Canary Mail vs Edison Mail

Canary Mail

• One mail app across Mac, iPhone, Windows and Android devices
• People who want PGP-encrypted email without a separate tool
• Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime license to a subscription

Edison Mail

• People with several email accounts who want a free unified inbox
• Clearing out newsletters with one-tap unsubscribe
• Households that want phishing warnings shared across family members

Canary Mail

• It is a mail client, not a provider: it connects to existing accounts and does not create addresses or host mail.
• Apps are listed for macOS, iOS, Windows and Android only. There is no web or Linux version.
• AI Copilot, the calendar and Send Later need Growth, while PGP, SecureSend and phishing protection need Pro+ at $100 per year.
• There is no monthly billing. Paid plans are yearly or lifetime, bought inside the app, and the Free plan is limited to 2 devices.

Edison Mail

• The free app is funded by Edison's research business, which collects anonymized data from commercial emails such as receipts. You can opt out or delete stored data.
• Verify Sender phishing warnings, Validate Contacts and LinkedIn Discovery need Edison Mail+ at $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year.
• Edison's site still mentions a Mac app, but the Mac App Store link from its launch post returned no listing when checked, so Mac is not listed here.
• Assistant features for bills and receipts, entertainment, travel and package alerts are limited to the US, UK, Canada, Australia and India.

Canary Mail

Unified inbox for every account

Reads Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Exchange, Yahoo Mail and other IMAP accounts in one inbox. Unlimited mail accounts are included on the Free plan.

AI Copilot

Drafts replies, suggests subject lines, rewrites messages in a chosen tone and summarizes long threads. It is part of Growth, and Canary says email is not used to train AI models.

Read receipts, snooze and Send Later

Lite read receipts, snooze, pinning and templates are free. Full read receipts and Send Later need Growth. A Chrome extension offers read receipts only.

PGP encryption and SecureSend

Pro+ adds PGP end-to-end encryption and SecureSend, which sends password-protected messages that can be set to expire.

Phishing and impersonation protection

Pro+ alerts you to suspicious links and spoofed senders and adds impersonation detection and misdirection prevention.

Calendar and scheduling

Growth includes a built-in calendar with scheduling tools, so meetings are handled in the same app as mail.

Edison Mail

Unified inbox

Connect an unlimited number of accounts from Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Exchange, AOL and IMAP providers and read them in one inbox.

One-tap unsubscribe and Block Sender

Unsubscribe from a mailing list with one tap, see suggested unsubscribes, and block a sender or a whole domain from reaching the inbox again.

Assistant smart folders

Smart folders show travel, shopping, bills and receipts, events and subscriptions at a glance without moving any messages.

Tracking pixel blocking

Read receipts and tracking pixels are blocked by default, without turning off images in the message.

Focused Inbox, snooze and Undo Send

Focused Inbox separates important email from messages that can wait, custom snooze brings a message back at a time you choose, and Undo Send recalls a message seconds after sending.

Verify Sender

Checks incoming messages for signs of phishing and identity spoofing and shows a warning on suspicious senders. It is part of the paid Edison Mail+ subscription.

Canary Mail

• Free$0

  Unified inbox, unlimited mail accounts, snooze and pin, email templates and lite read receipts, on up to 2 devices.

• Growth$36

  per year (shown as $3 per month; no monthly billing)

  Adds AI Copilot, full read receipts, Send Later, calendar and scheduling, Inbox Cleaner and app integrations, on up to 5 devices.

• Pro+$100

  per year (shown as $10 per month with 2 months free)

  Everything in Growth plus PGP encryption, SecureSend, phishing and ransomware protection, impersonation detection and priority support.

• Growth Lifetime$100

  one-time purchase

  The Growth features for one user on up to 5 devices, paid once with no recurring billing.

• Pro+ Lifetime$300

  one-time purchase

  The Pro+ features for one user on up to 5 devices, paid once with no recurring billing.

Edison Mail

• Edison Mail$0

  Free app with unlimited accounts, unified inbox, one-tap unsubscribe, Block Sender, custom snooze, Undo Send and the Assistant's smart folders.

• Edison Mail+$14.99

  per month, or $99.99 per year

  Adds Verify Sender phishing warnings, Validate Contacts and LinkedIn Discovery, and can be shared with five other people through the Family Plan.

Canary Mail

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime licenses for Growth and Pro+

  Both paid plans can be bought once instead of yearly: $100 for Growth and $300 for Pro+. A lifetime license covers one user on up to 5 devices across all four platforms.

Edison Mail

• Annual discount

  About 44% less with yearly billing

  The App Store listing gives Edison Mail+ as $99.99 a year against $14.99 a month, which works out to about 44% less than twelve monthly payments.

• Other savings

  Family Plan shares Edison Mail+ with five people

  An Edison Mail+ subscriber can share the plan's premium features with five other people at no extra cost, for as long as the subscription stays active.