Comparison

MailPoppy vs OrbMail

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

Head to head
About

MailPoppy

Features
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MailPoppy is the mobile app for your MailPoppy mailbox — professional email on your own domain, with your messages kept private in your organisation's own cloud. Sign in with the mailbox your organisation set up for you and get a fast, modern inbox wherever you are. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read, reply, forward and compose email on your own domains • Login to multiple emails and own domains all in the same client • Attach photos and files, and open attachments you receive • Organise mail across folders, and search your inbox • Swipe to delete; manage your inbox with a clean, modern interface • Get notified the moment new mail arrives • Dark by design — easy on the eyes, day or night PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE MailPoppy doesn't run a mail service that sits between you and your email. Your mailbox lives in your organisation's own cloud account, and your messages and password never pass through MailPoppy's own systems. The app simply connects you to your mailbox. WHO IT'S FOR This app is for people whose email is hosted with MailPoppy. Your mailbox is created by your organisation's administrator — open the app, sign in, and you're ready. (Setting up email on a domain is done in the MailPoppy desktop app.) Learn more at https://mailpoppy.com

About

OrbMail

Features
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OrbMail — your email, seen as a system. OrbMail is a fast, private mail client for iPhone that turns your inbox into something you can actually read and act on. It connects directly to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo or your own IMAP server — with no OrbMail servers in between. Type your address and OrbMail detects your provider and its servers for you. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • What's happening — in the Daily, each cluster gets its own headline and a short, human read of what's moving: who is waiting on whom, what's due and what to do today. Ask Siri “What's happening in OrbMail” and it tells you, without opening the app. • Clusters — group senders into areas (Family, Work, Finance…) and see your mail as a living diagram of who writes to you and about what. OrbMail can suggest the clusters for you. • Awaiting reply — OrbMail surfaces the threads where the ball is in your court, so nothing slips. • Clean reading — messages render beautifully; remote tracking images are blocked by default. • Your way — Automatic, Light or Dark theme, larger text when you need it, and drafts that save themselves. PRIVACY, BY DESIGN OrbMail has no servers of its own. It talks directly to your mail provider and no one else. Your email, password and tokens travel only to your mail provider — never to OrbMail or any third party. Everything OrbMail works out (What's happening, headlines, clusters, awaiting reply) is computed on your iPhone. Credentials live in the iOS Keychain; local data is encrypted with iOS Data Protection. No analytics, no trackers, no OrbMail account. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, ON DEVICE The AI-written text uses Apple Intelligence, runs entirely on device and requires iPhone 15 Pro or later with iOS 26 and Apple Intelligence turned on. On other iPhones, OrbMail still shows What's happening as a plain summary built on the device, suggests clusters by topic and domain, and works as a fast, private mail client. Languages: English, Español, Deutsch, Italiano, Français, Português, 中文, 日本語.

Screenshots

MailPoppy4 screens
OrbMail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OrbMail at every 2 days against MailPoppy's every 9 days. OrbMail also leads on device support (3 vs 1). MailPoppy's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MailPoppy ships an update every 9 days, OrbMail every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
MailPoppy versus OrbMail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMailPoppyOrbMail
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TomaselloJulio Aris Serey

In-app purchases

None

MailPoppy

No in-app purchases

None

OrbMail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MailPoppy free?
MailPoppy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OrbMail free?
OrbMail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MailPoppy or OrbMail have ads?
Neither MailPoppy nor OrbMail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MailPoppy or OrbMail?
MailPoppy ships an update every 9 days, and OrbMail every 2 days. Most recently, MailPoppy was updated on October 24, 2026 and OrbMail on October 29, 2026.

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