Comparison

Pimkin Mail vs Pellet

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

Head to head
About

Pimkin Mail

Features
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Pimkin brings your mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks together in one app — using the accounts you already have. Connect Gmail, Microsoft 365, iCloud, or any IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV account. Pimkin is a client, not another inbox: your mail stays with your provider, and nothing moves or migrates. Add an account and it is simply there, alongside the others. One place for everything Read and write mail across every account at once, or one at a time. Your calendars overlay in a single view. Contacts and tasks sync from the same accounts, so there is nothing extra to set up. Search that actually finds it Full-text search across every account and every mailbox, with filters you can save and return to. Narrow by sender, folder, tag, or date without learning a query language — or use the operators if you prefer them. Rules that run without you File, tag, forward, or archive automatically. Mute a mailing list in one tap. Unsubscribe with a single confirmation instead of hunting for the link at the bottom of the message. Built for a phone Swipe to archive or delete. Pull to refresh. Long-press to select. Push notifications tell you who wrote, and tapping one opens that message — not just the app. Works when the network doesn't Your recent mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks are kept on the device. Read on the train, write a reply, change a flag — it sends when you reconnect. Optional AI, off until you ask Inbox triage, message summaries, and reading booking details out of a confirmation email so you can add them to your calendar. Each has its own switch and each starts off. Nothing about your mail is sent anywhere until you turn one on, and turning it off stops it. No ads. No tracking. No data brokers. Pimkin has no advertising, no analytics SDKs, and no third-party trackers of any kind. It is not free because you are the product — it is a tool that works for you. Sign in the modern way Passkeys, Sign in with Apple, or Google and Microsoft sign-in. Your provider credentials live in the iOS keychain. Pimkin requires accounts you already own. It does not host mail itself.

About

Pellet

Organize notes, tasks, and projects using plain markdown files. Features include a live preview editor, wiki-style linking, task management with Kanban boards, and calendar integration. Supports offline use, handwriting, voice notes, and user-controlled syncing.

Highlights
  • Plain markdown notes
  • Live preview editor
  • Wiki-style linking
  • Task management with Kanban
  • Calendar integration
  • Handwriting and voice notes
  • User-controlled sync
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Pellet keeps your notes as plain markdown files in a folder you own. No account, no server, no proprietary format — open the same folder in any other editor and everything is still there. AN EDITOR THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Write in markdown with live preview, wiki-style links between notes, backlinks, tags and full-text search. Your vault is just files, so nothing is trapped behind an export button. A TASK MANAGER THAT LIVES IN YOUR NOTES Tasks are ordinary markdown files with front matter, so a task can be a note and a note can be a task. Due dates, recurrence, subtasks, checklists and kanban boards — all reading from the same folder. CALENDAR ALONGSIDE YOUR WORK See your day next to your notes. Connect Google Calendar or your existing calendar accounts, or work entirely offline with dated notes. CANVAS, HANDWRITING AND VOICE Sketch on an infinite canvas, write by hand with Apple Pencil, and record voice notes. Handwriting and recordings can be turned into searchable text so they join the rest of your vault instead of sitting in a corner. SYNC YOU CONTROL Sync between your devices is end-to-end encrypted and runs through a relay you choose or host yourself. There is no Pellet account and no Pellet server holding your notes. WORKS OFFLINE, ALWAYS Everything works with no network. Nothing is fetched to open a note, and nothing phones home. Pellet reads and writes ordinary markdown, so it fits alongside whatever else you already use.

Screenshots

Pimkin Mail4 screens
Pellet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pimkin Mail at daily against Pellet's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Pimkin Mail ships an update daily, Pellet every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pimkin Mail versus Pellet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPimkin MailPellet
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGEOFFREY SELLERS BLOSSERBuildraai LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pimkin Mail

No in-app purchases

None

Pellet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pimkin Mail free?
Pimkin Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pellet free?
Pellet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pimkin Mail or Pellet have ads?
Neither Pimkin Mail nor Pellet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pimkin Mail or Pellet?
Pimkin Mail ships an update daily, and Pellet every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pimkin Mail was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pellet on October 24, 2026.

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