Apple Mail vs Marco

Apple Mail

• iPhone, iPad and Mac owners who want a mail app at no cost
• Reading iCloud, Gmail, Exchange and Yahoo mail in one inbox
• People who want protection from email tracking built in

Marco

• People who want an email client without AI writing features
• Travelers and others who need full access to mail offline
• Apple users with accounts spread across Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and iCloud

Apple Mail

• The app is listed only for Apple devices. Elsewhere, iCloud Mail is reached in a browser at iCloud.com, which Apple describes for iCloud Mail accounts, or in Outlook on Windows.
• iCloud Mail counts against iCloud storage, 5 GB on the free tier. When it runs out, the iCloud address stops receiving new mail until space is freed or bought.
• Hide My Email and Custom Email Domain need iCloud+, and Apple notes that Custom Email Domain is not available in all countries or regions.
• Priority Messages, summaries and Writing Tools depend on Apple Intelligence, which Apple labels a beta and limits to certain languages and regions.

Marco

• There are no Windows or Android apps; the FAQ says both are on the roadmap.
• It has no AI features by design, so there are no drafts, summaries or automatic replies.
• The Pro plan, listing priority support, custom domains, team collaboration and API access, is marked Coming Soon with no price.

Apple Mail

Every account in one inbox

Add iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook and other accounts, then read them in a single inbox or one mailbox at a time, with filters for unread or flagged messages.

Automatic categories

Mail sorts incoming messages into Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions, which keeps receipts and marketing email out of the main list.

Priority Messages and summaries

With Apple Intelligence, urgent messages are shown in a section at the top of the inbox, messages and threads can be summarized, and Smart Reply drafts quick responses.

Send later, snooze and unsend

Schedule a message to send later, snooze one to come back to, or unsend it. On Mac, Mail can also remind you about messages that got no response.

Mail Privacy Protection

Hides your IP address from senders and downloads remote content privately in the background, so senders cannot tell whether or when a message was opened.

Hide My Email and custom domains

With iCloud+, send from unique, random addresses that forward to your real one, and use a domain you own with iCloud Mail, shared with up to five other people.

Marco

One inbox for every account

Connects Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, iCloud Mail and any provider that supports IMAP, with no limit on the number of accounts managed from a single inbox.

Offline-first

Emails are synced to the device, so you can read, search, compose and organize without an internet connection. Changes sync automatically once you reconnect.

No AI writing

Marco does not generate, rewrite, summarize or reply to email with AI. The company presents this as a deliberate choice to keep email a conversation between people.

Privacy

No ads, tracking or scanning of email for advertising. The site says data is encrypted at rest and in transit and that the company has no access to email content.

Native Apple apps and a web version

Native apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad with keyboard shortcuts, plus a web version for any modern browser, with sync across devices.

Search, labels and filters

Smart search, custom labels and filters, and views that narrow the inbox by account, label or sender.

Apple Mail

• Mail$0

  The Mail app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision, plus iCloud Mail within the 5 GB of free iCloud storage.

• iCloud+ 50 GB$0.99

  per month

  50 GB of iCloud storage, which iCloud Mail counts against, plus Hide My Email and Custom Email Domain.

• iCloud+ 200 GB$2.99

  per month

  200 GB of iCloud storage with the same Hide My Email and Custom Email Domain features.

• iCloud+ 2 TB$9.99

  per month

  2 TB of iCloud storage with the same mail features. Apple also sells 6 TB at $29.99 and 12 TB at $59.99 per month.

Marco

• Marco$0

  Free forever: unlimited email accounts, offline access, cross-platform sync, smart search, and custom labels and filters. No payment method needed.