K-9 Mail vs SimpleEmail
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
K-9 Mail
K-9 Mail is an open source email client that works with basically every email provider. Features * Supports multiple accounts * Unified Inbox * Privacy-friendly (no tracking whatsoever, only connects to your email provider) * Automatic background synchronization or push notifications * Local and server-side search * OpenPGP email encryption (PGP/MIME) Install the app OpenKeychain: Easy PGP to encrypt/decrypt your emails using OpenPGP. Support If you're having trouble with K-9 Mail, ask for help in our support forum. Want to help? K-9 Mail is a community developed project. If you're interested in helping to improve the app, please join us! You can find our bug tracker, source code, and wiki at https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android. We're always happy to welcome new developers, designers, documenters, translators, bug triagers and friends.
SimpleEmail
A Free Software, minimalistic and privacy friendly email app. Highlights * Easy navigation * No unnecessary settings * No bells and whistles * Privacy friendly * Simple design Why? The focus of SimpleEmail is be a privacy-friendly email app with a good UX/UI and with a community development model. SimpleEmail is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages, it starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss a new email. Features * 100% Free Software * Multiple accounts (inboxes) * Multiple identities (outboxes) * Unified inbox * Conversation view * Two way synchronization * Offline storage and operations * Battery friendly * Low data usage * Folder management * Signatures * Dark theme * Account colors * Search on server * Encryption/decryption * Export settings Secure: * Allow encrypted connections only * Accept valid security certificates only * Authentication required * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed) * No special permissions required * No advertisements * No analytics and no tracking
| Feature | K-9 Mail | SimpleEmail |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | EmailBrowser | EmailBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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