Readdle Brings Free Spark Email App To Android, Promises No Ads or Tracking (venturebeat.com)

Twelve years after its inception, Readdle is finally venturing beyond Apple's ecosystem with the launch today of its Spark email app for Android. This comes on the heels of Google killing its own popular Inbox email app. From a report: Spark's Android app -- like its iOS and macOS incarnations -- includes three key selling points: It is free for individual users, does not serve ads, and offers a host of features aimed at power users. Plus, it supports all major email providers, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple. Spark for Android, like the now defunct Inbox app, sorts emails -- prioritizing more important messages to help you reach "inbox zero." It offers options to snooze an email and to schedule when an email should go out. You can also pin emails so that it is easier to find them later and get reminders to follow up on previous conversations. Advanced search functionality lets you use conversational keywords to find things like that PDF file your boss sent last week. So how exactly does the Ukrainian-headquartered company make money? Readdle offers a paid version of Spark that is aimed at small to medium-sized teams and enterprises.

Comments

MicroG

[emil]

If this works with yalp and MicroG, then I'll try it. A stand-alone download would be nice.

Re:MicroG

[Joce640k]

April fool!

Yes but if its free

[Anonymous Coward]

If it's free, you are probably the prodcut.
go read their privacy policy and after if you're ok with handing over all your email credentials, have at it.
https://sparkmailapp.com/priva...

Email app

[stealth_finger]

Is there one that will just display emails in the order they came in and not try to write my replies for me?

Re:Email app

[Oswald McWeany]

Is there one that will just display emails in the order they came in and not try to write my replies for me?

I see you are trying to ask a question, would you like ClipyMail to completely change your question and e-mail it out to everyone on your contacts list with the nude photo of you and your mistress attached?

K-9 Mail is free and open-source

[zyche]

https://play.google.com/store/...

Nope

[WoodburyMan]

Nope. Nope. Nope. You give it your credentials, and it seems their servers connect to the servers vs your device itself. No thank you, not leaving credentials on a 3rd party server. MS Outlook app for iOS and Android did the same thing.

Re:Nope

[oogoliegoogolie]

I see to remember reading that they only store your credentials or oath token if you enable Sparks services like smart notifications. I just ooked on their site to confirm that but I couldn't find anything in the 90s I spent looking.

Re:Nope

[whoever57]

I see to remember reading that they only store your credentials or oath token if you enable Sparks services like smart notifications.

I think you are wrong:
"OAuth login or mail server credentials: Spark requires your credentials to log into your mail system in order to receive, search, compose and send email messages and other communication. Without such access, our Product wonâ(TM)t be able to provide you with the necessary communication experience. "

I think it means that the app won't work without your password, which is part of "Information we [Readdle] collect"

No X.509 certificate support

[OneHundredAndTen]

If you are OK with people being able to read all your emails then, by all means, use it. The truth is that this is another email client app among the scores of email client apps available under Android - it doesn't really have any distinguishing features that make it more (or less) compelling than any other such apps.