Comparison

StartMail vs StoreeMail

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

Head to head
About

StartMail

Secure your inbox with private email, offering unlimited aliases to protect your real address. Send encrypted messages and manage your mail offline, ensuring your communications remain yours without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Unlimited email aliases
  • Encrypted messaging
  • Offline email access
  • No ads or tracking
  • Customizable appearance
  • IMAP support
Features
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StartMail is private email from the Netherlands, built for people who want an inbox that stays theirs. Protect your real address with unlimited aliases, send encrypted messages, and keep working offline when your connection is unreliable. With the StartMail app, you can • Keep your inbox private without ads, tracking, or profiling • Protect your real address with unlimited aliases • Send encrypted messages, even to people who do not use encryption • Read, draft, and queue emails offline • Attach files, preview documents, and manage mail with swipe actions Stay private • No ads, tracking, profiling, or data selling • Aliases help keep your main email address private • Encryption helps protect sensitive messages Stay productive anywhere • Read cached mail offline • Keep writing drafts without a connection • Queue messages to send later Stay in control • Delete aliases you no longer need • Use the mobile app, webmail, or IMAP • Choose light, dark, or system appearance Why choose StartMail? StartMail is based in the Netherlands. Your email and data are protected by Dutch privacy law and GDPR. StartMail was built by privacy pioneers who previously founded Startpage, the world’s most private search engine. StartMail is a separate company with its own team, infrastructure, and privacy policies. Follow StartMail Website: https://www.startmail.com Blog: https://www.startmail.com/blog Support: https://support.startmail.com Facebook: /MyStartMail X: @mystartmail Instagram: @mystartmail LinkedIn: /company/startmail-bv

About

StoreeMail

This app transforms your emails into engaging stories that can be watched, heard, and acted upon. It summarizes your messages, provides key facts, and offers one-tap actions, all while prioritizing your privacy.

Highlights
  • Email summarization into stories
  • Spoken email playback
  • Actionable one-tap email responses
  • Organized daily email timeline
  • Voice-activated search
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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StoreeMail turns email into stories you can watch, hear, and act on. Connect Gmail, iCloud Mail, Outlook, or IMAP. StoryMail turns your real messages into short stories — a summary, what you need to know, and what to do next — using on-device Apple Intelligence when available, with Smart Rules as a fallback. Original email bodies are not sent to a third-party cloud by default. STORIES See today's mail at a glance, then open any story for the key facts and a one-tap next step: Reply, Add to Calendar, Track Package, Remind Me, and more. PLAY MY EMAIL Tap play and StoryMail reads your new mail aloud, one story after another, with Lock Screen and Control Center controls. MY DAY Your important emails organized on a timeline, with a full schedule view. SEARCH Ask a question, search by voice, or tap a quick pick for packages, bills, flights, meetings, and receipts. WATCH Full-screen story mode with captions, motion, narration, and an optional soundtrack. YOU Accounts, preferences, narrator voices, Memory, privacy, and help in one place. ALSO INCLUDED • Reply, Reply All, Forward, star, archive, mute, remind, and calendar actions • Morning Brief widgets, Dynamic Island Live Activities, and Control Center controls • Siri & Shortcuts: read important mail, morning brief, search, open, archive, sync • Sign in with Apple for optional private iCloud library sync across your devices • Messages sharing and Share Extension import • Camera, Photos, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, and Speech only when you choose those actions Privacy-first by design: credentials stay in the iOS Keychain; iCloud stores summaries and flags, not original email bodies or mailbox tokens.

Screenshots

StartMail4 screens
StoreeMail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: StoreeMail at 5.0 against StartMail's 3.3. StartMail's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StoreeMail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
StartMail versus StoreeMail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartMailStoreeMail
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStartMailCourtney Prater

In-app purchases

None

StartMail

No in-app purchases

None

StoreeMail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StartMail free?
StartMail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StoreeMail free?
StoreeMail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StartMail or StoreeMail?
StoreeMail is rated higher. StartMail averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while StoreeMail averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StartMail or StoreeMail have ads?
Neither StartMail nor StoreeMail shows ads.

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