Thelemail vs LinkMail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Thelemail
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THELEMAIL β PRIVATE EMAIL HOSTING FOR YOUR DOMAIN Thelemail runs managed email infrastructure for individuals and families. Use a domain you own, or start with an @thelemail.com address. PERMANENT FREE MAILBOX The Free plan does not expire and requires no payment method. It includes one mailbox, one @thelemail.com address, 1 GB of storage, and the same encryption model as every paid plan. Upgrade when you need a custom domain, unlimited aliases, shared addresses, more storage, or more mailboxes. PAID APP STORE PLANS β’ Personal: 1 private mailbox, 15 GB storage, 1 custom domain, and unlimited aliases. β’ Personal Plus: 1 private mailbox, 50 GB storage, 3 custom domains, and unlimited aliases. β’ Family: up to 6 private mailboxes, 10 GB per mailbox, 2 custom domains, shared household addresses, and unlimited aliases. β’ Family Plus: up to 6 private mailboxes, 30 GB per mailbox, 4 custom domains, shared household addresses, and unlimited aliases. Paid plans in the iOS app are annual auto-renewable subscriptions purchased through Apple In-App Purchase. Prices are shown before purchase and vary by App Store storefront. The Free plan remains available without a subscription. MANAGED DELIVERY, ENCRYPTED STORAGE β’ Thelemail runs receiving, queues, sending infrastructure, reputation controls, DNS checks, and spam classification. β’ Stored mailbox content remains encrypted as ciphertext. Readable private-key material stays on your device. β’ Mail between Thelemail accounts is encrypted end to end. β’ For outside mail, the app uses OpenPGP when a compatible key is available; otherwise, mail uses standard SMTP with TLS where supported. β’ Paid plans include unlimited aliases, subject to an anti-abuse guardrail. β’ Family plans support shared addresses without shared passwords. β’ Custom-domain setup verifies ownership and prepares DKIM, SPF, and DMARC before you change MX. β’ Mail is stored and processed in the EU. β’ Stored mail is never used for advertising or AI training. β’ Export your mailbox in standard formats using the open-source local export tool on a computer. β’ Use Face ID to unlock saved mail on supported devices. CLEAR SECURITY BOUNDARIES Email routing still exposes envelope metadata such as sender, recipient, and timing. The security model and its limits are documented at https://thelemail.com/security. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when purchase is confirmed. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://thelemail.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thelemail.com/privacy
LinkMail
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LinkMail is a native email client for iPhone and iPad that keeps your mail with you. YOUR MAIL STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Everything is stored in a local database, the way Apple Mail does it. Our servers receive no message at all. They only carry what IMAP cannot synchronise between two devices β snoozes, scheduled sends, drafts β and the references passing through are fingerprints computed with a key that never leaves your keychain. HOSTILE HTML, BLOCKED BY DEFAULT An email is HTML that comes from outside. LinkMail stops remote images, fonts, scripts and tracking pixels before a single byte goes out: the sender does not learn that you opened the message, nor from which address. A discreet bar tells you how many trackers were blocked, and you decide β for this message, for this sender, or for the whole domain. ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS, WITHOUT MIXING THEM iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and any IMAP server. A unified inbox when you want to see everything at once, and spaces to keep apart what should be: work on one side, the rest on the other, in a single gesture. A HIERARCHY YOU CAN READ FROM A METRE AWAY You skim a mailbox by seeing, not by reading. The sender dominates β that is how you look for a message β the subject follows, the preview recedes. An unread message is marked once, decisively, not by three lines in bold. AT HOME ON IPHONE AND ON IPAD On iPhone, four destinations in the tab bar: mail, calendar, contacts, settings. On iPad, columns β folders, list, message β and a calendar that takes the full width with its calendars on the left. This is not the same app resized; these are two layouts, each thought out for its size. BUILT FOR LARGE MAILBOXES Incremental synchronisation with CONDSTORE and QRESYNC, message structure downloaded before the bodies, instant full-text search across a hundred thousand messages, accents and prefixes included. A mailbox of fifty thousand messages is navigable in under a minute. TRULY OFFLINE Flag, file, delete, reply: everything applies locally at once, then replays on reconnection. A tunnel, a plane, a train cancel nothing you have just done. The optional offline copy also brings down the mail you choose, within its disk budget. THE CALENDAR NEXT TO THE MAIL Your CalDAV calendars beside your messages. Invitations are read and answered from the reader, an appointment spotted in a message goes into the calendar in one step, and reminders never fire on their own. AN ASSISTANT THAT RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE The dayβs briefing, promises made and received, meeting preparation, finding a slot. On devices that support Apple Intelligence, the model runs on the device: nothing leaves. Using a remote service is an explicit choice, and what is sent is listed word for word in the privacy policy. NEWSLETTER HOUSEKEEPING What you receive, what you actually open, and what to unsubscribe from in one go. Unsubscribing goes through the header meant for it, without opening a single tracking page. AND ALSO Rich editor and signatures per account or per folder. A contacts book to file mail by your own rules. Export a message as PDF. Notifications with quick actions. Out-of-office replies. Background fetch. Light, dark or automatic theme, independent of the systemβs. VoiceOver and Dynamic Type. LinkMail is developed in France by LinkInfo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LinkMail at every 2 days against Thelemail's weekly. Thelemail's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Thelemail sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $30.00 per year and LinkMail sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thelemail ships an update weekly, LinkMail every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thelemail | LinkMail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Gorokhov | Xavier Devaux |
In-app purchases
Thelemail
- Personal$30.001 Year
- Personal Plus$39.001 Year
- Family$60.001 Year
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- Family Plus$96.001 Year
LinkMail
- Annual subscription1 Month trial$17.991 Year









