A comprehensive comparison and evaluation of four domestic and foreign email apps

Nowadays, the trend of mobile office is unstoppable. Most professionals need to handle a lot of emails on mobile devices every day. Having a good email APP has become a must-have for efficient people. This time, the editor selected several classic and easy-to-use APPs from 20 email APPs at home and abroad - MailBox, Mail Master, Zoho Mail, etc., and conducted a comparative evaluation.

Overall, Mailbox scores high, and it is very convenient to manage emails by categories, but there are some small gaps in usage habits between it and Chinese users. The shortcoming of Zoho Mail is that you cannot use emails other than Zoho.com for free, while Mailbox Master is more versatile in all aspects, not only convenient for managing multiple mailboxes, but also very fast in sending and receiving emails. After the following analysis, I believe you will be able to find the one that suits you best.

1. MailBox

Mailbox is a product that most users are very familiar with. It was launched in beta last year and was later acquired by Dropbox at a high price. Mailbox has created a new concept for mobile mailboxes and has many innovative functions.

In the mail list of Mailbox, you can archive, delete, postpone and add mails to the list through gestures. For example, you can put e-commerce promotional mails into the shopping list, just like adding a shopping cart to the mailbox. For users with busy schedules, you can set a reminder, and Mailbox will remind users to deal with the mails when the time comes.

Mailbox is a good mailbox APP with rich functions, suitable for more avant-garde or high-end office workers. However, for ordinary domestic users, it takes time to get used to its operation. In addition, since it is a foreign APP product, the access speed will be a bit slow during use.

Recommendation index: ★★★★

2. Mail Master

Mail Master is a universal mailbox APP recently launched by NetEase. This product not only supports NetEase mailbox, but also supports various universal protocol email services, such as Hotmail, Gmail, Sina, Sohu and other mailboxes.

I had a lot of surprises when I tried this product. For example, when adding an email account, I only need to enter the email account and password, and then Mail Master will automatically log in and configure it. Compared with some other email apps, it saves the trouble of configuring various server parameters.

In addition, Mail Master also supports multi-account management. You can add multiple mailboxes of the user for management at the same time. You can switch at any time by opening the sidebar, which is very convenient. In addition, Mail Master is very fast in sending and receiving emails. The editor set up his own Gmail account in Mail Master, and it can also be fully supported, and sending and receiving emails are very fast.

Although Mail Master only supports simple gesture operations, its product experience is not inferior to the several foreign email products mentioned in this review. It is more in line with the habits of Chinese people and is worthy of being a product created by NetEase, a professional email operator.

Recommendation index: ★★★★★

3. Zoho Mail

Zoho Mail is a mobile email management app produced by Zoho, a well-known online office application service provider. Previously, Zoho has launched a number of apps for mobile office, including Zoho CRM, Zoho Docs, Zoho Projects, etc.

After opening Zoho Mail, you need to log in to your Zoho account first. After logging in, the product interface is very simple and beautiful.

When you enter the inbox page, in addition to the email list, it is easy to find the compose and search functions, and you can easily return to the previous menu. Zoho Mail supports gesture operations, which can move, archive, and delete emails.

From the main interface, we can see that Zoho Mail is not only an email client, but also supports calendar, contacts, files and other functions. Zoho Mail calendar and contacts are very practical, especially for people like me who need to go out and send and receive emails frequently. However, the calendar and contacts cannot be coordinated with the mobile phone, which is a bit disappointing. In addition, I simply tested the search function several times, and found that Zoho Mail's search function only supports server search, and the speed is relatively not ideal.

In general, the operating experience of Zoho Mail is very good, but this APP can only use Zoho.com mailboxes for free. If users add their own mailboxes, they need to pay an additional fee. The highest fee is US$99/year.

Recommendation index: ★★★☆

4.189 Mailbox

189mail is an email app produced by China Telecom's Tianyi brand. In addition to supporting email sending and receiving, it also integrates powerful extended functions such as voice services, file storage, and address book.

189 mailbox supports sending and receiving emails, email search, attachment management, displaying contact avatars, etc. The operations for emails also include star, forwarding, replying, reporting, etc. Interestingly, users can also earn free traffic by participating in activities in 189 mailbox. 189 mailbox integrates Tianyi cloud services and user-involved activities, which shows its ambition for strategic layout.

However, 189 Mail also has many obvious flaws. For example, new emails are not pushed, and even after opening the app, they are not automatically received. Moreover, the threshold for non-189 Mail users is very high, and you must first register a 189 account. The advertising bar at the top of the email list is very distracting, resulting in a poor user experience on the main interface. Many email contents are not adapted for mobile devices, and users need to swipe horizontally on the email viewing interface to view them completely.

Recommendation index: ★★☆