myMail box vs Speaking Email
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myMail box
Consolidate and manage multiple email accounts from various providers in a single, user-friendly interface. Enjoy customizable notifications, enhanced security features, and efficient search capabilities to streamline your communication.
- Unified inbox for multiple email accounts
- Customizable push notifications
- Email thread view
- Smart search with filters
- PIN lock and Touch ID support
- Contact suggestions
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Use myMail to manage messages in your Gmail, Hotmail, Live, Outlook, Yahoo, MSN, iCloud and AOL email accounts at once. Our app also supports any IMAP and POP3-enabled mailbox. myMail brings all your email into one simple, bright and friendly interface whether its your iPhone or iPad. myMail was created to keep your mail securely in one place. It makes communication light, fast and mobile-friendly. With a simple tap or a swipe, you can read, reply to, forward, add an attachment and do whatever else you need to with your email. myMail has a number of unique features that make it stand out: Push Notifications — Customized to best fit your work/life schedule ◆ Receive instant notifications of new messages – even if your email service does not support this feature ◆ Turn notifications on or off for an account, or filter notifications based on folders, social networks, domains, or email addresses ◆ Set a "quiet time" for each account to separate your work life from your personal life Your Inbox — More personal and visual ◆ Navigate through the message list faster with your friends' avatars and icons for popular services ◆ Customize the appearance of the message list on your device by turning on or off the message preview and avatars ◆ Email Threads. View your entire email conversation on one screen! Search smarter ◆ Quick search through all messages ◆ Use search filters to narrow results ◆ Compose your query faster with search phrases and contact suggestions Enhanced security ◆ Set a PIN lock ◆ Touch ID support ››› You can also register with @MY.COM with a cool new email address! ‹‹‹ All your contacts right at your hand: When you create or forward a message, myMail will suggest contacts from your device’s address book. myMail also brings your contacts from all your email accounts’ address books. And we’ve added the most-frequently-used-contacts feature to help you get your emails addressed quickly. Send those pictures: Share all those party photos with a few taps! Pick a bunch of pictures from your photo gallery all at once. Technical details: We’ve worked hard to make the app incredibly fast and light. Written entirely in native code, myMail uses innovative data compression to save bandwidth and it benefits from our engineers’ expertise, research, and best practices. Security is our top priority: Whether you use myMail on a public or private Wi-Fi network, your data is always encrypted to protect all your email communications and information. myMail uses advanced security protocols and practices to ensure data integrity, security, and privacy. myMail uses AdChoices. More information can be found here https://m.facebook.com/ads/ad_choices Follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/mymail.official
Speaking Email
This app reads your emails aloud and allows you to manage them using voice commands. It's ideal for hands-free and eyes-free email access, benefiting drivers and individuals with visual impairments or motor difficulties.
- Reads emails aloud
- Voice commands for replies and management
- Hands-free and eyes-free operation
- Smart content detection
- Multilingual email support
- Secure connection to various email servers
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Reads your email out loud, lets you reply and manage mail by voice commands. Ideal for visually impaired users, driving, or anytime you'd like to check email hands free & eyes free. Premium Edition is free for 7 days. Then you are automatically switched to Basic Edition. (Note for CarPlay users: see our other app 'Speaking Email CP') — WHY DO I WANT IT? — FOR DRIVERS Get more time in your day when you check your email on the move. Most people spend 1-2 hours in their inbox. With the help of Speaking Email during your daily drive to work, you can easily cut this time in half. Get more done, stay on top and keep a clean inbox. Voice commands and simple gestures designed to be safe to use while driving give you the ability to archive, flag or even reply on the move. (Note for CarPlay users: see also our other app "Speaking Email CP") FOR ACCESSIBILITY Makes email easy to use for those with visual impairment, blindness, dyslexia, stroke, motor dysfunction. Designed to be used without needing to see or touch the screen, Speaking Email works as a fully voice operated email app. Note: a sighted assistant or VoiceOver is required to sign into your email account and configure the many preferences to your liking. The rest is all voice controlled! — HOW DOES IT WORK? — Speaking Email reads your latest emails out loud from your inbox, one by one. Swipe left and right to play your inbox like a jukebox. Whip through your inbox, clear clutter, flag important items and make inbox zero a reality - all while on the go. You can interact with your email using full screen taps, swipes and voice commands. Voice recognition needs a trigger. You choose when to pause for a command - on full screen tap, every 30 seconds, at the start/end of emails. — FEATURES — - Smart content detection skips over disclaimers, reply headers, and email signatures to speak only the content without the clutter - Multilingual mode automatically detects the email language and switches voices to match, using Apple text-to-speech voices - Makes use of the latest Apple speech recognition