TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange vs Mail Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange
Manage all your email accounts from a single, customizable app. Enjoy instant smart push notifications, a unified inbox, and intelligent features like email clusters for simplified organization. Protect your inbox with Touch ID and passcode security.
- Unified inbox for all email accounts
- Instant smart push notifications
- Email clusters for organization
- Customizable notification sounds
- Touch ID & Passcode protection
- Rich-text signatures
- Quick email filters
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TypeApp is a free, secure email app providing a top-notch email experience while managing all your email accounts from one completely customizable mail app. With instant smart push notifications, packaged in an intuitive & easy-to-use design, TypeApp is the perfect replacement for your stock email client. Unified Inbox All Your Mail Accounts in One Email App TypeApp supports IMAP, POP3, and Exchange protocols, and configures your accounts automatically once you sign in. View & sync all your email accounts from one Unified Inbox, while enjoying lightning fast true push email. Simplifying Email with Clusters Automatically combine related emails into a single expanding stack using TypeApp's smart Clusters, and set different notification sounds for specific services. With Clusters, you can manage every email from a specific sender, and multi-edit makes moving, deleting, or marking an entire cluster as spam simple. Smart & Powerful ● Push notification service for most email providers ● Add any number of accounts and sync multiple mailboxes from all your providers in one unified interface ● Smart Mobile Notifications – Do Not Disturb mode (Quiet Hours), take action directly from a notification, and customize it just the way you like ● Touch ID & Passcode so your email is always protected ● Signature – customize your signature using rich-text elements such as italic and bold ● Days to Sync – Saves memory for offline use ● Smart Dynamic Conversations – Makes email a breeze Visually Appealing ● Color Coding – Each account receives a distinct color so you can instantly know which of your accounts received an email in the Unified Inbox view ● Sender's Avatar – Your contacts' photos help you recognize senders at a glance ● Service Logos – Easily spot popular services and decide what action to take ● Quick Filters – Easily filter emails by unread/flagged
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange at none against Mail Notes's 3. TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (915 vs 106). Mail Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 58%). On price, rating, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Mail Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange against 4.3 for Mail Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange has 915 ratings behind it against 106, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange's written reviews are positive against 75% of Mail Notes's.
TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange ships an update fortnightly, Mail Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange | Mail Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (915 ratings) | 4.3 (106 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 915 — better | 106 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Type App Inc | Tech Positive |
Customer experience
TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange
Mail Notes
Bugs and requests
TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to add certain email accounts
- Blank screen on launch after updates
- Reply functionality not working properly
- Unread email count not updating correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Add calendar integration
- Improve email signature customization
- Implement better spam/junk filtering
- Allow permanent email deletion
- Add option to set app as default email client
Mail Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TypeApp Email, Mail & Exchange
No in-app purchases
Mail Notes
- All Access$2.991 Month
- All Access$29.991 Year
- Unlock Pro Version$69.99
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