Comparison

Preside email vs Mail

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

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About

Preside email

This app offers a full-featured mobile email client for comprehensive email management. It allows users to organize, send, and manage emails efficiently, providing desktop-level functionality on a mobile device. Features include advanced filing, folder management, and task integration.

Highlights
  • Predictive filing with shake-to-undo
  • Universal Inbox and custom 'Smart' folders
  • HTML rich composer with inline images
  • Offline, full-text email search
  • Assign Exchange categories and IMAP keywords
  • Add emails to various task management apps
  • Configurable swipe actions and color themes
Features
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Download Preside for calm control of your email. Preside is a full featured email client that allows you to perform all of your email management from your mobile device. No more waiting to get back to the desktop for organizing, assigning categories, sending or doing anything else with an email. No more reading emails twice. Preside improves your productivity and gives back valuable time. With Preside, you can file emails in seconds, even if you have thousands of folders. Preside gives YOU complete control by allowing you to optimize the app to exactly match your email management style. Preside is real email. It can do anything a desktop email client can do. Check out these awesome features: Filing • Files emails in seconds with predictive filing • Move emails between accounts • Copy emails & folders • Search for destination folders by name • Shake-to-undo previous filing action • Batch deletes and moves • File to favorite folders instantly • Swipe to file Folders • Expand & collapse folders • Find folders by searching • Add, move, rename, & delete folders • Off-line operation for later synchronization • Universal Inbox, Unread, & custom 'Smart' folders • Show all folders/labels for email Email Actions • Mark read/unread • Flag • Snooze/Defer • Batch processing • Custom multi-step actions Sending • HTML rich composer • Always bcc option • Inline images • Send attachments from iCloud, Dropbox, & more Search • Offline, full-text email search • Search by date, sender, subject, or anything else • Perform actions on search results • Stored searches • Search history Tags & Categories • Assign Exchange categories to emails • Tag emails with IMAP Keywords • Browse categories • Show all emails for a category • Show all cagetories in email • Color emails based on category Contacts • Edit/Add senders to iOS contacts • Quickly view all messages from any sender • Search To's, From's, Cc's, & entire message. Tasks & ToDos • Add emails to iPhone Calendar • Add emails Reminders, Exchange/Outlook & Toodledo • Add emails to OmniFocus, Appigo Todo, Things, The Hit List, Evernote, Drafts, Notebooks & more • Manage tasks in Reminders, Exchange/Outlook, & Toodledo Customization • Configurable swipe actions • Over 20 different color themes • Quickly change multiple options using Presets • Make the app look exactly like the iOS app • Configurable buttons, fonts, & everything else iPad • Split Screen Multi-Tasking • Multi-pane layout • Single-tap predictive filing • Drag and drop • Personalized layout options • Keyboard shortcuts iOS Features • Enhanced for 3D Touch • iOS Share extension support More • S/Mime encryption • Email threading with conversation view • Defer/Snooze emails • Passcode lock with Touch ID • Pull to sync • Speak emails • Real-time sync progress ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Please contact us for any & all support issues. We'll help you to get the app working the way you like. Here's some more information that might be helpful: Privacy • Preside stores all information directly on your phone. • Our servers do NOT have access to your email or account information • All email communication is between your device and your email account. In app purchases • Preside really is free. We hope you'll purchase Premium, which adds some cool features, but none of those are essential to using the app. Please visit our website at: preside.io to learn more about Premium. Compatibility • Outlook • Office 365 • Exchange • IMAP (gmail, Rackspace, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast, iCloud, & any other modern email account). • POP3 (not recommended) Former Blackberry users • If you're missing features from your Blackberry that you'd like to see implemented in Preside, please contact us. Privacy • Preside is fully private. Preside doesn't transmit emails or account information to our servers.

About

Mail

Effortlessly send physical mail from your mobile device. Convert digital documents, scans, or handwritten notes into printed letters, contracts, or artwork. The service prints and mails your items the next business day with tracking.

