4 of the best alternatives to mail for ios

When we release an iPhone or iPad, it already comes to us with the native Mail application pre-installed, however, this does not prevent email applications from being the most popular in the App Store. And, as much as it is native, the apple app lacks some functions and features that many users demand and need. So today I show you a selection that Juli Clover has made for MacRumors with some of the best email applications for iOS, among which is my favorite.

Spike

Spike is a free email application that transforms our messages into a conversation. Whenever the email has more than one message, Spike will organize the inbox as if it were a WhatsApp, Telegram or other chat app. To do this, Spike removes email headers, signatures, so that the experience is as similar as possible to a chat.

At the same time, it prioritizes emails sent by people by archiving newsletters and other automated emails in other folders.

Other features include a unified inbox, email grouping options, quick responses, a unified calendar, and repeat.

Polymail

Like Spike, Polymail is also free, but it's a more traditional email app. It offers a clean and elegant interface, with a comment function and it even has a desktop version.

Among the most outstanding functions and features of Polymail for iOS are quick labels, a function to read later and it even informs you that the message you have sent has been received and read. It also offers an option to share calendar events on the compose screen itself, cancel one-click newsletter subscriptions, schedule emails, attachments and more.

AirMail

With a price of € 5.49, AirMail is a minimalist email app, with a unified view of all inboxes that allows you to manage your emails faster. And with a simple swipe left gesture, you access a series of functions such as to-do lists, waiting emails, attachments, which allows you to find specific content in an agile way.

As for the own mail function, it has the classic options to reply, delete and archive while viewing a message, but it also offers a whole series of options such as reminders or templates, among others.

Spark

And we finished with the email app that I have been using myself for a couple of years and that, without a doubt, is my favorite email manager for iOS. It's about Spark, and I'm sure many of you already know it. It is a totally free application developed by the Readdle team, which has some of the best applications for iOS in terms of productivity.

Its star feature is that it has a smart inbox capable of displaying the most important emails first, leaving newsletters and more for later.

Emails are automatically classified into three sections including Personal, Notifications, and Newsletters. In addition, it has a powerful search engine so you can quickly find any email.

You can also schedule emails, comment and collaborate in work teams, smart notifications and offers integration with third-party services very useful for many users such as Dropbox, 2Do, Google Drive, Evernote, Pocket, Todoist, OneDrive, Reminders, Trello and more.

A simple swipe left gesture lets you “pin” an email or delete it, but if you swipe right, you can mark an email as unread. And also, these options are customizable from the settings, so that you can adapt them to your needs.

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