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Seven Best Email Clients for iOS

Mailbox died there. But nothing. There are alternatives.

In this collection we have collected best email clients.

Mail client myMail can rightfully be called one of the most functional and productive for the iOS platform. myMail can not only become a worthy alternative to the standard Mail application, but also turn working with letters from routine work into an exciting activity. The application allows you to work with several email accounts at once, distribute letters into categories and folders, and use custom filters to get rid of unwanted messages.

    Features of the myMail application:

    • support for any IMAP mail service;
    • user-friendly interface;
    • quick deletion of letters;
    • speed of work;
    • Avatar support has been implemented.

Verdict: If you need a functional replacement for standard Mail, get started with myMail.

If your mailbox is hosted within the service Gmail, the functionality of the standard client of the same name is enough for the eyes. The Gmail client is ready to work with multiple accounts (within Google mail up to 5 accounts), but organizing the work of such a “multibox” is somewhat inconvenient. To check your mail, you will need to constantly switch accounts from the application menu. Google has reduced the number of settings to a minimum. Among the interesting features of the Gmail client, we should note the built-in Autoresponder: by selecting its validity period, you can set a letter template that will be sent to all recipients automatically.

    Gmail App Features:

    • work exclusively with mailboxes in the Gmail.com zone;
    • minimum required functionality;
    • presence of an answering machine;
    • Slowness on mobile internet.

Verdict: A good solution with a minimum of settings, but exclusively for owners of email accounts in the Gmail service.

Good artists draw, and brilliant ones borrow good ideas, refracting them into their creativity. Reflect on the genius of the holding Mail.Ru We won’t, but the mobile email client developed by the company really deserves praise. However, the secret of success turned out to be very simple - the functionality of the Mail.Ru client repeats the foreign analogue of myMail. But since My.com still belongs to Mail.Ru, no one forbids borrowing from itself. The same support for multiple mailboxes, a similar principle of organizing and working with letters. As an addition, in the Mail.Ru client menu you will find a list of applications that are distributed as part of the holding’s PR campaign ( My World, Agent, News and More). You can disable it from the settings menu.

    Features of the Mail.Ru application:

    • convenient organization of letters;
    • working with multiple mailboxes;
    • fast delivery of letters for any type of connection;
    • schedule for delivery of letters.

Verdict: The Mail.Ru client is the same as myMail, but with a Russian PR soul.

Russian search giant Yandex adheres to the policy of Google's foreign counterpart: in the client Yandex Mail you can use several mailboxes and manage letters, but provided that they belong to the Yandex domain. The application itself is practically devoid of any settings and the most that the user can do is configure the sorting of letters by topic and change the signature.

    Features of the Yandex.Mail application:

    • lack of settings;
    • good design;
    • nothing extra – just a client.

Verdict: Simple and tasteful, but only for your own people.

Mobile email client CloudMagic designed in a minimalist style, which, along with convenience and displaying the maximum amount of information on the screen, can become a real problem for people with poor vision (font size is about 5-6 pt). However, you can get full access to the interface settings by using a paid subscription of 2690 rubles per year. To set up mail with all Russian-language mail services, you will have to remember the IMAP and SMTP settings.

    Features of the CloudMail application:

    • laconic design;
    • working with multiple mailboxes;
    • economical consumption of mobile traffic.

Verdict: CloudMagic is ideal for people tired of bright and colorful email clients. An ascetic but functional application.

Client Boxer can be called a full-fledged competitor of myMail: it organizes work with swipes, provides instant addition of letters to the task list, sorting, and management of attachments. When setting up, Boxer requires a minimum of steps: enter your email address, enter your password and display name. The client will pick up the protocol values ​​on its own. You will have to pay for the ability to work with multiple accounts. 279 rubles.

    Boxer App Features:

    • working with letters using swipes;
    • support for any protocols of mail services;
    • advanced sorting settings;
    • support for multiple accounts (Pro version).

Verdict: Multifunctional client that supports any email services. If you are interested in working with several mailboxes, you will have to purchase the paid Pro version.

LightMail– an ideal solution both in terms of minimalistic design and functionality. Displaying letters in dialogue mode (in this case, the entire history of messages is tied to one recipient), the ability to add audio recordings (voice recorder), work with multiple accounts and simple setup (login and password). LightMail is truly capable of ridding your email correspondence of unnecessary fluff.

    Features of the LightMail application:

    • dialogue mode;
    • sleek and simple design;
    • managing all attachments from one list;
    • integration with cloud services (Dropbox, Box).

Verdict: Minimum colors – maximum possibilities. One of the most functional clients for the iOS platform.