Aurore Schoettel October 25, 2021 at 9:405 a.m.

Undisputed leader in electronic messaging, the Gmail application for Android dominates the market thanks to its intuitive interface, its multitude of parameters and its range of free productivity tools.However, the way Google cheerfully collects data from its users arouses serious concerns among some of them.Others appreciate only moderately the changes made during the last updates.Fortunately, the Google Play Store offers plethora of modern and functional applications for personal or professional use.Some even specialize in data protection thanks to end-to-end encryption.From then on, here is a report of the best alternatives to Gmail on Android in 2021.

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Outlook: the best integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem

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Outlook for Android is aimed at users strongly anchored in the Microsoft ecosystem.Useful to manage professional and personal interactions, the application is free, complete and offers good grip.Special mention for its priority reception box, its various add-ons as well as its calendar function.

Outlook for Android is aimed at users strongly anchored in the Microsoft ecosystem.Useful to manage professional and personal interactions, the application is free, complete and offers good grip.Special mention for its priority reception box, its various add-ons as well as its calendar function.

In the struggle between all messaging customers, Microsoft is one of the few companies wide enough to face Google.To this end, the Outlook application for Android releases heavy artillery.

Compatible with Microsoft Exchange accounts, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, gmail and yahoo!Mail, this has a priority reception box which allows you to display the most important emails first, to archive or delete messages with a scanning movement, but also to use smart filters.

One of the greatest advantages of the use of outlook is the quality of its integration with other Microsoft products.The calendar tool, for example, can easily be synchronized with the application, and large files can be shared via OneDrive.Office software like Word, Excel and PowerPoint are also compatible with Outlook.

Teams users can appreciate a transparent connection between their reception box, their calendar and videoconferencing.The application also has a dark mode as well as a myriad of extensions focused on productivity such as Slack, Zoom, Jira, Trello or Dropbox.

Despite all this, Outlook for Android knows its limits.Indeed, some users fall under problems of ergonomics, synchronization or spelling corrector.Despite these few faults, the application remains a solid option for personal use as for professional use ... provided you fully adhere to the Microsoft ecosystem.

Fairemail: safety in the foreground

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Light, free and 100 % open source, to focus on the safety and confidentiality of its users.The application allows you to add an unlimited number of accounts and bring together messages within a unified reception box.Its deliberately minimalist design can be switched to dark mode, and its pro version is rich in functionalities.

Light, free and 100 % open source, to focus on the safety and confidentiality of its users.The application allows you to add an unlimited number of accounts and bring together messages within a unified reception box.Its deliberately minimalist design can be switched to dark mode, and its pro version is rich in functionalities.

Axée sur la sécurité, FairEmail est une application de messagerie open source compatible avec les comptes Gmail, Outlook, Office 365, Yahoo!, AT&T, Mail.Ru and Yandex.Available for free on the Play Store, it allows you to support an unlimited number of accounts and offers a unified reception box.Its operation reminds a little that of Gmail, with its scanning function to the left or to the right to archive or delete a message.

The application also has very interesting confidentiality features.By default, the messages received are formatted in a "secure view" which deletes the scripts, external images and all potential tracking elements.A good way to prevent shipments from whether their messages have been opened or read.Finally, makingmail supports the format of OpenPGP cryptography, does not display advertisements and does not proceed to collecting data.

Fairmail enthusiasts have the possibility of subscribing its professional, optional and proposed version at the single price of 7.49 euros.This includes advanced notification parameters, synchronization programming, biometric authentication and/or with PIN code, S/MIME encryption, a home screen widget for the unified and much more reception boxAgain.

We are seduced by its pragmatic and unadorned interface, the great responsiveness of its developer, its lightness and its many options (especially those relating to security)).However, the management of Microsoft Exchange servers is a little too long.

K-9 Mail: an open source application renowned

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Free and open source, K-9 Mail is a popular application on Android thanks to its approach focused on security and confidentiality.This allows you to manage several messaging accounts via your unified reception box and access relevant features.Its latest update, less complete and ergonomic, is not, however.

