Edison Mail vs FairEmail
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Edison Mail
Free multi-account email app with one-tap unsubscribe
FairEmail
Open source, privacy-oriented email client for Android
Where they differ
- Edison Mail starts at $14.99 per month, or $99.99 per year (Edison Mail+). FairEmail starts at $7.49 one-time (pro features, US Google Play in-app purchase).
- Only Edison Mail lists iOS and Windows apps.
- FairEmail is open source and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- FairEmail can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Edison Mail also covers inbox filtering.
At a glance
| Edison Mail | FairEmail | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $14.99 per month, or $99.99 per year (Edison Mail+) | $7.49 one-time (pro features, US Google Play in-app purchase) |
| Free plan | The app is free with unlimited email accounts, a unified inbox, one-tap unsubscribe, Block Sender, snooze, Focused Inbox and tracking-pixel blocking. Edison Mail+ security features cost extra. | The app is free without ads: unlimited accounts and addresses, unified inbox, threading, offline storage and OpenPGP. Pro features such as snooze, send later and filter rules are paid. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Edison Software (YipitData) | FairCode B.V. |
| Price read from | apps.apple.com | play.google.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
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
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
Worth knowing
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.
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.
Key features
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.
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.
Plans
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.
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.
Ways to pay less
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.
FairEmail
No public discounts listed.
