Comparison

Masked Email Manager vs Bangs!

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

Head to head
About

Masked Email Manager

Streamline your email privacy by managing Fastmail's Masked Emails instantly. Create, enable, or disable addresses with ease, all without needing to visit the Fastmail website. Integrate with other apps for automated workflows.

Highlights
  • Instant Masked Email creation
  • Enable/disable addresses
  • Manage emails outside Fastmail website
  • App integration via Shortcuts
  • Unlimited Masked Email creation (Premium)
Features
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Keep your personal email address off sign-up forms. Create and manage Fastmail masked email addresses from your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Make a separate address for shopping, newsletters or a new account. Mail arrives in your Fastmail inbox, and you can turn an address off when you no longer want to receive mail through it. • Create masked addresses with a description and website so you remember what each one is for. • Search by email address, website or description. • Copy an address when you need it for a sign-up or login. • Disable addresses you no longer need, and re-enable them later. • Create addresses from Shortcuts with the Full Version. Free to get started View and manage your existing masked addresses, and create up to 10 new ones. A one-time Full Version purchase unlocks unlimited address creation and Shortcuts support. There is no subscription for this app. Fastmail account required You need a Fastmail account that supports Masked Email and an API token with the Masked Email permission. Fastmail is a separate service with its own subscription. Masked Email Manager is an independent third-party app, not affiliated with Fastmail.

About

Bangs!

Features
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Bangs! - Search Faster in Safari Unlock the power of "bangs" on every search engine! Bangs! is a Safari Web Extension that brings DuckDuckGo-style search shortcuts to Google, Bing, Yahoo, and more. Stop navigating to websites just to search them - do it directly from your address bar. WHAT ARE BANGS? Bangs are short commands that let you search other sites directly. Want to look something up on Wikipedia? Just type !w swift into your Safari search bar. Need a repository on GitHub? Type !gh [query]. Bangs! intercepts these commands and takes you exactly where you want to go. KEY FEATURES: - Thousands of Built-in Bangs: Access a massive library of shortcuts for Wikipedia, YouTube, Amazon, GitHub, Reddit, and thousands more. - Create Custom Bangs: Have a specific site or internal tool you use daily? Create your own custom shortcuts (e.g., !mytool) with ease. - Seamless Integration: Works automatically within Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Ecosia. - Privacy First: Bangs! processes everything locally on your device. Your search history stays private and is never sent to our servers. - Lightweight & Fast: Designed to be virtually invisible until you need it, with no impact on browsing speed. HOW TO USE: 1. Enable the extension in Safari Settings. 2. Go to your favorite search engine (like Google). 3. Type a bang followed by your search term (e.g., !yt funny cats). 4. Hit enter and go straight to the results! Stop wasting time with extra clicks. Search smarter, faster, and more efficiently with Bangs!

Screenshots

Masked Email Manager3 screens
Bangs!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Masked Email Manager at Free against Bangs!'s $0.99. Masked Email Manager also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Bangs!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Masked Email Manager is free to download; Bangs! costs $0.99 up front. Masked Email Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bangs! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Masked Email Manager versus Bangs!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMasked Email ManagerBangs!
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid MohlSayan Goswami

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Masked Email Manager

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
None

Bangs!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Masked Email Manager free?
Masked Email Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bangs! free?
Bangs! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Masked Email Manager or Bangs! have ads?
Neither Masked Email Manager nor Bangs! shows ads.

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