A look at some of the leading email clients available on the iPhone
While the native iOS email client is enough for most, there are some alternative email clients you can run on your device. Some like Triage should be used along side the email client as it does not have all the features to be able to be a viable replacement. These apps will mostly support IMAP services like Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo Mail, Thexyz and Outlook.com. Only a few also supported Microsoft Exchange and MobileSync connections.
Microsoft Outlook
- Price: free
- Exchange: yes
- Thexyz/IMAP: yes
The new Microsoft Outlook app has brought OWA to the iPhone with a matching layout.
Inboxcube
- Price: free
- Exchange: yes
- Thexyz/IMAP: yes
Seems to put attachments in front view with what seems like quite an innovative email client. Whilst it does not work with Exchange accounts, it does support IMAP accounts without issue.
Boxer
- Price: $4.99
- Exchange: yes
- Thexyz/IMAP: yes
Boxer supports all major email providers including Microsoft Exchange
(ActiveSync), Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook.com/Hotmail, and IMAP.
CloudMagic
- Price: free
- Exchange: yes
- Thexyz/IMAP: yes
CloudMagic will not only support Exchanged hosted accounts, it will also work with most IMAP providers and support multiple accounts. It also has full integration with Salesforce.com, Zendesk, Pocket, Evernote, OneNote, Trello and MailChimp.
Mailbox
- Price: free
- Exchange: no
- Thexyz/IMAP: no
Mailbox made big news when they were purchased by Dropbox in 2013. Lighter on features than some of the others and currently only support Gmail and iCloud.
Triage: Email First Aid
- Price: $2.99
- Exchange: no
- Thexyz/IMAP: yes
Triage is not much of an email client, instead it allows you to quickly sort through emails, deleting the ones you don’t need and bit by bit, allows you to take control of your inbox.
