Comparison

Email vs Mail Notes

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

Head to head
About

Email

Manage multiple email accounts in one unified inbox. This app offers fast email fetching, smart search for important information, and tools to reduce inbox clutter. It prioritizes privacy and security with features like sender blocking and biometric protection.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for all accounts
  • Fast email fetching and search
  • One-tap unsubscribe
  • Sender blocking
  • Customizable swipe actions and templates
  • Biometric inbox security
Features
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"The way to go if you own an iPhone" -Business Insider "Unsubscribe with just a tap!" -TechCrunch "Faster than Gmail, faster than Outlook" -Walt Mossberg @The Verge "Well designed" - New York Times “All essential features of every other mail app, clear and easy to use interface, free and very transparent about how it handles your data and how it stays free. I cannot really find anything to complain.” - msaiddi (Edison Mail user) Edison Mail is the #1 independent email app on the App Store (4.5 rating) for a reason. Reduce email volume and eliminate inbox distractions. Research shows that over checking email wastes as much as 21 minutes per day. Take time back with the best app to manage and clean your inbox. Edison Mail fetches email faster than other mail apps (we have the speed tests to prove it) and simplifies searching for important information like subscriptions, travel plans, bills, packages, and more. Manage everything in one place. Edison Mail allows you to connect an unlimited number of email accounts and offers a unified inbox that keeps all of your inboxes in one view. We support all the major providers — Outlook, Yahoo, Hotmail, iCloud, Office/ Outlook 365, Exchange, AOL, Gmail, and IMAP* mail accounts on both iPhone and iPad. From the Pioneers of One-Tap Unsubscribe. Block senders to banish unwanted senders permanently. No targeted ads or invasive tracking pixels are allowed into your inbox. Protect your email with Touch and Face ID. Secure your inbox even further from the dangers of email phishing scams with Edison Mail+. Mail, the way it should be. Yours. Customize Edison Mail to fit your inbox needs. Change swipe actions, create custom templates, change the color settings, enable or disable Focused Inbox, and more. Life just got easier. Download Edison Mail today. It just works. – *Support for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 and above. **Please note select assistant features (i.e. bill and receipts, entertainment, travel, and package alerts) are currently limited to US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India only. Privacy By Design is Our Promise to Our Users All emails are fetched from your phone and stored on your device directly. We access new email subject headers (deleted thereafter), required to send notifications of an email arrival. Only commercial emails (example: receipts, Travel, Package Delivery) are stored to deliver Edison Mail Assistant features built into the Email app and Edison Trends. Personal information like your name or email address is NEVER shared. If you’d prefer to opt-out of participating in our anonymized research, you can do so in the settings menu. Edison Mail+ An auto-renewable premium subscription that offers more advanced email experience, particularly in the areas of contact management and security, for 14.99 USD / Month or 99.99 USD / Year. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period.

About

Mail Notes

Quickly send emails to yourself for reminders and notes. This app streamlines the process to under a second, allowing for easy email address switching, direct sharing from browsers, and even sending notes via an Apple Watch app. It offers features like labeling, history, and subject prefixes for efficient organization.

Highlights
  • Email under 1 second
  • Share widget for browser links
  • Apple Watch app for on-the-go emails
  • Label emails with icons
  • Sent email history
  • Optional subject prefix
  • Paste clipboard contents
Features
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Like to send emails to yourself for reminders, notes and to-do? Mail Notes makes the process 100 times faster. Just launch the app, type, and tap Send. If you have multiple emails to which you would like to send notes, changing the email address is as simple as a tap. • Email under 1 second. • Share widget makes it super easy to email browser links and URLs directly, without opening the Mail Notes app. • The included Apple Watch app allows you to send emails on the go. • Label each email and add an icon for easy identification. • One-time-use email address. • Sent email history. • Add an optional subject prefix for each email address for easy email filtering. • Use single or multi-line mode. • Auto Correct option. • Paste your clipboard contents with a single tap. • Support for Dark mode for those late-night emails. • Haptics give you feedback when the email is sent successfully. Mail Notes is simply the fastest emailing app on the planet!

Screenshots

Email4 screens
Mail Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Email at fortnightly against Mail Notes's every 4 months. Email also leads on ratings volume (79K vs 106) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Mail Notes's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 66%). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Email sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Mail Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Email holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Email has 79K ratings behind it against 106, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Email's written reviews are positive against 75% of Mail Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Email ships an update fortnightly, Mail Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Email versus Mail Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmailMail Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (79K ratings) — better4.3 (106 ratings)
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79K — better106
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdison Software Inc.Tech Positive

Customer experience

Email

All ratings78,647 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews2,160 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative24.7%

Mail Notes

All ratings106 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Email

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Emails disappearing from the Outbox
  • Incorrect unread email badge counts
  • Emails not loading or displaying properly
  • Account settings randomly resetting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Customizable snooze and scheduling options
  • Integration with calendar and reminders
  • Ability to move emails between accounts
  • More granular control over folder management

Mail Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Email

Subscriptions17
  • Edison Mail+1 Month trial$3.997 Days
  • Edison Mail+1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+1 Month trial2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+1 Month trial$66.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$66.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial2 variants$99.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+1 Month trial2 variants$99.991 Year
  • Edison Mail+7 Days trial$109.991 Year
3 purchases

Mail Notes

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$2.991 Month
  • All Access$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Version$69.99

Questions

Is Email free?
Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mail Notes free?
Mail Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Email or Mail Notes?
Email is rated higher. Email averages 4.5 out of 5 from 79K ratings, while Mail Notes averages 4.3 from 106 ratings.
Do Email or Mail Notes have ads?
Neither Email nor Mail Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Email or Mail Notes?
Email ships an update fortnightly, and Mail Notes every 4 months. Most recently, Email was updated on September 29, 2026 and Mail Notes on September 2, 2026.

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