Comparison

GW Mailbox vs Loop Email

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

Head to head
About

GW Mailbox

This app provides a streamlined interface for accessing GroupWise email, calendar, and contacts on iOS devices. It offers enhanced notifications and enterprise features beyond standard web access, allowing for efficient management of your professional communications and schedule.

Highlights
  • Combined email, calendar, and contacts
  • Enhanced email notifications
  • View, reply, forward, and move emails
  • Compose new messages and appointments
  • Search GroupWise address books
  • View calendar events and accept/decline
  • Search within folders
Features
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GW Mailbox is a GroupWise email and calendar app for the iPhone and iPad. With this app you get a much better interface than Novell delivers by default through GroupWise WebAccess. This app gives you some of the enterprise features that you wouldn't get with simple POP/IMAP - like access to your Frequent Contacts and GroupWise address book. This app is designed to work with a Novell GroupWise email server. Novell GroupWise is an email server like Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange. If you do not have access to a Novell GroupWise email account, this app will not work for you. Your IT department should be able to provide you with the URL to your company's GroupWise WebAccess server. Key Features: • Combined email, calendar and contacts access all in one app • Uses iOS background processing to provide faster, more secure notifications View emails • View items in your GroupWise mailbox and other folders, including shared folders • View, delete, reply and forward messages • Move items between folders • Attached documents are viewable through the GroupWise document converter, or they can be downloaded to view with other apps on your device Compose • Compose new email, appointments, tasks and notes • Add attachments to new emails • Search your GroupWise address books to select contacts when composing an email View calendar events • View your GroupWise calendar with one tap in either day, week or month view • View an item's properties to see if an appointment has been accepted, an email has been viewed, etc. • Accept or decline appointments, tasks and notes View contacts • Easily search all of your GroupWise address books including Frequent Contacts and your GroupWise System Address Book • View a contact's details including phone number, email address and physical address • One tap to use your iPhone to call a contact • Email a contact using GW Mailbox or the iOS Mail app • Create an appointment for a contact New, advanced email notifications • Better security • Control how often mailbox is checked • Banner notifications Search in your folders • Search in any of your GroupWise folders Notice: GW Mailbox uses GroupWise WebAccess to get your email data. If your GroupWise administrator has not made GroupWise WebAccess available to you, GW Mailbox will not work for you. We support Novell Access Manager. But if your company uses a different proxy server, then GW Mailbox will not work. GW Mailbox requires an active internet connection. Support: iOS: This app requires iOS 9 or later. Devices: GW Mailbox works with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, and requires an internet connection to work. GroupWise: GW Mailbox has been tested to work with GroupWise 18, GroupWise 2014 R2, GroupWise 2014, GroupWise 2012, GroupWise 8, GroupWise 7 and GroupWise 6.5. Note: GW Mailbox requires a subscription Terms and Conditions: http://ghostpattern.com/Ghost_Pattern/Terms_And_Conditions.html Please feel free to send us an email with any questions or comments that you may have. If you think you see a bug in the app, please send us an email! support@ghostpattern.com

About

Loop Email

This app provides a unified inbox for teams to manage shared email accounts and collaborate on customer messages. It allows for assigning conversations, internal team chat, and automating workflows to improve efficiency and ensure no message is missed.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox management
  • Shared inbox for teams
  • Assign conversation ownership
  • Internal side chat on emails
  • Team chat channels
  • Automated workflow rules
  • Templated responses
Features
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Loop Email helps teams manage customer messages in shared email accounts such as support@, contact@, info@, orders@ and more. Efficiently and on the go. Loop is a simple yet powerful team inbox, easy to set up and use for teams handling customer messages via email. With Loop no messages get missed and your team can assign ownership, chat about customer emails, exchange files, automate workflows and manage shared inboxes with ease, all within a purpose-built iOS app. With Loop you’ll be able to: - Manage any shared email accounts - Collaborate 1-2-1 and in groups with your team - Set up automated workflows to help you manage any incoming emails - Have internal discussions with your team before replying to your customers - Organize your personal as well as team inboxes for best productivity Key features: - Unified inbox: Manage all of your email accounts from one view - Shared inbox: Manage incoming emails as a team, without having to share login details - Assign owners: Know who’s in charge of any conversation - Side chat on emails: Start a private side chat on any email thread - Team channels: Use Loop for team chat as well as email management - Shared tags: Keep your team inbox organized with labels and tags - Rules & automations: Automate workflows for your team with a powerful rules engine - SLAs: Get your response time optimized with SLA notifications - Snooze: Snooze a conversation for a period of time to keep your inbox organized - Templated responses: Set up templates for frequent queires - Collision detection: Prevent sending multiple replies by mistake - Reports & insights: Customizable reports to see how your team is doing - Works across all platforms

Screenshots

GW Mailbox4 screens
Loop Email4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loop Email at none against GW Mailbox's 2. Loop Email also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 40%). GW Mailbox's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 16). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. GW Mailbox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Loop Email asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for GW Mailbox against 4.3 for Loop Email. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GW Mailbox has 2.2K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of GW Mailbox's written reviews are positive against 52% of Loop Email's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GW Mailbox ships an update every 3 weeks, Loop Email fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GW Mailbox versus Loop Email: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGW MailboxLoop Email
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.2K ratings) — better4.3 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews51.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.2K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB105 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGhost Pattern SoftwareNITO d.o.o.

Customer experience

GW Mailbox

All ratings2,165 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral13.1%
Negative46.9%

Loop Email

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative37.9%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GW Mailbox

Subscriptions2
  • GW Mailbox Month Subscription$1.491 Month
  • GW Mailbox Year Subscription$13.491 Year
None

Loop Email

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GW Mailbox free?
GW Mailbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loop Email free?
Loop Email is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GW Mailbox or Loop Email?
GW Mailbox is rated higher. GW Mailbox averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Loop Email averages 4.3 from 16 ratings.
Do GW Mailbox or Loop Email have ads?
Neither GW Mailbox nor Loop Email shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GW Mailbox or Loop Email?
GW Mailbox ships an update every 3 weeks, and Loop Email fortnightly. Most recently, GW Mailbox was updated on September 24, 2026 and Loop Email on September 25, 2026.

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