Highlights
  • Send letters, contracts, and drawings
  • No printing, envelopes, or stamps needed
  • Select PDFs from Files or iCloud Drive
  • Use share button from other apps
  • Prints and mails next business day
  • US address verification and tracking
  • Live-person support
Features
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Mail-it Now makes sending postal mail quick and easy. No printing, envelopes or stamps required. Mail letters, contracts, clippings or digital drawings with just a tap. Select PDF documents from your Files app or iCloud Drive. Or use the share button from scanning, office or design apps to send your document to the Mail-It Now app. Click2Mail prints and mails your document the next business day--for not much more than the cost of a stamp. Mail with confidence. We know postal mail inside and out and have mailed over 300 million documents around the globe. We verify every US address and add tracking barcodes to every US mailpiece to ensure the fastest delivery. Plus, our live-person support is unrivaled! You will never be without a helping hand. ++++ With Mail-it Now you can send ++++ *App-scanned US letter-size and A4 sized documents* Existing printed documents you scan to the app are reproduced to deliver a high-quality printed copy via First-Class Mail. You can use Apple Notes or your favorite scan app to digitize your document (no desktop scanner required). Your digital file is not shared with the recipient--reducing potential abuse and unauthorized use. And since no physical scanning process is required, even the most fragile documents and pages can be replicated and shared without risk. *Digital office productivity documents* Turn your digital documents into real physical mail, with standardized delivery addresses and USPS tracking barcodes on every mailpiece. Simply save your document as a PDF and use the share button to send it to our app. We reproduce your document on high quality digital printers to produce a physical mailpiece that evokes respect--and we mail it the next business day with postal tracking included. *Digital drawings, writings and artwork* With Apple’s pencil your iPad Pro can become a sketchpad, a notepad, a diary and an artist’s notebook. And with Mail-it Now your musings, drawings and other by-hand creations can be transformed into printed treasures to be delivered to any address in the world. Now you can sit down and pen a letter in your own handwriting, sign it and add a personalized sketch and then mail it without ever going to a post office. +++ How it works +++ Scan or select a letter or A4 size document or a legal or A3 sized document to send. Add a recipient’s name and address, or choose a previously saved address in the app. Review the cost and proof your document. Tap to send. We’ll print and mail it the next business day. +++Delivery times +++ USA: 3-4 business days Canada: 7-10 business days Europe: 7-10 business days Rest of the world: 7-10+ business days +++ Need help? +++ We’re here to help. Monday through Friday you can reach us via live chat at Click2Mail.com or by calling 866-665-2787. Otherwise, send an email to support@click2mail.com and we’ll be in touch ASAP. +++ Follow us and stay in touch +++ www.facebook.com/click2mail www.twitter.com/click2mail www.linkedin.com/company/click2mail

Screenshots

Preside email4 screens
Mail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Preside email at 93% against Mail's 33%. Preside email also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Mail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads 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. Preside email sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Preside email holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Preside email has 184 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Preside email's written reviews are positive against 33% of Mail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Preside email ships an update every 2 months, Mail every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Preside email versus Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreside emailMail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (184 ratings) — better3.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings184 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGoodHumansC2M LLC

Customer experience

Preside email

All ratings185 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative5.0%

Mail

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Preside email

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional syncing issues
  • Incompatibility with some email providers

Requested features

2 requests
  • Delayed outgoing messages
  • Improved attachment handling

Mail

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Preside email

One-time2
  • Preside Premium - 1 month subscription$4.99
  • Preside Premium - 1 year subscription$24.99
None

Mail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Preside email free?
Preside email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mail free?
Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Preside email or Mail?
Preside email is rated higher. Preside email averages 4.8 out of 5 from 184 ratings, while Mail averages 3.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Preside email or Mail have ads?
Neither Preside email nor Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Preside email or Mail?
Preside email ships an update every 2 months, and Mail every 7 months. Most recently, Preside email was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mail on October 21, 2026.

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