Comparison

Fastmail vs Zoho Mail Admin

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

Head to head
About

Fastmail

This app offers a privacy-focused email, contacts, and calendar experience with powerful tools for organization and communication. It provides features like offline access, advanced search, and customizable actions to streamline your workflow. Enjoy a secure and ad-free environment designed for efficient personal and professional use.

Highlights
  • Offline email, contacts, and calendar access
  • Powerful search with attachment indexing
  • Inbox decluttering tools (snooze, mute, block spam)
  • Customizable swipe gestures
  • Shared calendars for planning
  • Secure, private, and ad-free experience
Features
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Email, contacts, and calendars made better Fastmail gives you full control of your communication, with speed, privacy, and tools that work the way you do. The New York Times says: ”If you want something easy to use that isn’t tied to one of the big tech giants, Fastmail is a great option.” Do more with email • Stay connected anywhere – Read, draft, and search offline. • Powerful search – Find anything fast, even inside attachments. Plus, use the Search Refinement Toolbar to quickly add, remove, or adjust filters. • Declutter your inbox – Snooze emails, mute threads, block spam, and unsubscribe easily, and set up rules to automate your flow. • Stay organised your way – Use folders or labels to keep things tidy, and categorize messages without opening them. • Work smarter – Schedule or undo send, add private memos, set VIP-only notifications, and resize images in the compose window. • Custom swipes – Quickly archive, delete, or take other actions with up to four swipe gestures. Your preferences stay consistent across devices. • Easy navigation – One-tap access to mail, calendar, contacts, and settings. Customize the toolbar in Display Options, or hide it altogether. • Faster inbox actions – Select messages by tapping avatars, or using a two-finger swipe for faster multi-select. Smarter calendars • Plan together – Share calendars with family or teams. • Sync seamlessly – Works with Google, iCloud, and more. • Always in sync – Updates instantly across devices, with full time-zone support. Connected contacts • Shared or private address books – Keep context from recent conversations and meetings. Why Fastmail? • Privacy first – No ads, no tracking, no selling your data. It’s your data, not ours. • Secure and trusted – Robust encryption of your data both in transit and at rest. Passkeys and 2FA keep your email private and safe. • No lock-in – Over 20 years delivering better email. People stay because it’s better, not because it’s hard to leave. • Real support – 24/7 online help from real people, no chatbots. • Migrate in minutes – Move mail, contacts, and calendars from your old provider in minutes. Better for everyone – Fastmail supports open standards, keeping email private and usable for all.

About

Zoho Mail Admin

Manage your organization's Zoho Mail accounts remotely. This app allows system administrators to add users, reset passwords, manage groups, moderate emails, and adjust storage on the go. It provides a streamlined interface for essential administrative tasks.

Highlights
  • User management (add, reset password, change roles)
  • Group management (add/remove members, change roles)
  • Email moderation (approve/reject)
  • Storage management (add storage add-ons)
  • Lucid dashboard with user/group overview
Features
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Set up, maintain and manage the Zoho Mail accounts of the users in your organisation. The Zoho Mail Admin App is designed with a complete understanding of System Administrators like you. A classic Black and Red design reminiscent of the powerful system shell lets you manage all your admin tasks in just a few swipes. The App greets you with a lucid dashboard, showcasing upfront the total number of users and groups in your Mail account. Dig deeper, and you get to do all these: User Management: Add users, reset passwords and change user roles, all on the go Group Management: Add members to a group, remove members from a group and change roles Mail Moderation: Approve/reject emails that need moderation (for those few emails that are too urgent to wait for you to get to your computer) Storage Management: You can add extra storage for a user using the "storage" add-on Note: The App is intended for Administrators of Zoho Mail Organization. You would require an active Zoho Mail administrator account to use this app. Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions: -https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html -https://www.zoho.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Fastmail4 screens
Zoho Mail Admin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zoho Mail Admin at 4.7 against Fastmail's 3.9. Zoho Mail Admin also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.4). Fastmail's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Fastmail sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.49 per month and Zoho Mail Admin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zoho Mail Admin holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 610 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Fastmail's written reviews are positive against 44% of Zoho Mail Admin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fastmail ships an update every 3 weeks, Zoho Mail Admin every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fastmail versus Zoho Mail Admin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastmailZoho Mail Admin
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (610 ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews — better44.3% of reviews
Number of ratings6101.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFastmail Pty LtdZoho Corporation

Customer experience

Fastmail

All ratings606 ratings
Positive67.8%
Neutral9.7%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews453 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral19.4%
Negative32.0%

Zoho Mail Admin

All ratings1,059 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive44.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative50.6%

User reviews

Fastmail

From 610 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🔥 Excellent email service
  • 💯 Great customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
  • 🔍 Lacking offline support
  • 🔀 Confusing navigation and UI
  • 🔋 Poor battery life
  • 💤 Slow app performance

Zoho Mail Admin

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Smooth and efficient
  • 🚀 Excellent value for money
  • 🔒 Great security features
  • 💡 Versatile and feature-rich

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • ⚠️ Lack of customer support
  • 🔒 Restricted free account features
  • 💻 Limited mobile functionality

Bugs and requests

Fastmail

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Blank screen on app launch
  • Notification badges not updating correctly
  • Delayed email delivery
  • Unreliable swiping gestures
  • Disappearing toolbar buttons

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline email access
  • Customizable notification sounds
  • Integration with native iOS apps
  • Dark mode support
  • Multiple account management

Zoho Mail Admin

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Crashing on launch
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved email management tools
  • Better mobile app integration

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fastmail

Subscriptions1
  • Fastmail Monthly Plan$6.491 Month
4 purchases

Zoho Mail Admin

Subscriptions4
  • Mail Lite 1GB - M - Yearly$11.991 Year
  • MailPremium 1GB - M - Yearly$47.991 Year
  • MailLite-M - Yearly$60.001 Year
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  • MailPremium-M - Yearly$244.991 Year

Questions

Is Fastmail free?
Fastmail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zoho Mail Admin free?
Zoho Mail Admin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fastmail or Zoho Mail Admin?
Zoho Mail Admin is rated higher. Fastmail averages 3.9 out of 5 from 610 ratings, while Zoho Mail Admin averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Fastmail or Zoho Mail Admin have ads?
Neither Fastmail nor Zoho Mail Admin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fastmail or Zoho Mail Admin?
Fastmail ships an update every 3 weeks, and Zoho Mail Admin every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fastmail was updated on November 11, 2026 and Zoho Mail Admin on November 11, 2026.

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