BlueMail vs FairEmail

BlueMail

• People who want the same email app on phone, Mac, Windows and Linux
• Individuals looking for a free client with unlimited accounts
• Keeping newsletters and receipts apart from personal mail

FairEmail

• Android users who want an open source email client with no ads or tracking
• People with several accounts at different IMAP or POP3 providers
• Paying once for advanced features instead of subscribing

BlueMail

• GemAI, email backup on desktop and priority support need the paid Plus plan; S/MIME, SSO and MDM support are listed only on Enterprise.
• No web version is listed: BlueMail runs as apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux.
• The pricing page shows yearly prices as a rounded monthly figure ($3 and $8) and switches currency by country; the figures here come from its US price table.
• The US App Store lists BlueMail+ in-app purchases at $6.99 and $49.99 with no billing period shown; the website prices Plus at $4.99 a month or $35.99 a year.

FairEmail

• Supported on Android phones, tablets and ChromeOS only. There is no iOS, desktop or web version.
• Microsoft Exchange Web Services and ActiveSync are not supported; accounts connect over IMAP, POP3 and SMTP.
• The F-Droid build cannot reuse a Play Store purchase and does not support OAuth sign-in, so the Gmail quick setup is missing there.
• It is an email client only: the Play listing says it is not a calendar, contact, task or note manager.

BlueMail

Unified Inbox

Mail from every account and provider appears in one combined view. Every plan, including the free one, allows unlimited email accounts.

Clusters

Automatically groups newsletters, transactions, shopping, social and personal mail, so everything in a group can be archived, moved or flagged at once.

GemAI

Generative AI that summarizes threads, drafts replies, rewrites text for tone or length and translates across 90+ languages. It is included from the Plus plan.

Active Screener

Holds mail from new senders in a review queue, where each sender can be allowed, blocked or sent to spam before reaching the inbox.

Integrated calendar

A calendar inside the mail app that syncs with Google, Apple and Outlook calendars and can propose meeting times directly from a thread.

PGP encryption

Encrypt, sign and verify messages with PGP keys that you bring or generate inside the app. S/MIME support is listed on the Enterprise plan only.

FairEmail

Unified inbox for unlimited accounts

Any number of accounts and email addresses can be added, with a unified inbox, conversation threading, two-way synchronization and push through IMAP IDLE.

Offline storage and operations

Messages are stored on the device, and actions taken while offline are synchronized later. The developer states that no data is stored on third-party servers.

Tracking and phishing protections

The app asks before showing images or opening links, tries to recognize and disable tracking images, reformats messages and warns when a message could not be authenticated.

OpenPGP and S/MIME encryption

Optional end-to-end encryption uses PGP, through the separate OpenKeychain or PGPony app, or S/MIME. Signing and encrypting with S/MIME is one of the pro features.

Snooze, send later and filter rules

The pro purchase adds snoozing, sending after a chosen time, reply templates, filter rules, automatic message classification, search indexing and a message list widget.

Optional translation and AI services

DeepL translation, LanguageTool grammar and style checks, and OpenAI or Gemini can be turned on in the integration settings. DeepL, OpenAI and Gemini each need your own API key.

BlueMail

• Personal$0

  For individuals: unlimited email accounts, unified inbox, Clusters, MagicSync, PGP encryption, light and dark themes, and community support.

• Plus$35.99

  per year (shown as $3 per month), or $4.99 billed monthly

  Everything in Personal, plus unlimited GemAI, an email verified badge, premium themes, email backup on desktop and priority support.

• Team$99

  per user / year (shown as $8 per month), or $12 billed monthly

  Everything in Plus, plus a domain verified badge, subscription and billing control, custom domain mailboxes and service configuration.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds identity provider integration (SSO), MDM support, S/MIME, adaptive multi-factor authentication, advanced governance and 24/7 priority support.

FairEmail

• Free$0

  Unlimited accounts and email addresses, unified inbox, conversation threading, offline storage and the privacy features. No advertisements.

• Pro features (Google Play)$7.49

  one-time in-app purchase (US Google Play)

  All current and future pro features, including snooze, send later, reply templates, filter rules, S/MIME signing and biometric lock. No subscription.

• Pro features (GitHub version)€7 or more

  one-time donation

  For copies installed outside the Play Store. €7 or more activates pro features on every Android device you own; a smaller donation activates them once.

BlueMail

• Annual discount

  Lower price with yearly billing

  In the US price table Plus is $35.99 a year against $4.99 a month (about 40% less) and Team is $99 per user a year against $12 a month (about 31% less). The page's toggle advertises a 20% saving.

• Other savings

  Volume pricing for Team plans over 100 seats

  The pricing FAQ says Team plans with more than 100 seats receive automatic volume pricing, and Enterprise is quoted individually by sales.

FairEmail

No public discounts listed.