Comparison

Winmail Reader vs Winmail Opener

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

Head to head
About

Winmail Reader

Easily open and manage "winmail.dat" attachment files on your iOS device. This app decodes the TNEF format, allowing you to view, save, share, or resend any contained attachments and the original email message.

Highlights
  • Decodes winmail.dat files
  • Lists all attachments and email message
  • Inbuilt quick-look preview for attachments
  • Save, copy, print, and share attachments
  • Resend decoded email with attachments
  • Create/add Outlook appointments to iOS Calendar
  • Add contact address cards to iOS Contacts
Features
Currently charting
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Winmail Reader is ultimate tool for reading "winmail.dat" attachment files on iPhones, iPads and iPod touch. Winmail Reader decodes "winmail.dat" file, and allows any attachments contained in them to be opened, read, saved or e-mailed. * * * Winmail Reader for Mac is also available on the Mac App Store. * * * Winmail.dat files are in fact TNEF format (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format). Microsoft Outlook e-mail program for Windows send e-mails as TNEF. Most other e-mail programs, including Mail, do not understand TNEF. If your e-mail program doesn't understand TNEF, you may only see an attachment named "winmail.dat" that you cannot open. The easy-to-use solution to circumvent this problem is provided by Winmail Reader. FEATURES: ◆ Decodes "winmail.dat" files and list all attachments contained in it including email message. ◆ Inbuilt quick-look preview to view attachments. Tap on attachment button to popup quick-look preview. ◆ Allows attachments files to Copy to… another application, Save to Files, Copy, Print, share file to nearby iOS devices via AirDrop and more... Long press on attachment button to show share action options. ◆ Resend entire decoded email as it is with message and extracted attachments. ◆ Creates, edit and adds Microsoft Outlook Appointment and Meeting to iOS Calendar. It also reads embedded note. ◆ Creates and adds contact address card into iOS Contacts. ◆ Reads nested message in full RTF format as separate file.

About

Winmail Opener

Easily open and view the contents of winmail.dat email attachments. This tool allows you to instantly access original email content and any attached files without needing the sender to resend the message.

Highlights
  • Open winmail.dat files
  • View original email content
  • Export files from winmail.dat
  • Drag and drop file support
  • Instant decoding and viewing
Features
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Winmail Opener helps you instantly open and view winmail.dat attachment. Sometimes you got an email with an attachment named 'Winmail.dat', you don't even know what it is. Actually if you receive an email message sent from a Microsoft email app such as Outlook or Microsoft Exchange, the message might include an attachment with "winmail.dat" in the name. You don't need to ask the sender to resend the mail in plain text or HTML, simply open the winmail.dat file with Winmail Opener, you can view the original mail content and all the attachments instantly. Key Features: * Open winmail.dat file, lets you view, open or export files within the winmail.dat. * Easy-to-use application, you can open a file, drag and drop files to it. * Simple and fast, decode and view winmail.dat file instantly without waiting.

Screenshots

Winmail Reader4 screens
Winmail Opener4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Winmail Reader at 4.5 against Winmail Opener's 1.8. Winmail Reader also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 14%) and ratings volume (256 vs 5). Winmail Opener's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Winmail Reader costs $1.99 and Winmail Opener $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Winmail Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Winmail Reader has 256 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Winmail Reader's written reviews are positive against 14% of Winmail Opener's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Winmail Reader versus Winmail Opener: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinmail ReaderWinmail Opener
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (256 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings256 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#194 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.67.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.科 姚

Customer experience

Winmail Reader

All ratings256 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Winmail Opener

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

None

Winmail Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Winmail Opener

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Winmail Reader free?
Winmail Reader costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Winmail Opener free?
Winmail Opener costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Winmail Reader or Winmail Opener?
Winmail Reader is rated higher. Winmail Reader averages 4.5 out of 5 from 256 ratings, while Winmail Opener averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Winmail Reader or Winmail Opener have ads?
Neither Winmail Reader nor Winmail Opener shows ads.

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