Comparison

Preside email vs Masked Email Manager

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

Head to head
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

Masked Email Manager

Streamline your email privacy by managing Fastmail's Masked Emails instantly. Create, enable, or disable addresses with ease, all without needing to visit the Fastmail website. Integrate with other apps for automated workflows.

Highlights
  • Instant Masked Email creation
  • Enable/disable addresses
  • Manage emails outside Fastmail website
  • App integration via Shortcuts
  • Unlimited Masked Email creation (Premium)
Features
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Keep your personal email address off sign-up forms. Create and manage Fastmail masked email addresses from your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Make a separate address for shopping, newsletters or a new account. Mail arrives in your Fastmail inbox, and you can turn an address off when you no longer want to receive mail through it. • Create masked addresses with a description and website so you remember what each one is for. • Search by email address, website or description. • Copy an address when you need it for a sign-up or login. • Disable addresses you no longer need, and re-enable them later. • Create addresses from Shortcuts with the Full Version. • NEW: Connect multiple Fastmail accounts and create masked addresses for each. Free to get started View and manage your existing masked addresses, and create up to 10 new ones. A one-time Full Version purchase unlocks unlimited address creation and Shortcuts support. There is no subscription for this app. Fastmail account required You need a Fastmail account that supports Masked Email and an API token with the Masked Email permission. Fastmail is a separate service with its own subscription. Masked Email Manager is an independent third-party app, not affiliated with Fastmail.

Screenshots

Preside email4 screens
Masked Email Manager3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Preside email at every 2 months against Masked Email Manager's every 5 months. Preside email also leads on ratings volume (184 vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Preside email sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Masked Email Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Preside email against 4.9 for Masked Email Manager. 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 are what separate them: 93% of Preside email's written reviews are positive against 100% of Masked Email Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Preside email ships an update every 2 months, Masked Email Manager every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Preside email versus Masked Email Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreside emailMasked Email Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (184 ratings)4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings184 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGoodHumansDavid Mohl

Customer experience

Preside email

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

Masked Email Manager

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Masked Email Manager

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
1 purchases

Masked Email Manager

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is Preside email free?
Preside email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Masked Email Manager free?
Masked Email Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Preside email or Masked Email Manager?
Masked Email Manager is rated higher. Preside email averages 4.8 out of 5 from 184 ratings, while Masked Email Manager averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Preside email or Masked Email Manager have ads?
Neither Preside email nor Masked Email Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Preside email or Masked Email Manager?
Preside email ships an update every 2 months, and Masked Email Manager every 5 months. Most recently, Preside email was updated on October 29, 2026 and Masked Email Manager on October 24, 2026.

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