Free and open source, K-9 Mail is a popular application on Android thanks to its approach focused on security and confidentiality.This allows you to manage several messaging accounts via your unified reception box and access relevant features.Its latest update, less complete and ergonomic, is not, however.

While most messaging customers redouble their efforts to multiply the features, K-9 Mail owes its popularity to its great simplicity.The application, which supports most IMAP, POP3 and Microsoft Exchange accounts, has a refined interface as well as a unified reception box function for effective multi -count management.

K-9 Mail turns out to be a good choice for users who appreciate its reliable code and its featherweight compatible with the least efficient Android devices.Nevertheless, although this messaging client is both free and open source, his last update is currently under fire.

Indeed, the historic followers criticize him a lower ergonomics, a new interface deemed a little too modern (and similar to what competition does)) and the disappearance of certain features.It is a safe bet that the developer team behind K-9 Mail is working hard to restore their coat of arms.

Edison Mail: the power of artificial intelligence

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Edison Mail allows you to merge several messaging accounts to manage them more effectively.This free application has a virtual assistant to categorize emails automatically and keep an eye on the weather or flight and package tracking.With a dark mode, it also offers a paid version that unlocks reinforced security functions.

Edison Mail allows you to merge several messaging accounts to manage them more effectively.This free application has a virtual assistant to categorize emails automatically and keep an eye on the weather or flight and package tracking.With a dark mode, it also offers a paid version that unlocks reinforced security functions.

Combining simplicity, ergonomics and unique features, Edison Mail is a serious candidate in his category.Not only is this messaging client free, but it also allows you to manage an unlimited number of Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft Outlook, Exchange, Office 365 and IMAP accounts.

Based on artificial intelligence technology, its application for Android even incorporates a virtual assistant.The latter is designed to ensure an optimal organization of the reception box, simplify the search for information/documents and receive alerts in real time for changes in flight status and monitoring of packages.

Edison Mail also has relevant cleaning features.It is thus possible to quickly remove or archive emails from a simple sweeping the finger, but also to unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters, to block certain sender and to easily get rid of spam.The application also allows you to switch to dark mode in order to reduce eye fatigue in low light conditions.

For users anxious to protect themselves from attempts at phishing and scam, Edison Mail+ has a powerful anti-spam filter with identity verification.Billed at a rate of 14.99 euros per month (or 99.99 euros per year)), this subscription ensures a rigorous update of contacts and can even be shared with 5 members of the same family.

Edison Mail seduces thanks to its intuitive interface and its original features, but we are somewhat cooled by its rather expensive professional subscription and its data collection policy.

Blue Mail: A reference for professionals

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Very good productivity tool, Blue Mail has an integrated calendar, smart filters as well as many email management features.The application requires a certain time of adaptation, but it offers excellent user experience.It also includes pro functions via its paid version.

Very good productivity tool, Blue Mail has an integrated calendar, smart filters as well as many email management features.The application requires a certain time of adaptation, but it offers excellent user experience.It also includes pro functions via its paid version.

Blue Mail is a free and universal email client who enjoys great popularity on Google Play.He prides himself on taking care of the majority of existing messaging providers, including Gmail, Yahoo!, Office 365, AOL, Google Apps, Hotmail, Outlook, Icloud, Laposte, Orange, SFR, Free.FR, Bbox, GMX and Microsoft Exchange via IMAP.

Its interface is pleasant and can be personalized at will.Each user can change the color of the theme, opt for dark mode, adjust the text size and change the date/hour format.

The application also draws out of the game thanks to its range of features.With a calendar, it allows you to add an unlimited number of accounts and manage them within a unified reception box.Blue Mail also plays the productivity card with its notification option (very useful for those who wish to restrict alerts in the evening and weekends)) and its sweeping function.

The latter is particularly well thought out, because it is complete and easy to use.A gesture of sweeping the finger to the right is enough to mark a message as not read, to archive it or to delete it.A scan to the right allows you to block a sender or put a recall on messages that require a later response (the same day, the following week, or even on a specific date)).

