ProxMate vs Mailpipe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProxMate
This application provides a streamlined interface for managing Proxmox virtual environments. It offers comprehensive control over servers, guests, and cluster resources, including remote console access and detailed monitoring. Users can perform various actions like starting, stopping, and restarting virtual machines and containers, as well as managing backups and viewing system details.
- Proxmox cluster overview
- VM/LXC start, stop, restart
- noVNC console access
- Node Terminal and actions
- Resource utilization monitoring
- Backup management
- TOTP support
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With ProxMate you get a quick and easy overview of your Proxmox cluster, servers and guests. • TOTP Support • Start, stop, restart, and reset VMs/LXCs • Connect to guests through the noVNC-console • Node Terminal • Node Actions: start/stop all guests, reboot, shutdown • Monitor the utilization and details of the Proxmox cluster or server, as well as the VMs/LXCs • View disks, LVM, directories, and ZFS • List tasks and task-details • Show backup-details, start backups • Connect to Cluster/Node via reverse proxy • iCloud/Keychain Sync • Connect with custom HTTP headers Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://herres.solutions/legal/apps/privacy-policy.html
Mailpipe
Manage your email infrastructure on your own domains directly from your mobile device. Create and control mailboxes, send and receive emails with attachments, and manage team access. Keep your calendar synchronized and forward mail with verification, all while ensuring your data remains private.
- Create and manage mailboxes on custom domains
- Send and receive emails on the go
- Manage team and tenant access
- Forward mail with verification
- Sync calendar and invites
- Private by design
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Mailpipe is developer email infrastructure you own — every domain, mailbox, and inbox in your pocket. • Create and manage mailboxes on your own domains • Send and receive email on the go, with attachments and previews • Manage your team and tenants, and share inboxes with the right people • Forward mail to a personal address, with verification • Keep your calendar and invites in sync Your mail lives in your own database — private by design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mailpipe at 5.0 against ProxMate's 4.2. Mailpipe also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). ProxMate's advantage is chart position (#79 vs unranked) and ratings volume (26 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. ProxMate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mailpipe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mailpipe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProxMate has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of ProxMate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mailpipe's.
ProxMate ships an update every 2 weeks, Mailpipe every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProxMate | Mailpipe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Herres | Quantops, Inc. |
Customer experience
ProxMate
Mailpipe
Bugs and requests
ProxMate
Reported bugs
10 issues- Terminal view could be optimized
- Console navigation is not ideal
- App freezes when adding new servers
- SSL validation issues
- App crashes
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- Wake-on-LAN not accessible when cluster is down
- Login fields not fully filled by password manager
- Wiping gesture from the left edge gets stuck on 'loading…'
- Cannot add new servers on iOS 17.4
- App freezes when adding servers
Requested features
19 requests- Desktop support
- Terminal view optimization
- Extra keyboard for terminals
- Manual VLAN setup via console
- Docker/Portainer monitoring/management
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- Backup notification settings
- FaceID/Autologin for login process
- Ceph state monitoring
- Ceph pool and cluster status
- Snapshot creation
- Widget for server overview
- Separate LXC containers and VMs in Guest tab
- Edit settings and fields (e.g., backup notification email, notes)
- Display temperature from lm-sensors
- Rearrange servers in the Servers list
- KSM sharing info on main view
- Search function for guests
- Temperature display for CPU or NVMe
- Test week or trial days for premium version
Mailpipe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ProxMate
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$8.991 Year
- Espresso$2.99
- Delicious Pasta$8.99
- Pro Lifetime$12.99
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- Pizza with extra Cheese$17.99
Mailpipe
No in-app purchases
