Mailbird vs Orbit Mail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mailbird
Manage all your email accounts from a single, beautifully designed inbox. Features include unified handling of multiple providers, customizable swipes for quick actions, and powerful search and filtering tools.
- Unified inbox for all accounts
- Customizable swipe actions
- Snooze emails for later
- Advanced filters and search
- Powerful email editor
- Centralized attachment management
- Customizable themes and layouts
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In Mailbird every feature is crafted for your flow, with pixel-perfect design, privacy, smooth performance, and powerful tools to help you work smarter: - Unified Inbox: Handle all your accounts in one place. Works with Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and any IMAP account. - Beautifully Designed: Every icon, layout, and transition designed for iPhone. - Privacy & Security: Connect directly to your email provider. Your messages and passwords never pass through Mailbird servers. - Swipe to Triage: File emails to To Do, To Read, or Archive with a single swipe, and choose what each swipe does. - Snooze: Put an email away until later today, tomorrow, next week, or a time you pick. - Filters & Search: Jump to unread, starred, or emails with attachments, create your own filters, and search all your mail. - Powerful Email Editor: Clean and focused, with signatures built in and undo send. - Attachments in One Place: Browse, sort, and clean up the files you've downloaded. - Make It Yours: Light and dark mode, nine color themes, three list layouts, and a toolbar you arrange yourself. Join millions of professionals who’ve rated Mailbird 5-stars. Terms of Service: https://goto.getmailbird.com/wc Privacy Policy: https://goto.getmailbird.com/wd
Orbit Mail
Consolidate Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud into a single, streamlined inbox. This app uses AI to automate replies, organize messages, and help you quickly clear out unwanted emails, saving you significant time.
- Unified inbox for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud
- AI-powered email drafting and replies
- Automatic message organization
- Natural language inbox queries
- One-tap cleanup of newsletters
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Stop drowning in email. Orbit Mail brings Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud into one clean inbox and puts AI to work on the boring parts — so you spend minutes on email instead of hours. • ONE INBOX — Gmail, Outlook & iCloud together, finally. • AI THAT REPLIES FOR YOU — drafts sitting ready in your own voice. • AUTOMATIC ORGANIZATION — smart folders keep the noise away. • ASK YOUR INBOX ANYTHING — "what needs a reply today?" and it answers. • ONE-TAP CLEANUP — clear out newsletters you never open. Free to start. Every new mailbox includes a 14-day Pro trial — unlimited AI, unlimited accounts. Pro is $15.99/mo or $99/yr after. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.myorbitmail.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.myorbitmail.com/privacy.html Orbit Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $15.99 per month or $99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mailbird at 43% against Orbit Mail's 0%. Mailbird also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Orbit Mail's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. Mailbird sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.49 per year and Orbit Mail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mailbird holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Mailbird's written reviews are positive against 0% of Orbit Mail's.
Mailbird ships an update every 6 days, Orbit Mail every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mailbird | Orbit Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 552 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mailbird, Inc. | Orbit Entities LLC |
Customer experience
Mailbird
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In-app purchases
Mailbird
- Premium – Yearly Plan$34.491 Year
- Premium – One-Time$159.00
Orbit Mail
- Orbit Pro (Monthly)$15.991 Month
- Orbit Pro (Annual)$99.001 Year






