Mailbrew vs Unroll.Me (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Unroll.Me grades higher than Mailbrew: 3.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Unroll.Me grades higher on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mailbrew
Daily email digest of feeds, newsletters and saved links
Which one is for you
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
Pick Unroll.Me if
- Fits if you're buried in newsletters and promo emails and want them sorted in one sitting
- Works for people who'd rather read subscriptions in one daily digest
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you don't want a market research company using data from your commercial emails
- Not for you if your mail isn't with Gmail, Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo, AOL or Outlook
- Too light for anyone after rules or snoozing, as it only handles subscription emails
- Watch out: there's no desktop app, only the browser and the iPhone and Android apps
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMailbrewFair | 3.2GPAUnroll.MeVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $4.92 a month, billed yearly, between the cheaper quarter and the middle of what email tools charge. | AFree, with no paid tier listed at all, in a category whose paid plans start around $4 a month. The money comes from somewhere else: NielsenIQ uses information from your commercial emails in its market research. Decide if that's a price you'll pay. |
| Free plan and trial | COne digest, 26 sources and ads. You will want a second digest quickly. | AFree outright on the web, iPhone and Android, across as many email accounts as you want to add. There is no cap to run into and nothing held back, because there is no paid plan to hold it for. |
| Features | 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. | CIt does its one job: list the subscriptions in your inbox, then Keep, Block or Rollup each sender, singly or in bulk, with the Rollup landing as one daily email. But that one job is a small slice of what an email tool does, and the listing says plainly there's nothing else here. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You pick sources and build each digest yourself. | B4.66 from about 132,000 App Store ratings, high but not the top of this category. Connect an account, run down the list, pick one of three choices per sender, and change your mind later from the Subscriptions tab. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Hacker News and YouTube as sources. No phone or desktop apps listed. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, hooked to Gmail, Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo, AOL and Outlook accounts. No desktop app is listed, and a mailbox at any other provider isn't on the list. |
| Best for | a daily digest of feeds and newsletters | clearing out newsletters for free |
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: Mailbrew and Unroll.Me. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mailbrew starts at $4.92 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Unroll.Me has no paid plan and scores 2.7.
Unroll.Me scores higher and starts $4.92 a month lower. Of the other email apps on the chart, 40 score higher than Mailbrew for less, and none scores higher than Unroll.Me 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
- Mailbrew also covers read later and rSS reader.
- Unroll.Me also covers inbox filtering and workflow automation.
At a glance
| Mailbrew | Unroll.Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $4.92 per month, billed yearly ($59) | Free |
| Free plan | 1 email digest, access to 26 sources and the newsletter reader, with ads included. | The whole service is free on the web, iOS and Android, and no paid tier is listed. It is funded by owner NielsenIQ, which uses data from your commercial emails for market research. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Evernomic | Nielsen Consumer LLC |
| Price read from | app.mailbrew.com | unroll.me |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Unroll.Me
- Unroll.Me is owned by NielsenIQ, which accesses your commercial emails and shares information from them with clients for market analysis.
- It handles subscription emails only: each one is kept, blocked or rolled up. The site describes no other inbox tools.
- Supported providers are Gmail, Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo, AOL and Outlook; other providers are not listed.
- No desktop app is listed; it runs in a browser and as iOS and Android apps.
Key features
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.
Unroll.Me
- Subscription list
- Shows the subscription emails found in a connected inbox and updates as new ones are detected, with search to find a particular sender.
- Block
- Blocks unwanted subscription emails, either one at a time or by selecting several, or all of them, in bulk.
- Rollup
- Takes chosen subscriptions out of the inbox and gathers their new mail into one daily digest email.
- Keep and edit
- Subscriptions marked Keep stay in the inbox as normal. Any choice can be changed later from the Subscriptions tab.
- Multiple email accounts
- Several email accounts can be added and managed together. The App Store listing names Gmail, Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo, AOL and Outlook as supported.
Plans
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.
Unroll.Me
Free$0
Keep, Block and Rollup for subscription emails across multiple connected email accounts.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mailbrew or Unroll.Me?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Unroll.Me is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $4.92 a month for Mailbrew. Mailbrew starts at $4.92 per month, billed yearly ($59), and Unroll.Me is free.
Which has a free plan, Mailbrew or Unroll.Me?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Mailbrew and Unroll.Me have a free plan.
Which platforms do Mailbrew and Unroll.Me run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Unroll.Me lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.