Postalist vs Mail Bell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Postalist
This app helps U.S. Postal Service employees track their pay and schedules. It offers features like a color calendar, pay charts, and contract resources for free. A premium subscription unlocks real-time pay tracking, pay-stub scanning, and craft-specific tools.
- Color calendar with NALC rotation
- Pay chart with step rates
- Contract resources access
- Real-time pay tracking
- Pay-stub scanning
- TSP & FERS projections
- Craft-specific tools
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Built for the route. Postalist is the pay and schedule companion for U.S. Postal Service employees — City Letter Carriers, Clerks, Mail Handlers, Maintenance, and the Rural craft. It does the contract math so you always know where your pay and your schedule stand. FREE TO START Create a free account and get: • Color Calendar — your NALC color rotation, NS days, or K-day rotation at a glance • Pay Chart — current step rates for your craft and grade • Contract Resources — your agreement, one tap away No credit card required. POSTALIST PRO Start a 14-day free trial and unlock the full toolkit: • Real-time pay tracking — punch in and out and let Postalist do the overtime, penalty, and cap-buster math for every pay period • Pay-stub scanning — snap a photo of your PS Form 1223 to auto-fill your real rates, taxes, and deductions (the image never leaves your device) • TSP & FERS projections with a retirement countdown • Craft-specific tools for Clerks, Rural Carriers, and Mail Handlers — bid position, route evaluation, maximization, mail count, hours guarantee, equipment certs, and more • Automatic holiday pay, a home dashboard, Home Screen widget, Live Activity, pay-history export, and craft-specific tools BUILT AROUND YOUR CRAFT Postalist knows the difference between an NALC color rotation, a clerk bid schedule, a rural evaluated route, and a K-route — and calculates your pay against the rules that actually apply to you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pay-stub scanning runs entirely on your device. No ads and no third-party tracking. Your data syncs securely to your account so it's there on every device. SUBSCRIPTION Postalist Pro is $3.99/month or $39.99/year after a 14-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends — manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. If you cancel, the app simply reverts to the free tier and your data stays. Terms of Service: https://postalist.app/terms.pdf Privacy Policy: https://postalist.app/privacy.pdf Postalist is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Postal Service or any labor union. All pay and schedule outputs are estimates for personal planning — always verify against your official USPS pay statements.
Mail Bell
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Email is a mess. Your inbox is buried in spam, newsletters, and receipts, so you stopped checking it. But the emails that actually matter still land there: a college coach, a recruiter, a job offer, your kid's school. Mail Bell fixes that. Connect an email address by forwarding a copy to your private Mail Bell address, and we text you the moment something important arrives. That's the whole thing. WE NEVER READ OR STORE YOUR EMAIL This is the part that matters. When a forwarded email reaches us, we look at only the sender and subject for the split second it takes to build your text, then it's gone. No inbox. No archive. No selling your data. Ever. ONLY THE STUFF THAT MATTERS You decide what's worth a buzz: - Anyone who emails you (we skip the junk: newsletters, receipts, promos, no-reply blasts) - Only the people and topics you pick (favorites, keywords, and a mute list) - A killer feature for recruited athletes: "only text me from .edu" so you never miss a coach BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MISS THE EMAIL - Recruited athletes and their families: coaches use email, and a missed message can cost an opportunity - Anyone job hunting, freelancing, or waiting on something time-sensitive - Parents keeping an eye on a teen's school mail HOW IT WORKS 1. Enter your email and the number where you want texts. 2. Turn on forwarding in your email settings (we walk you through Gmail, iCloud, and Outlook). 3. Get a text when a real email lands. Done. Start free. Sign in with Apple. Stop anytime by replying STOP or deleting your account in the app. Privacy Policy: https://mailbell.cc/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://mailbell.cc/terms Mail Bell is a service of Limestone Labs LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mail Bell at 15.0 against Postalist's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Postalist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mail Bell sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Postalist | Mail Bell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tristar Dynamics LLC | Limestone Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Postalist
- Postalist Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Postalist Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$39.991 Year
Mail Bell
- Mail Bell Pro$2.991 Month





