Nextbox vs Lumen Mail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Nextbox
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Nextbox makes makes it quick and easy to maintain inbox zero. You don't have to be a superhuman to rock your email any more. Just scroll through your feed and emails are marked read as you see them. Pin the ones you want to follow up on later and the rest will drop below them when your feed refreshes.
Lumen Mail
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Lumen is a mail app that does mail, and nothing else. No account to create, no ads, and no servers of ours in between. Your mail travels directly from this device to your mail provider; your password lives only in the system Keychain. What it does: - Receive, read, reply, archive. That's the whole feature list. - Reader mode turns cluttered newsletters into clean, readable text. - Long message? Tap Summary. Generated on your device; nothing leaves it. - Opens instantly from a local cache; the latest messages are fetched ahead of time so they're ready when you tap. - New mail arrives in real time while the app is open, with no polling. - One app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. What it doesn't do: No calendar, no to-dos, no team features, no "smart" feeds, no cloud AI of ours, no AI-written replies, no tracking pixels of our own, no analytics SDKs. This isn't a promiseβit's how the app is built. Currently supports iCloud Mail and NetEase Mail (163, 126, yeah.net, and 188). iCloud uses an app-specific password; NetEase uses an authorization code. The app walks you through getting either one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lumen Mail at none against Nextbox's shown. Nextbox's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nextbox ships an update every 9 days, Lumen Mail every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nextbox | Lumen Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Next Level Coder, LLC | θ Ύ ιͺ |
In-app purchases
Nextbox
No in-app purchases
Lumen Mail
No in-app purchases









