Comparison

Email vs Reckon

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

Reckon

Features
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Reckon is a habit tracker that doesn't pretend. It doesn't motivate you. It doesn't gamify your discipline. It doesn't show you streaks lined up like trophies. It shows you a grid - your week, your goals, what you did and what you didn't do - and every evening at 22:30, it tells you exactly how you performed. No praise. No encouragement. Just the verdict. If you want a cheerleader, this is the wrong app. HOW IT WORKS Set up to 10 or less daily or weekly goals. Cardio. Protein target. Gym sessions. Water. Whatever you actually want to track. Each day each goal is one square in your week grid. Green if done. Red if missed. Orange if the day is still open. The grid sits on your home screen via a widget — your week, always visible, always honest. Every evening at 22:30, Reckon sends a notification that names exactly what you missed. Skipped cardio? You'll hear about it. Behind on your weekly gym quota? It says so. Hit every goal? It acknowledges that — flatly, without celebration. WIDGET ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Tap squares directly from the widget to mark goals done. No need to open the app. Medium and large widget sizes. Choose Light, Dark, or System theme - independent of your iPhone's theme. Hide goal icons for a minimal look. CUSTOMIZE THE PALETTE Five built-in color palettes (Default, Forest, Monochrome, Ocean, Warm) plus the option to create your own. Edit any palette's colors. Customize light and dark variants independently. Or let Reckon derive the dark variant automatically. WHAT'S NOT HERE No streaks. No social features. No leaderboards. No achievements. No AI coach. No premium tier. No subscriptions. No ads. No data collected. One price, one purchase, yours. PRIVACY Reckon stores everything locally on your device. No accounts. No cloud sync. No telemetry. No tracking. Your data never leaves your iPhone. REQUIREMENTS iOS 17.0 or later. iPhone only. No iPad version yet.

Screenshots

Email4 screens
Reckon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Email at Free against Reckon's $3.99. Email also leads on chart position (#196 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Reckon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 22). On ads 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

Email is free to download; Reckon costs $3.99 up front. Email sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Reckon asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Email versus Reckon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmailReckon
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (79K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings79K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#196 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB1 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperEdison Software Inc.Eren Can Ozkaya

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

Reckon

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

Reckon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Email free?
Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reckon free?
Reckon costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Email or Reckon have ads?
Neither Email nor Reckon shows ads.

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