Functional and secure, Blue Mail is a solid option.Its paid version, available from 4.49 euros per month, unlocks more features for professionals.

Aqua Mail: Personalization options in Gogo

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Aqua Mail offers a modern and ergonomic design.This application has powerful features and is compatible with the main electronic messaging providers.Customizable and secure, it also offers a premium version to eliminate advertising and promotional signature inserted by default in outgoing messages.

Aqua Mail offers a modern and ergonomic design.This application has powerful features and is compatible with the main electronic messaging providers.Customizable and secure, it also offers a premium version to eliminate advertising and promotional signature inserted by default in outgoing messages.

Aqua Mail presents itself as a universal messaging application that works with all popular suppliers such as Gmail, Yahoo!, Apple and AOL.It also supports Exchange and Microsoft 365.

With a neat interface, it includes an enriched text editor to facilitate the writing of professional emails and scanning functions to perform all current functions (delete, archive, etc..)) a simple gesture of the finger.

In addition, Aqua Mail allows you to add a cloud storage solution like OneDrive, Box, Dropbox or Google Drive to save emails and files. Cerise sur le gâteau, elle est aussi compatible avec des applications tierces telles que Cloud Print et Enhanced SMS & Caller ID.

The application also offers a tailor -made experience with nearly 300 personalization settings.It is thus possible to add a widget on the home screen to display the number of messages and create signatures specific to each email account.Owners of a Wear OS connected watch are also able to receive significant email notifications via the application.

Aqua Mail is a reliable application.Nevertheless, its free version contains advertisements and includes a promotional signature in outgoing messages.It is also not possible to use it to manage several accounts with an imposed limit on Exchange servers.Up to the premium version removes these limitations, but its rate of 5.99 euros per month (or 29.99 euros/year)) can discourage more than one.

Nine Email & Calendar : compatibilité optimale avec Exchange

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Nine Email & Calendar s'appuie sur la technologie Direct Push pour se synchroniser avec Microsoft Exchange Server via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.The application connects directly to the user's messaging server rather than storing data on a Cloud or Third Party Server.Paid, it is particularly recommended for companies.

Nine Email & Calendar s'appuie sur la technologie Direct Push pour se synchroniser avec Microsoft Exchange Server via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.The application connects directly to the user's messaging server rather than storing data on a Cloud or Third Party Server.Paid, it is particularly recommended for companies.

Nine is Android messaging customer not quite like the others.Indeed, the application does not use cloud and connects only to email servers.This means that passwords and user emails are saved on the phone and that no data is transferred to Nine servers.

Particularly suitable for professional users, this application is specially designed to synchronize with the Microsoft Exchange Server via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.It supports Exchange servers, Office 365, Hotmail, Outlook.com, gmail (g suite)), iCloud, IMAP, IBM Notes Traveler, Groupwise and Kerio.

The Nine client thus brings together emails, tasks, notes, contacts and calendar in the same place, but only the accounts compatible with Activeync are able to use these tools.Consequently, the application immediately becomes much more interesting for these users.

Nine also shines with its extensive functionality (contact management, S/MIME cryptography, notifications, synchronization of tasks and calendar, widgets, etc..)) and its rather modern and ergonomic interface.

We particularly appreciate the level of security of this application and the fact that it can connect remotely to corporate messaging servers, but we sulk its fairly high price (14.99 euros)) and its rather delicious use ofInternal storage space.

Canary Mail: Functionality and security

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Canary Mail is committed to securing the emails of its users, in particular thanks to the PGP encryption technology.The paid application allows you to manage several messaging accounts in a single reception box.It is full of features such as intelligent notifications, dark mode or undressing in one click.

Canary Mail is committed to securing the emails of its users, in particular thanks to the PGP encryption technology.The paid application allows you to manage several messaging accounts in a single reception box.It is full of features such as intelligent notifications, dark mode or undressing in one click.

