Comparison

So Mail vs HeyShield

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

Head to head
About

So Mail

This app provides AI-powered email security to detect and block phishing, scams, and malicious links. It also unifies all your email accounts, offers task management, and includes productivity features like scheduled sending and email templates.

Highlights
  • AI-powered phishing and scam detection
  • Real-time malicious link scanning
  • Unified inbox for multiple email accounts
  • Email to task conversion
  • Scheduled email sending
  • Email templates
Features
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Ṣọ Mail: Secure Email & Tasks Your inbox is under attack. Ṣọ Mail is your shield. Every day, hackers send billions of phishing emails. One wrong click can lead to fraud, identity theft, or financial loss. Ṣọ Mail uses AI-powered security to detect threats before you fall for them. Security That Works • Real-time phishing and scam detection • Business Email Compromise (BEC) protection against invoice and wire fraud • Malicious link scanning before you click • QR code scanner that verifies safety before opening links • Dark web breach monitoring with alerts • Sender verification using SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Unified Inbox Connect all your email accounts in one place: Gmail, Outlook/Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, iCloud, and any IMAP email. View everything in a single inbox, color-coded by account. Reply from any address and search across all accounts. Productivity Built In • Convert emails into tasks with one tap • Calendar with Google Calendar and Outlook sync, or use the built-in calendar • Email templates for frequently sent replies, proposals, and follow-ups • Send later and schedule emails at the right time • Snooze emails and bring them back when you’re ready • Labels and smart folders to stay organized Built for Freelancers, Small Businesses, and Nonprofits You may not have an IT team, but you still handle sensitive emails, invoices, and client data. Ṣọ Mail provides enterprise-grade protection without enterprise complexity. Privacy First • Secure credential storage • No data selling • Minimal permissions • Your emails remain private and under your control Download Ṣọ Mail and take back control of your inbox.

About

HeyShield

Features
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HeyValue Shield is an enterprise-grade DNS security solution designed for telecommunications providers, internet service providers, government agencies, educational institutions and businesses. It enables organizations to enforce network policies, protect users from online threats and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Whether you are a telco protecting subscribers, an ISP offering value-added security services, a government agency safeguarding public networks, a school protecting students or an enterprise securing employee devices, HeyValue Shield provides centralized, policy-driven internet protection at scale. Who uses HeyValue Shield • Telecommunications providers: offer subscribers built-in protection against malware, phishing and inappropriate content as a premium service. • Internet service providers: differentiate your offering with DNS-based security that protects households and businesses. • Government agencies: enforce acceptable use policies and protect public networks, libraries and community access points. • Educational institutions: create safe learning environments by filtering harmful and distracting content on school-managed devices. • Enterprises: protect corporate devices and enforce internet usage policies across your workforce. Key features • Policy-driven protection: configure filtering rules centrally and deploy across thousands of devices. • Threat prevention: block malware, phishing, botnets and other security threats at the DNS layer. • Content filtering: enforce acceptable use policies by category (e.g. adult content, gambling, social media, streaming). • Device-wide coverage: protection applies across all apps and browsers, not just a single application. • Lightweight and efficient: DNS-based filtering with minimal impact on device performance and battery life. • MDM compatible: deploy via enterprise mobility management solutions for seamless rollout. How HeyValue Shield works When a device looks up a website (a DNS query), HeyValue Shield checks the domain against your organization's security policies. Blocked domains are stopped before a connection is made, preventing threats and policy violations at the network layer. HeyValue Shield operates at the DNS level and does not inspect the content of web pages, messages or files. It controls which domains can be reached, providing a balance between security, privacy and performance. Use of VPN / Network Extension (required disclosure) HeyValue Shield uses Apple’s Network Extension framework to provide system-wide DNS filtering on iOS: • HeyValue Shield can create an on-device “VPN-like” configuration (e.g., DNS Proxy or Packet Tunnel Provider) to securely handle DNS queries from all apps and browsers. • Only DNS queries are processed for filtering and policy enforcement. Other internet traffic continues to use the normal network connection unless your deployment explicitly routes traffic through a tunnel. • HeyValue Shield is not a general-purpose VPN. It does not change the device’s public IP address, hide location, bypass geo-restrictions or provide anonymous browsing. • Network Extension permissions are required to apply DNS-based filtering consistently across the entire device. • DNS requests are encrypted between the device and the filtering service (where supported by your configuration), helping protect integrity and privacy. HeyValue Shield uses Network Extension solely as a technical mechanism to enable DNS-based security and policy enforcement across all applications.

Screenshots

So Mail4 screens
HeyShield3 screens

Verdict

The call

So Mail and HeyShield are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
So Mail versus HeyShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSo MailHeyShield
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSO LABS INCKonibit

In-app purchases

None

So Mail

No in-app purchases

None

HeyShield

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is So Mail free?
So Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HeyShield free?
HeyShield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do So Mail or HeyShield have ads?
Neither So Mail nor HeyShield shows ads.

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