Alternatives to Airmail

A customisable email client for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Airmail.

  • Apple Mail

    The email app built into macOS, iOS and iPadOS for reading mail from several providers.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOS

    Apple Mail is free and preinstalled on Mac, iPhone and iPad, supports iCloud and other providers, and works with iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses.

  • Spark Mail

    Smart email client that auto-sorts inboxes and drafts AI-powered replies.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Spark Mail adds Windows and Android apps alongside Apple platforms, with automatic inbox categorisation and AI-drafted replies, though AI and team features need a paid plan.

  • Microsoft Outlook

    Microsoft's email, calendar and contacts app for desktop, mobile and the web.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

    Microsoft Outlook runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and the web, bundling calendar and contacts, and integrates closely with Microsoft 365 services.

  • Edison Mail

    A multi-account email app that combines all your inboxes into one place, without ads.

    FreeProprietarymacOSAndroidiOS

    Edison Mail runs on Mac, iPhone and Android with a free, ad-free unified inbox, but has no Windows or Linux version and stays closed source.

  • Canary Mail

    Encrypted email client with AI features across desktop and mobile.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Canary Mail is a paid client covering Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, adding built-in encryption and AI triage that relies on cloud processing.

  • MailMate

    A keyboard-driven IMAP email client for macOS with Markdown composition and advanced search.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOS

    MailMate is a keyboard-driven macOS-only IMAP client with Markdown composition and OpenPGP and S/MIME support, but has no iPhone app and its 2.0 version is in beta.

  • Thunderbird

    Mozilla’s desktop mail client, with calendar, contacts and a unified inbox, funded by donations rather than ads.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Thunderbird is free and open source under MPL-2.0 for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, with calendar and OpenPGP, but has no iOS app.

  • Mimestream

    A native macOS email client built specifically for Gmail using the Gmail API.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Mimestream is a paid native macOS client built on the Gmail API, so it only works with Gmail accounts and has no iPhone version.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.