Compatible with Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook, iCloud, Aol, Hotmail, MSN, Exchange, Microsoft, Protonmail, Mail, Mail, Mail.RU and IMAP, Canary Mail is a paid application that emphasizes security.The reception box manager offers end -to -end encryption to ensure the confidentiality of emails and even allows users to use their own PGP keys.

This climate of confidence is reinforced by relevant features which guarantee good productivity.Canary Mail has a priority reception box to highlight the most important messages and offers an intelligent search tool to easily find recent or older emails.

Users can also choose dark mode, save email models to use them, select messages by lot and perform different actions with one click (move, pin, mark as read, add to the task list, etc.)).To go further, it is even possible to activate notifications and configure them.

Finally, and as with several of its fellows, Canary Mail allows you to block and clean the unwanted emails that clutter the reception box.To not spoil anything, this application which combines confidentiality, organization and efficiency is devoid of advertisements and does not collect personal data.

If the majority of users are won over by the Canary Mail experience, some testify to a few technical bugs and await firm foot the addition of new features to justify its price of 9.99 euros.

Spark Mail: The best choice for teams

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Spark Mail is a nugget for professionals who work in a team.The application has clever features to pin the important emails and highlight them, create models of messages, share a reception box, write emails with several or delegate tasks.Free, it also offers a more complete premium version.

Spark Mail is a nugget for professionals who work in a team.The application has clever features to pin the important emails and highlight them, create models of messages, share a reception box, write emails with several or delegate tasks.Free, it also offers a more complete premium version.

Thought for professionals, Spark is a free application for Android compatible with Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!Mail, iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365 and IMAP/SMTP.In addition, it has intelligent functions to pin important messages and effectively separate them from the newsletters and secondary messages.

E-mail management is also facilitated by its rapid search and seating programming functions, but also recall and follow-up.It is also possible to assign a sound or a notification vibration for each account, to highlight emails that require an answer and to create signatures and models of emails.To spoil nothing, the software also has a dark mode and widgets for the home screen.

Spark is also distinguished thanks to his functions focused on teamwork. L’application permet en effet de partager une boîte de réception avec d’autres utilisateurs, d’écrire des e-mails à plusieurs via son outil d’édition (inspiré de Google Docs et Microsoft 365)), de générer un lien vers un e-mail ou une conversation pour le partager sur Slack, Teams ou Skype et de déléguer certains messages aux membres de l’équipe avec une échéance.

Ultimately, Spark is a powerful tool, very well designed and perfectly suited to professionals.The latter are charmed by its simple and effective interface, but however regret the absence of a calendar.

Free on the Play Store, the application also offers a premium version to increase file storage capacity and unlock more features.To use it, you will have to pay $ 7.99 per month per active user.

Spike Email: chat, calendar and intelligent tools

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Spike Email aims to simplify teamwork and boost productivity.Its toolbox includes an intelligent chat, a priority reception box, a task list, a agenda, a video call tool, a benchway, a calendar, etc..In addition, Spike Email is devoid of advertisements and has several subscription formulas.

Spike Email aims to simplify teamwork and boost productivity.Its toolbox includes an intelligent chat, a priority reception box, a task list, a agenda, a video call tool, a benchway, a calendar, etc..In addition, Spike Email is devoid of advertisements and has several subscription formulas.

Spike Email is an all-in-one email client imagined for professionals.Its Android application is compatible with iCloud, MS Exchange, AOL, Hotmail, Outlook, Yahoo!Mail, Imap, Gmail and even Microsoft 365.It is designed to manage several accounts within a unified reception box.

One of its strengths is undoubtedly its chat tool which allows you to create a discussion group, or even make video calls.Its intelligent priority reception box helps users who receive a large number of emails.It reduces distractions by highlighting important messages and passing newsletters and other unrelevant emails in the background.

Users are also able to manage a list of tasks, program emails, put reminders, share documents and use the integrated calendar.In addition, the application has an agenda, a notebook, a project management tool and a guest thinking with the possibility of synchronizing all the information and sharing it quickly with therest of the team.

