Comparison

StartMail vs Metoda Webmail

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

Metoda Webmail

Features
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Metoda Webmail is the mail app for mailboxes hosted by Metoda d.o.o. — @metoda.rs addresses and every other mailbox on our servers. You sign in with the same address and password you use on webmail.metoda.rs; the app has no separate account and is free. WHAT IT DOES • A notification the moment mail arrives, also while the app is closed. The icon badge shows how many messages are unread. • Face ID or Touch ID lock. The check happens on the device — the app never receives or sends any face or fingerprint data. • You stay signed in until you sign out yourself. • Attachments open with a tap, save to Files, or go on through the iOS share sheet. • Search by sender and subject (from: ana subject: report). • Several mailboxes on one phone, switched with a single tap. • Compose with formatting, signature and attachments. • When the network is gone, the app says so instead of spinning. ACCOUNT You can open a mailbox from inside the app, and delete it there too: Settings → Delete account, with your password and a confirmation. PRIVACY No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics. Mail stays on Metoda's servers. SUPPORT www.metoda.rs/webmail-pomoc.html · podrska@metoda.rs Metoda d.o.o., Belgrade, Serbia.

Screenshots

StartMail4 screens
Metoda Webmail4 screens

Verdict

The call

StartMail and Metoda Webmail 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
StartMail versus Metoda Webmail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartMailMetoda Webmail
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStartMailMetoda doo

In-app purchases

None

StartMail

No in-app purchases

None

Metoda Webmail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StartMail free?
StartMail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metoda Webmail free?
Metoda Webmail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StartMail or Metoda Webmail have ads?
Neither StartMail nor Metoda Webmail shows ads.

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