Comparison

Winmail Reader vs MailRaider

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

MailRaider

This app helps you open and read old archived emails and mysterious file types like .msg and winmail.dat. It also allows exporting contacts and appointments to standard formats.

Highlights
  • Opens .msg, .oft, winmail.dat, and .email files
  • Exports contacts to .vcf
  • Exports appointments to .ics
  • Previews attachment files
  • Supports multitasking on iPad
Features
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Have you got an .msg file that you can't open? Did you get a winmail.dat file instead of the message that you were expecting? MailRaider is the app for that. MailRaider has been opening Microsoft email formats on Mac since 2009 — longer than any other tool on the App Store. The iOS version brings that same capability to iPhone and iPad, so you can deal with these files wherever you are, without needing to be at your desk. What MailRaider opens: .msg — Microsoft Outlook messages .eml — standard email format .oft — Outlook template files winmail.dat — the mystery attachment that arrives instead of an actual email message What you can do with them: Read emails with full formatting, embedded images, and attachments intact Export contacts to .vcf and calendar appointments to .ics Play back voice note recordings and export transcripts Search through your emails and browse folder structures Import from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, directly from Mail - or copy over from your Mac or Windows PC. On iPad: full multitasking support, including Split View and Slide Over. MailRaider is a proper iPad app, not a scaled-up iPhone app. No subscription. No hidden costs. Pay once and that's it. MailRaider on iOS is MailRaider — to go.

Screenshots

Winmail Reader4 screens
MailRaider4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Winmail Reader at 4.5 against MailRaider's 3.8. Winmail Reader also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and ratings volume (256 vs 6). MailRaider's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 MailRaider $3.99 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Winmail Reader has 256 ratings behind it against 6, 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 25% of MailRaider's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Winmail Reader ships an update every 4 months, MailRaider every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Winmail Reader versus MailRaider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinmail ReaderMailRaider
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (256 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings256 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#120 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.Pascal Harris

Customer experience

Winmail Reader

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

MailRaider

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Winmail Reader

No in-app purchases

None

MailRaider

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Winmail Reader free?
Winmail Reader costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MailRaider free?
MailRaider costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Winmail Reader or MailRaider?
Winmail Reader is rated higher. Winmail Reader averages 4.5 out of 5 from 256 ratings, while MailRaider averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Winmail Reader or MailRaider have ads?
Neither Winmail Reader nor MailRaider shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Winmail Reader or MailRaider?
Winmail Reader ships an update every 4 months, and MailRaider every 2 months. Most recently, Winmail Reader was updated on September 23, 2026 and MailRaider on September 16, 2026.

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