Leave Me Alone vs Mailbrew (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Leave Me Alone grades higher than Mailbrew: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 9, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Leave Me Alone grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Leave Me Alone
Unsubscribe from mailing lists and screen unwanted senders
Mailbrew
Daily email digest of feeds, newsletters and saved links
Which one is for you
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
Pick Mailbrew if
- Fits if you'd like one email with your feeds and newsletters instead of ten
- Works for people who save links and want them back in a digest
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: one digest, 26 sources and ads
- Skip it if you want a mailbox, as it doesn't host addresses
- Skip it if you want phone or desktop apps, as none are listed
- Watch out: the pricing page we read does not show a monthly-billed price
How we grade them
| 2.2GPALeave Me AloneFair | 2.0GPAMailbrewFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCasual Emailer is $9 a month, or $90 yearly, which is the ordinary middle for this category, and it covers 4 accounts and unlimited unsubscribes. Rollups, the Spam Blocker, do-not-disturb and priority senders all need Inbox Zero Hero at $16. A one-off clear-out is $19 for a Seven Day Pass. | CPro is $4.92 a month, billed yearly, between the cheaper quarter and the middle of what email tools charge. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. You get 10 unsubscribes free with no credit card, enough to see how it works. After that it's a paid service, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on purchases. | COne digest, 26 sources and ads. You will want a second digest quickly. |
| Features | CIt does its one job: unsubscribing for you, even emailing a sender to ask for removal, with Rollups digesting what you keep, a Screener for first-time senders, a Spam Blocker and shielded addresses. That's a narrow slice of email, and it says itself it isn't a mail client. | CDigests by email or browser, RSS to email, a newsletter reader and saved links. It's a reading tool, not a mailbox, and apps beyond the web aren't listed. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Nothing moves house, but you start by connecting each mailbox and then deciding rollups, screener rules, blocklists and do-not-disturb schedules. | CNo store rating on record. You pick sources and build each digest yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app with no phone or desktop app, connected to Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, AOL, Fastmail, Mail.com and other IMAP accounts. Proton Mail accounts can't be connected. | CWeb only, with Hacker News and YouTube as sources. No phone or desktop apps listed. |
| Best for | unsubscribing from everything, across accounts | a daily digest of feeds and newsletters |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Leave Me Alone and Mailbrew. How we grade
Price against what you get
Leave Me Alone starts at $7.50 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mailbrew starts at $4.92 a month and scores 2.0.
Leave Me Alone scores higher, and starts $2.58 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other email apps on the chart, 27 score higher than Leave Me Alone for less, and 40 score higher than Mailbrew for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Leave Me Alone also covers inbox filtering and workflow automation.
- Mailbrew also covers read later and rSS reader.
At a glance
| Leave Me Alone | Mailbrew | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per month, or $90 billed yearly | $4.92 per month, billed yearly ($59) |
| Free plan | None | 1 email digest, access to 26 sources and the newsletter reader, with ads included. |
| Free trial | 10 unsubscribes free with no credit card, after which it is a paid service; purchases carry a 14-day money-back guarantee | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Leave Me Alone | Evernomic |
| Price read from | leavemealone.com | app.mailbrew.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Mailbrew
- The free plan allows one email digest, 26 sources and shows ads.
- Pro is shown as billed yearly; the pricing page read does not display a monthly-billed price.
- Mailbrew is a reading and digest service, not a mailbox: it does not host email addresses.
- Apps beyond the web app are not listed on the pages read.
Key features
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.
Mailbrew
- Digests by email or in the browser
- Each brew can arrive as an email or be read in the web app.
- RSS to email
- Any feed can be added to a digest, alongside sample sources such as news sites and YouTube channels.
- Newsletter reader
- Newsletters collect in a single place instead of the main inbox.
- Saved links
- A Saved tab keeps links to read later, and they can appear in digests.
- Public digests
- Pro lets you share a digest publicly.
Plans
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.
Mailbrew
Free$0
1 email digest, the newsletter reader, 26 sources and private digests, with ads included.
Pro$4.92
per month, billed yearly ($59)
Unlimited email digests, all sources, public sharing of digests and no ads.
Ways to pay less
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.
Mailbrew
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Leave Me Alone or Mailbrew?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mailbrew is cheaper to start with: $4.92 a month, against $7.50 a month when paid by the year for Leave Me Alone. Leave Me Alone starts at $9 per month, or $90 billed yearly, and Mailbrew starts at $4.92 per month, billed yearly ($59).
Which has a free plan, Leave Me Alone or Mailbrew?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Mailbrew has a free plan. Leave Me Alone does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.