![]() Mail Pilot basically serves as a front-end to help you manage your email more efficiently. Instead, Mail Pilot just asks that you log in to your emails, and then it will be the mail server itself that handles the rest. If you’re worried about security, you should be aware that Mail Pilot does not download your email messages onto their own servers, which is what Mailbox does. Yes, this is a $15 email app that currently does not even have notifications for new messages, so if you want to make sure you’re on top of your email, you will need to check it very frequently, or rely on Mail (or another app, like Mailbox) for push notifications. The biggest disappointment for this app is the lack of push notifications. You can search by subject, sender, or message body, so you should be able to locate the exact message you need. If you are searching for a specific message, just tap the magnifying glass the screen that you’re in. Lists can be created for use within Mail Pilot to move messages into, which can help you organize the crazy influx of messages you probably get daily. Unified provides users with the Incomplete, Dates & Lists, Set Aside, Completed, and Sent boxes, while individual accounts can be viewed by whatever you have set up for that account, like folders. You can view the unified inboxes or individual accounts. If the message is part of a conversation, you can view all of threads in the app as well, so there’s no need to go back and forth.Īt any time, you can switch views by accessing the slide-out side panel navigational menu. The top will have all of the action buttons that you can apply to that message, and the bottom has a text field where you can start writing a reply, or you can forward the email. When you view individual messages, there’s full support for viewing simple attachments like images and documents to make life easy. I think the tap area to access the menu is a bit small and easy to miss (I kept bringing up the menu for the message below the one I wanted), and I prefer swipe gestures for quickly accessing actions as you do in Mailbox. Personally, I don’t like this menu method of taking actions on individual messages. Tapping anywhere else on the message will open it for you to read. You can also tap on the tab in the corner of each message to reveal a menu with four options: Mark for Later Date, Add Message To List, Set Aside, and Delete. Each message will have a checkbox next to it - if you are done with the message, just tick off the box to mark it as “Complete,” which also moves it to the Completed box. Unlike Mailbox, with intuitive swipe gestures for taking actions, Mail Pilot works a little differently. The app will refresh automatically when you return to it from the background, or you can do the pull-to-refresh gesture. I think this would work better if it was color coded, personally. ![]() While I like how this is done (Mailbox just shows timestamps like the native Mail app), I found it kind of hard to differentiate since the headers look the same (translucent white strip with light gray text). Mail Pilot will also have header sections to show you when messages arrived: New, Today, Yesterday, and so forth. ![]() ![]() This is basically your inbox - all emails that you have not taken action on will show up here. Once you have added all of your emails, you will be on the main screen of Mail Pilot, which is the “Incomplete” view. However, keep in mind that this does not do POP3 email, only IMAP. ![]() You can add as many emails in Mail Pilot as you want, without worrying about whether or not it is supported. I personally only use Gmail and Google Apps emails, but the option for other email providers is available in this app if you don’t use Google. Is this worth the money? Let’s find out.įirst things first - Mail Pilot will work with any IMAP email you have, not just Gmail, which is a limitation in Mailbox. However, rather than implement a reservation system, Mail Pilot is charging up front for the app. Does this concept sound familiar? It should, because Mailbox does the same thing and it only came out two months ago. Mail Pilot ($14.99) by Mindsense LLC turns your email inbox into your to-do list. ![]()
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