Comparison

Email vs BoldText Converter

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

BoldText Converter

Easily convert your normal text into various styled formats like bold, italic, or monospace. This app is perfect for social media platforms and messaging apps that lack native text formatting, allowing your text to stand out. Choose between single or dual box modes for convenient text editing and styling.

Highlights
  • Convert text to bold, italic, monospace, underlined styles
  • Copy and paste styled text into any app
  • Supports popular social media and messaging platforms
  • Single and dual box editing modes
  • Save favorite text styles
  • Quick and straightforward to use
Features
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BoldText Converter helps you turn normal text into styled text you can use anywhere. Type or paste your text, choose a style like bold, italic, monospace or underlined, then copy and paste it into your favourite apps. It’s built for social platforms that don’t support text formatting, so you can still add emphasis and make your text stand out. You can use the converted text on Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, X (Twitter), Threads, WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Discord, Reddit, and more. You can switch between single box mode, where you type and edit everything in one place, or dual box mode if you prefer to see your original text and styled text side by side. You can also save favourite text styles so you can reuse them quickly later. The app is designed to be quick and straightforward, with no setup needed. Open it, style your text, copy it, and move on. If you want an easy way to style text for social media, messages, or bios, BoldText Converter keeps things simple.

Screenshots

Email4 screens
BoldText Converter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoldText Converter at none against Email's 22. BoldText Converter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Email's advantage is ratings volume (79K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. BoldText Converter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BoldText Converter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Email has 79K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Email ships an update every 2 weeks, BoldText Converter every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Email versus BoldText Converter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmailBoldText Converter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (79K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings79K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdison Software Inc.MATTHEW RYAN GAFFOOR

Customer experience

Email

All ratings78,801 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews2,169 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative24.7%

BoldText Converter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

BoldText Converter

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
None

BoldText Converter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Email free?
Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoldText Converter free?
BoldText Converter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Email or BoldText Converter?
BoldText Converter is rated higher. Email averages 4.5 out of 5 from 79K ratings, while BoldText Converter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Email or BoldText Converter have ads?
Neither Email nor BoldText Converter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Email or BoldText Converter?
Email ships an update every 2 weeks, and BoldText Converter every 9 days. Most recently, Email was updated on October 21, 2026 and BoldText Converter on October 17, 2026.

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