The BEST Mail App for the iPhone and iPad

There are a handful of apps I really love for their productivity and ease of use. Spark by Readdle is one of them. I understand that Apples Mail App works for the general population at large, but if you need a mail app with more options to assist with your workflow and productivity, Spark is the answer.

Connect to and save or send attachments using the following services: Dropbox, Box, Readability, Evernote, Instapaper, Google Drive, OneDrive, Pocket and OneNote.

The Spark app handles multiple email accounts and can be set up to sync those accounts among your devices. Like Apples Mail app, you can view all your emails in one "inbox" or you can view each accounts inbox independent from each other. However, Spark also sports what is called a "Smart inbox" which is a unified inbox which knows the difference between personal email, a notification or a newsletter. This allows you to see your incoming email on cards; new, notifications, newsletters and pins (or flagged).

Choices while reading an email include pinning the email and/or scheduling the task for another day (the snooze option). There are also quick replies, such as "like", "thanks," or an emoji smile among others plus you can also edit the list to include your own. Add the calendar widget to see event invitations and respond and save them to your phones calendar. Other options include print (if you have an air printer), save, move, archive, delete, view details, mark as spam, as well as save to PDF and share on social media, send to notes or other applications which you may have on your iPhone.

Notifications can be set up to swipe left to archive, delete or mark your emails as read.

Setup signatures for use by each individual email account in settings and then swipe between signatures to choose the right one for your email. I personally love this option since I have several email accounts, including personal and business. Spark will automatically detect and add your most used signatures to your list.

Smart search uses natural language which makes it easier to sort through emails in all of your mailboxes. If you type "emails with attachments" you can view emails sent to you with attachments during the month. ("Attachments" is also an option in the menu list.) You can save searches by hitting the star icon in the header. You will note a recent and saved option in the quick bar. How many times have you had to enter the same search information for a client, vendor or airlines? Now you can save those searches and save time.

You use the calendar widget to view and respond to invitations and save them to your phone or iPad calendar with just a tap.

If you have just sent an email and forgot to send the attachment, you have five seconds to undo the send action. If you are working on an email and you need to attend to another task, you can choose to save the email and come back to it later.

There is also a Spark mail app for the Apple Watch. In my opinion, it is the best out there. It allows you to view your mail boxes, including pinned, archived and sent. You can easily view, delete, snooze, pin or reply to emails without using your iPhone or iPad. This particular app is anything but sparse.

There are many other personalizations which can be set up in Spark, but too many to note here.

The latest update includes being able to use the Mail app in either vertical or horizontal format. This was a request by many Spark users and apparently Readdle listens to their users.

I am waiting to hear that Readdle is working on a Spark mail app for the Mac. That would make my email world perfect, indeed!

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