technology lets you dictate your reply, which is read back to you before sending - Our simple Ignore Sender command puts you in control, allowing you to avoid hearing emails from the sender in future - Connects securely to all email servers, including Gmail (using Google Sign In), Microsoft 365 (aka Office 365 - using Microsoft Sign In supporting Intune, MFA and OAUTH), Exchange (via ActiveSync), IMAP, POP, iCloud (using app password), Outlook/Hotmail (using Microsoft Sign In), Yahoo (using Yahoo Sign In), AOL (using AOL Sign In) - Voice commands and buttons include: Next Back Archive/Done Flag Trash Reply Forward Ignore (thumbs down) Important (thumbs up) Block Sender Rewind Fast Forward Compose Search Voice Slower Faster People When - Many preferences to set up your experience how you like — QUESTIONS — Reach us at feedback@speaking.email See our FAQ: http://www.speaking.email/faq Feature tour: http://www.speaking.email — RECOGNITION — - Gizmodo - "Highly Recommended" by Marc Saltzman in USA Today - TV3 News (NZ), Sky News - The Australian, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph - NZ Herald, National Business Review - Featured by Apple in Best New Apps - Voted Most Fundable App by Context.IO - Finalist in NZ Hi Tech Awards — QUOTES — “This is a nifty app, and one that will make driving a little safer for inbox addicts”—NBR “My eyesight isn’t as it was years ago, and your Speaking Email makes it so much easier for me to keep in touch with folks” — Willis Hargrave “I absolutely love the app and being an outside sales rep in the car 4-6 hours a day find it incredibly helpful. It is literally freeing up and hour or 2 of time for me every day I am on the road by having a lot less time at the desk doing email. THANKS!!!” — Scott Middleton https://speaking.email/page/privacy https://speaking.email/page/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: myMail box at none against Speaking Email's 5. myMail box also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 206) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Speaking Email's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (68% vs 46%). On price, rating, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Speaking Email sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. myMail box asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for myMail box against 4.5 for Speaking Email. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myMail box has 18K ratings behind it against 206, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of myMail box's written reviews are positive against 68% of Speaking Email's.
myMail box ships an update weekly, Speaking Email every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myMail box | Speaking Email |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18K ratings) | 4.5 (206 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 206 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 272 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IT CENTURY21 | BEWEB LTD |
Customer experience
myMail box
Speaking Email
User reviews
myMail box
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Organized and better than Gmail and Outlook
- 👍 So easy to use and keep all my files organized
- 🚀 Super fast and efficient
- 👍 Wonderful mail app, love it
- 👍 Great mail app, easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unable to send email or save draft on iPad
- 🐛 Filters not working, lost customization
- 🐛 Keeps logging out of accounts, can't log back in
- 🐛 Unreliable, emails not loading or syncing properly
- 🐛 Constant login issues, app freezes and crashes
Speaking Email
From 206 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Life-changing for accessibility
- 👍 Great for visually impaired
- 👍 Excellent for ADHD/focus issues
- 👍 Time-saver for busy users
- 👍 Useful for commuting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unreliable connection issues
- 🐛 Difficult to set up
- 🐛 Poor voice recognition/robotic voice
- 🐛 Battery drain
Bugs and requests
myMail box
Reported bugs
4 issues- Authentication issues, can't log in to accounts
- Emails not syncing or showing up in the app
- Constant sign-outs and login problems
- Notifications not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Unified inbox for all accounts
- Ability to customize folder order
- Option to disable 'undo delete' feature
- Dark mode or customizable themes
- Better search functionality
Speaking Email
Reported bugs
18 issues- Keeps crashing
- Doesn't work reliably
- Granting Gmail access is buggy
- App crashes after an update
- Doesn't save place in emails
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- Cannot skip forward in emails
- Cannot connect to emails
- Times out from mail setup screen
- Frozen in settings page
- Emails disappear after reading
- Unstable with Exchange
- Archived emails disappear
- Doesn't recognize passwords
- Cannot delete the app
- Hidden icon floating around screen
- Browser cookies disabled error for Gmail
- Too loud with AirPods
- Emails don't load properly
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to search using voice command
- CarPlay support
- Apple Watch App for interaction
- Support for Exchange using Active Sync or Outlook Web Access
- Dark mode option
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- Better voice quality
- Option to turn off voice command prompts
- Ability to set to only pull 'primary' for Gmail
- Improve editing of responses
- Better battery optimization
- Clearer understanding of settings
- Ability to save place in emails
- Search functionality
In-app purchases
myMail box
No in-app purchases
Speaking Email
- Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
- Premium Subscription Annual$34.991 Year
- Premium Plan$4.99
- Premium Plan 3 Months$12.99
- Premium Plan 12 Months$39.99









