eM Client 4+

Oh man, I tried so hard to love this app but it’s just not quite ready for prime time yet. Used desktop version about 10-15(?) years ago, anyway, a long time ago and I used it for years: loved it and nothing even came close to it. Using the desktop version now on Win 11 and I have a few days left on the eval period and I’m just about ready to go back. It’s a bit quirky but once you dig deep into the settings it can be tamed, it just takes a bit of time. This app however is not there yet. It doesn’t update, and I have to rely on Apple Mail badges to see if I have new mail. Then I open this and it constantly asks me to re-enter passwords to random accounts, accounts that it successfully checked an hour ago. Then refresh to see the email I could just as easily read on Mail. Signatures are kinda wonky, it doesn’t ALWAYS pull them off Exchange but it does respect ONE Google account, so go figure. Categories on the other hand it insists on putting back up after I have repeatedly removed them, it just loves to categorize my emails. Well, nagging things like this. I’ll try for a few more days but if I have to look at another mail app to see if I have new messages, why would I want to use this?? I hope it matures into a solid mail client and follow into the footsteps of the desktop app because then it will definitely be worth the switch. Hope and hope some more

Obviously the calendar feature is critical. Right now, accepting a meeting invitation is possible with this emClient but… since there is no calendar feature, the event does not actually get put onto any calendar once accepted. This is a problem - don’t accept invitations from this mail client or you risk losing meetings.

But even more importantly, the app needs to refresh in the background. I should always get a notification if I get an email when I’m not looking at my inbox (as Apple Mail and most other email clients do). And, the app’s badge should show me I have X number of new messages, even before I launch it to read those messages. Why should I have to launch the app in order to see if I actually have any new mail? This puts me into “polling” mode which isn’t productive.

Look forward to upcoming enhancements as the UI is very nice and consistent with the desktop app.

I found the desktop app in 2012. Even back then eM Client was doing things no other mail client was doing, and doing other things better. It's all I've used ever since. There's some early feedback in other reviews about apparent issues with the first release of the iOS app. I'm experiencing some of the same things, but I think it's worth pointing out that they could have turned out an under-baked iOS app any time they wanted. Instead, they waited and gave us something that truly displayed their desire to live up to the desktop experience that made many of us excited to give this app a try. If messages or message notifications are slow to come in right now, you can trust they will prioritize a fix. Just give them sufficient time. In the meantime, go through all the settings. There's a depth of control that is surprising for a mobile mail client, and you just might find something that allows you to fix an issue that appeared to be a bug at first.