Mail Bell vs Kurir Email
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Kurir Email
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Kurir is a mail app for iPhone and Mac where new senders knock first. It works with the mail account you already have: iCloud, Gmail, Fastmail or any IMAP server. There is no Kurir account and no server to run. THE SCREENER The first time someone writes to you, their mail waits in the Screener. One tap sends the sender to the Imbox, The Feed or Paper Trail. Another blocks them. You decide once per sender, or once for a whole domain, and Kurir remembers. THREE PLACES, NOT ONE PILE The Imbox holds mail from people you approved. The Feed holds the newsletters you chose to keep. Paper Trail holds receipts, bookings and shipping notices, found with search the day you need one. YOUR MAILBOX IS THE SYNC Kurir keeps your screening choices, rules, snoozes and settings in a hidden folder in your own mailbox. Your iPhone and your Mac both read it, so they agree without a server in between. Turn on encryption and that folder is sealed with a passphrase only you know. CALENDAR Connect an iCloud, Google, Fastmail or other CalDAV calendar, or subscribe to an .ics link. Day, week and month views show how many hours are still open, and the next meeting sits on top with a Join button. NEW MAIL RIGHT AWAY Kurir Push keeps checking your mail and pushes new mail to your iPhone. It runs on a Mac with Kurir open, or on a server of your own. Without it, the iPhone checks for new mail when iOS lets it. AND THE REST Reply Later, snooze, follow-ups, send later, pinned threads, Collections, contacts and groups, a list of every attachment, several accounts, and search across all your mail on the device. Images that report when you open a mail stay blocked. AI ON YOUR OWN SUBSCRIPTION Draft generation and AI Rules run on the Claude subscription you connect in Settings. The mail a feature needs goes straight to Anthropic, with no Kurir server in between. PRIVATE No analytics and no tracking. Your mail stays on your device and your mail server. SUBSCRIPTION Kurir is free to download and needs a subscription, yearly or monthly. The yearly plan starts with a free month and the monthly plan with a free week. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://kurir.io/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://kurir.io/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mail Bell at 15.0 against Kurir Email's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Mail Bell sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Kurir Email sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Mail Bell | Kurir Email |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Limestone Labs LLC | Arvidson Tech AB |
In-app purchases
Mail Bell
- Mail Bell Pro$2.991 Month
Kurir Email
- Kurir, monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Kurir, yearly1 Month trial$11.991 Year
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