Comparison

Inbox Zero vs Reflect Open

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

Head to head
About

Inbox Zero

This email client offers a fast, offline-capable experience for Gmail and Outlook, featuring an AI assistant for managing your inbox. It allows for easy unsubscribing, smart inbox organization, and quick replies.

Highlights
  • AI email assistant
  • Offline access
  • Unsubscribe from senders
  • Split inbox by tabs
  • Quick swipe actions
  • Scheduled sending
  • Undo send
Features
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Inbox Zero is a fast, native email app for Gmail and Outlook, with an AI assistant built in. FAST, EVEN OFFLINE Your mail is stored on your iPhone, so your inbox opens instantly and stays usable without a connection. Changes sync in the background. SPLIT INBOX Split your inbox into tabs for the mail you care about. Each tab shows its unread count, so you know where to look first. UNSUBSCRIBE IN SECONDS See who keeps emailing you and choose Keep, Auto-archive or Unsubscribe for each sender, one by one or in bulk. Unsubscribing is free. ASK AI Chat with the Inbox Zero assistant from your inbox or any email. Ask about your mail, or tell it how your email should be handled. NEVER MISS A REPLY Get a notification when an email needs your reply, and tap straight into the conversation. TRIAGE WITHOUT FRICTION Swipe to mark done or read, and jump straight to the next email after you archive. Mark a whole list done at once, and choose your own swipe actions. WRITE AND REPLY Reply inline with attachments, photos and dictation. Drafts show up in your list and open right where you left off. Schedule messages with Send later, and undo a send for 30 seconds. ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS Connect several Gmail and Outlook accounts and read them together or one at a time. BUILT FOR IPHONE A Liquid Glass design, emails that stay readable in dark mode, and remote images loaded through a privacy proxy. Inbox Zero requires a paid subscription. New users receive a 7-day free trial. Monthly and annual plans renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.getinboxzero.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Reflect Open

Capture daily notes, meeting details, and journal entries with wiki-style linking for connected thinking. This app builds a personal knowledge graph from your Markdown files, offering fast search and on-device AI capabilities without compromising privacy.

Highlights
  • Daily notes and quick capture
  • Wiki links and backlinks
  • On-device semantic search
  • Private AI chat over your notes
  • Audio memos with transcription
  • iCloud Drive or Git sync
  • Markdown as source of truth
Features
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Reflect Open is a local-first note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI over your own files. Start each day in a daily note, capture meetings, ideas, tasks, and journal entries, then connect people and projects with wiki-style links. Reflect builds a personal graph from ordinary Markdown files, with fast search, backlinks, and optional semantic search that runs on-device. Your notes stay yours. Reflect has no account, no telemetry, and no Reflect-hosted cloud service. Notes are stored as plain Markdown in a folder you choose, with a rebuildable local SQLite index beside them. Optional AI chat, transcription, and sync features only run when you connect your own provider or storage, and private notes are blocked from external AI calls. Highlights: - Daily notes first, with quick capture into today. - Wiki links and backlinks instead of folders. - Full-text search and optional on-device semantic search. - Optional bring-your-own-key AI chat over your notes. - Audio memos with optional BYOK transcription. - iCloud Drive or Git-based sync using files you own. - Markdown source of truth for long-term portability. - Keyboard-native, minimal interface built for focus. Terms of Use: https://reflect.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://reflect.app/privacy

Screenshots

Inbox Zero4 screens
Reflect Open4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Inbox Zero at 5.0 against Reflect Open's 3.0. Reflect Open's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Inbox Zero sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Reflect Open sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inbox Zero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inbox Zero ships an update weekly, Reflect Open every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inbox Zero versus Reflect Open: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInbox ZeroReflect Open
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInbox Zero Inc.Reflect App, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Inbox Zero

Subscriptions2
  • Inbox Zero Starter Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Inbox Zero Starter Annual$199.991 Year
2 purchases

Reflect Open

Subscriptions2
  • Reflect Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Reflect Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Inbox Zero free?
Inbox Zero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reflect Open free?
Reflect Open is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inbox Zero or Reflect Open?
Inbox Zero is rated higher. Inbox Zero averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Reflect Open averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Inbox Zero or Reflect Open have ads?
Neither Inbox Zero nor Reflect Open shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inbox Zero or Reflect Open?
Inbox Zero ships an update weekly, and Reflect Open every 10 days. Most recently, Inbox Zero was updated on November 9, 2026 and Reflect Open on November 8, 2026.

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