ImpaleMail vs Postfach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ImpaleMail
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Protect your real email address with ImpaleMail. Generate anonymous, auto-expiring email addresses in one tap. STOP GIVING OUT YOUR REAL EMAIL Every newsletter signup, free trial, and online form is another chance for your email to be sold, leaked, or spammed. ImpaleMail creates private addresses that shield your real inbox - and disappear when you're done. HOW IT WORKS - Tap to create a new private address - It's auto-copied to your clipboard - Paste it anywhere you'd normally use your email - Receive emails in the app - Address auto-expires - no cleanup needed WHY IMPALEMAIL? - Zero Ads - Not even on the free tier. Your attention isn't our product. - No Account Needed - No signup, no password. Open and go. - Transparent Billing - Subscriptions handled by Apple. Cancel anytime in Settings. No tricks, no hidden charges. - Auto-Expiring - Addresses vanish automatically. Your digital footprint disappears. - Push Notifications - Get instant alerts when emails arrive (Pro). - Full HTML - Read rich emails with proper formatting (Pro). - Beautiful Design - Dark mode, fast startup, responsive layout. FREE TIER - 1 active address - 30-minute expiry - Plain text emails - Completely ad-free PRO ($2.99/month or $19.99/year) - 10 active addresses - 24-hour expiry - Full HTML email rendering - Push notifications - Attachment support PRO+ ($6.99/month or $49.99/year) - 25 active addresses - 7-day expiry - Custom domains - API access Perfect for: - Signing up for newsletters without spam - Free trial registrations - Online shopping on unfamiliar sites - Protecting your identity on forums - Testing email workflows Your privacy matters. ImpaleMail doesn't track you, sell your data, or show you ads. Email content auto-deletes when your address expires. Questions? support@impalemail.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://impalemail.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://impalemail.app/privacy
Postfach
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We run no servers, so there is nothing of yours on one. A call from our hosting provider started it. They asked whether one of our important addresses had anything to do with a big cloud company โ it didn't. It turned out the mail app we were using was routing through that company to deliver push notifications. We had tried nearly every mail app by then and were never quite happy, so we built our own. Here is why that call mattered. To push a notification for an ordinary IMAP account, an app has to keep your password โ or a token that opens the same door โ on its own server, and watch your mailbox from there. Postfach never does this. Your password stays in your Keychain, and new mail is announced by your own device once it has fetched it: on the Mac within seconds while the app is running, on the iPhone whenever iOS grants a check in the background. Instant push is the one thing we gave up, and that is why. WHAT IT DOES - Any IMAP account: Zimbra, Gmail, and the rest. Zimbra servers are found from the address alone. - Write, reply, forward, and send, with attachments. - All Inboxes: one list over every account, newest first, with each message acting on its own account. - Conversations, with replies from every folder gathered under the message you are looking at. - Every message kept on your device in full, so reading works offline and search finds words anywhere in years of mail in a fraction of a second. - Templates with placeholders for the replies you write again and again. - Folders: create, rename, move, and delete them, on the server. - Swipe to delete, flag, mark as junk, or archive. - New-mail notifications from your own device, once it has fetched, per account, and the unread count on the icon. - HTML mail rendered with scripts off and remote images blocked until you ask for them. - Light and dark appearance. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising identifier, nothing measured and sent anywhere. No AI: no summaries, no smart replies, no sorted inbox, and no model of ours or anyone else's sees a word of your mail. No account with us, because there is nothing to have an account for. That is why the privacy label reads "Data Not Collected", and why there is no setting to turn any of it off: none of it is there. PRICING Every feature is free for 60 days. After that, sending and receiving mail need a single purchase, Postfach Pro โ one price for your Mac, iPhone, and iPad, no subscription. Mail already on your device stays readable and searchable whether you buy or not.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ImpaleMail at 16.0 against Postfach's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ImpaleMail sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Postfach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ImpaleMail | Postfach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhi Fang | esense GmbH |
In-app purchases
ImpaleMail
- ImpaleMail Pro$1.997 Days
- ImpaleMail Pro+$2.997 Days
- ImpaleMail Pro$4.991 Month
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- ImpaleMail Pro+$7.991 Month
- ImpaleMail Pro$29.991 Year
- ImpaleMail Pro+$49.991 Year
Postfach
- Postfach Pro$22.99








