Cleanfox vs Leave Me Alone (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Cleanfox if

• Fits if your inbox is full of newsletters you never read
• Works for people who accept the data trade for a free cleaner

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you don't want your emails scanned, as the site says it sells statistics compiled from them
• Watch out: signing up joins NielsenIQ's online consumer panel, according to the site
• Skip it if you want an email client, as it cleans subscriptions only
• Watch out: the site says it can't connect to some providers

Pick Leave Me Alone if

• Fits if years of sign-ups have filled several inboxes with lists you never read
• Works for people who want the newsletters they keep delivered together as one digest, on the $16 plan

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if your email is Proton Mail, because those accounts can't be connected
• Tight if you're on Casual Emailer and wanted Rollups or the Spam Blocker, which it leaves out
• Not for you if you want it free, as only the first 10 unsubscribes are
• Watch out: custom shielded addresses are limited to 3 for now
• Tight if you have more than 4 accounts on Casual Emailer, or more than 2 on the $19 Seven Day Pass

Cleanfox

• Cleanfox is paid for by data: the site says it sells statistics compiled from the transactional emails and newsletters it scans.
• Signing up joins NielsenIQ's online consumer panel, according to the site.
• It cleans subscriptions only; it is not an email client and does not replace one.
• The site says it is unable to connect to some providers.

Leave Me Alone

• Casual Emailer covers 4 email accounts and leaves out the Spam Blocker, do-not-disturb mode, priority senders and Rollups; those need Inbox Zero Hero.
• Only 10 unsubscribes are free; the help center says it is a paid service after that.
• Proton Mail accounts cannot be connected.
• It is not an email client: it works on your existing mailbox through a web app, and held or blocked mail stays in folders there.

Cleanfox

Newsletter detection

After you connect a mailbox, Cleanfox lists the newsletters it finds so that each one can be reviewed in turn.

Delete or keep, per sender

For each newsletter you can delete future emails automatically, delete emails already received, or keep it.

Deleted mail goes to the bin

Removed emails move to the inbox bin and are emptied automatically after a few days, so a mistake can be restored.

Several providers and apps

It works with Gmail, Outlook and other providers, and there are Android and iOS apps as well as the web version.

Leave Me Alone

Unsubscriber

Lists the subscription emails in connected accounts and unsubscribes for you: it sends an unsubscribe request, follows the link's steps automatically or emails the sender to ask for removal.

Rollups

Senders you choose are moved out of the inbox and delivered together as one digest email, daily or weekly at a time you set. The originals stay in a folder in your mailbox.

Screener

Holds back mail from first-time senders until you allow or block them, and sends a Daily Digest of everything screened in the previous 24 hours.

Spam Blocker

Moves spam, cold sales emails and lists you have already unsubscribed from into a folder, using your custom blocklist and a spam check whose strictness you can set. Nothing is deleted.

Shielded Emails

Private addresses to hand out instead of your own. Mail sent to them is rolled up, forwarded or unsubscribed, and custom addresses are currently limited to 3.

Do Not Disturb and Priority Senders

Schedules hold incoming mail and release it when they end, while Priority Senders always reach the inbox regardless of blocklists, Rollups or schedules.

Cleanfox

• Free$0

  All features at no charge; the service is funded by selling statistical data from scanned emails.

Leave Me Alone

• Casual Emailer$9

  per month, or $90 billed yearly

  4 email accounts, unlimited unsubscribes, Private Emails and the Screener. The Spam Blocker, do-not-disturb mode, priority senders and Rollups are left out.

• Inbox Zero Hero$16

  per month, or $160 billed yearly

  Unlimited email accounts and every feature: Private Emails, Screener, Spam Blocker, do-not-disturb mode, priority senders and Rollups.

• Seven Day Pass$19

  one-time payment for 7 days

  2 email accounts and unlimited unsubscribes for 7 days. It is not a subscription and does not renew when the pass ends.

Cleanfox

No public discounts listed.

Leave Me Alone

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  The pricing toggle labels yearly billing as 2 months free. Casual Emailer is $90 a year against $9 a month, and Inbox Zero Hero is $160 a year against $16 a month.

• Other savings

  First-visit discount on yearly plans

  New visitors get a welcome offer with a 12-hour countdown: 40% off Casual Emailer and 60% off Inbox Zero Hero on yearly billing, which the page's own data puts at $54 and $64 a year.

• By country

  Lower price shown to buyers in India

  On October 9, 2026 the pricing page showed the Seven Day Pass at ₹990 to a reader in India and at $19 read from the United States. Its price list gives Casual Emailer as ₹490 a month there.

• Other savings

  Included with a Setapp subscription

  The help center says a Setapp subscription includes access to Leave Me Alone as standard, and existing accounts can be switched over to Setapp.