- 💡 Dark mode support
- 💡 Allow screen rotation for writing emails
Daum Mail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Naver Mail
No in-app purchases
Daum Mail
No in-app purchases