Secure, light and without advertisements, Spike impresses thanks to its wide range of features ... even if some still deserve some improvements.It is good to note that the application is free with 4 subscription formulas available, ranging from $ 8 per month for the most basic to 16 dollars per month for the most.These formulas are addressed more to companies and allow more features, storage space, etc..

Newton Mail: a professional alternative at the premium rate

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Newton Mail is a subscription service designed to simplify the organization of mailboxes.It includes interesting features such as reception accused, snooze, sending and synchronization with cloud services.The application, however, suffers from a bad reputation because its price happily surpasses that of its fellows.

Newton Mail is a subscription service designed to simplify the organization of mailboxes.It includes interesting features such as reception accused, snooze, sending and synchronization with cloud services.The application, however, suffers from a bad reputation because its price happily surpasses that of its fellows.

Like other messaging customers, Newton Mail allows you to merge several accounts within a single reception box.Its application developed for Android, compatible with Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo!Mail, iCloud, Google Apps, Microsoft 365 and IMAP, does not lack arguments to stand out from the competition.

Newton Mail permet notamment de faire le tri parmi les e-mails reçus pour placer automatiquement les moins importants (de type newsletters)) dans un dossier séparé, de programmer l’envoi de messages, mais aussi de recevoir des accusés de réceptions.For a better workflow, the application even allows you to share messages via third -party applications like Todoist, Evernote, OneNote, Pocket, Trello, Wunderlist and Instapaper.

Newton Mail also has a minimalist and efficient interface as well as an excellent dark mode.An option that does not look like much, but which relieves eye fatigue in the event of low light.To complete its toolbox, the application includes two -factor authentication, unsubscribe in one click or the creation of models and signatures HTML.We also find snooze and synchronization with cloud services like Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive to store the largest attachments, etc..

If the application presents many advantages, it is however widely criticized for its compulsory subscription formula billed at the very premium rate of 49.99 dollars per year.This is therefore more reserved for companies.

Cleanfox: a gesture for the planet

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Cleanfox is a “green” solution to clean your mailbox and unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters.Completely free, in exchange for some user data collected in passing, the application offers a neat interface and a dashboard to follow its statistics.It even offers an original sponsorship program aimed at planting trees.

Cleanfox is a “green” solution to clean your mailbox and unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters.Completely free, in exchange for some user data collected in passing, the application offers a neat interface and a dashboard to follow its statistics.It even offers an original sponsorship program aimed at planting trees.

Although Cleanfox is not a messaging client properly speaking, it is a very useful and completely free application to clean their mailbox.Its concept is simple: helping users to delete all unwanted newsletters in record time.

Its operation is childish.Just connect to your email account via the application, and it is responsible for automatically detect the newsletters.A few very simple gestures of sweeping the fingertip then allow you to block the reception of messages, place them in the basket or keep them.A few seconds are enough to overcome intruders.

Cleanfox also displays an eco -responsible attitude, because it allows to cope with digital pollution and limit its carbon footprint by releasing storage space. Les études récentes montrent en effet que l'envoi d'e-mails a une empreinte carbone (entre 0,3 et 50 grammes par e-mail)), car ils parcourent souvent des milliers de kilomètres pour rejoindre des data centers très gourmands en énergie.The latter can thus generate greenhouse gases particularly harmful to the planet.

Combining the gesture with speech, the application sponsorship program also undertakes to have trees plant in threatened areas of Africa for any new registered user.With a fun and pleasant interface, Cleanfox includes some technical bugs here and there, but remains a must to download urgently.

In conclusion

The Play Store reserves very good surprises for Android users.The majority of messaging customers, such as Fairemail, K-9 Mail and Canary Mail, focus on security and confidentiality.Others, like Aqua Email, Edison Mail and Bluemail, play the card with a tailor -made experience thanks to intelligent tools that have nothing to envy to Gmail.In parallel there are pro solutions, such as Spark Mail, Spike Mail, Outlook, Nine Mail and Newton Mail, thoughts to boost productivity and offer a better workflow.Finally, any good mailbox deserves occasional cleaning, and this is what the Cleanfox application offers.

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