Nine review (2026): is it worth $14.99?
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Nine report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for Exchange mail on an Android or iPhone
Nine is a phone app for Exchange mail, calendar, contacts and tasks, paid once at $14.99 after a two-week trial. IMAP accounts only get mail, not calendar or tasks, and it only runs on phones.
Who Nine is for
- Fits if your work mailbox runs on Exchange or Office 365 and you read it on a phone
- Works for people who want to pay once for a mail app
Who Nine is not for
- Skip it if you want calendar and tasks from an IMAP mailbox, as those need ActiveSync
- Skip it if you need a desktop or web app too
- Watch out: the price comes from the Google Play listing, which also shows in-app purchases
- Watch out: Nine Work, the enterprise edition, was Android-only, with iOS described as coming
- Watch out: Play lists a different developer name from the vendor site
Why Nine gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for money$14.99 once is well under a year of what the typical email app charges per month ($7.95), and there's no subscription to keep paying.
- CFree plan and trialA two-week trial and then you buy the licence. The Google Play listing doesn't say whether the trial wants a card.
- CFeaturesExchange ActiveSync with mail, calendar, contacts and tasks, plus widgets and folder push. The gap is that IMAP accounts get mail only, so it's an Exchange tool first.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect each account, and for a company mailbox that can mean device-management settings.
- CPlatforms and integrationsAndroid and iPhone only, with Exchange, Office 365, Intune and AirWatch as the connections. No desktop app and no web version.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from JiranSoft's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its price is read from its Google Play listing. How we review and grade.
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Nine's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 54 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 88 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Nine’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 88 of 122, level with 34
- CFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 122, level with 59
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 122, level with 77
- CEase of useAbove 20 of 122, level with 73
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 122, level with 46
Keep Nine, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Nine you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $14.99, paid once.
What you could make
- Calendar and tasks: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365 and AirWatch among them.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
What this rests on. Nine’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Nine?
Nine is a mobile email app that syncs with Microsoft Exchange servers and Office 365 using ActiveSync and Direct Push, and can also read mail from IMAP servers. Its maker says it stores no user data on its own servers and keeps it on the device. Email, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes sync fully only on ActiveSync accounts.
Worth knowing
- IMAP accounts sync email only; calendar, contacts, tasks and notes need ActiveSync.
- The price comes from the app's Google Play listing, whose wording may be out of date, and the listing also shows in-app purchases.
- Nine Work, the enterprise edition, was Android-only with iOS products described as coming.
- Play lists NextIntelligence.ai as the developer, while the vendor site is branded JiranSoft.
Key features
- Exchange ActiveSync
- Direct Push sync with Exchange Server 2003 SP2 through 2019, Office 365 and Exchange Online, with modern authentication for Office 365.
- Email, calendar, contacts and tasks
- Calendar and contacts tie into the phone's stock apps, with task and notes sync on supported Exchange versions.
- Security features
- The listing names S/MIME, client certificates, IRM, SSL and a global address list for corporate accounts.
- Device-only data
- The listing says Nine has no server for user data, connecting directly to the user's server and storing data on the device.
- Widgets and folder push
- Widgets for unread count, shortcuts, email list, tasks and calendar agenda, plus per-folder push notifications.
Nine pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Nine is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $14.99 one-time license.
- Starts at
- $14.99 one-time license
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 2-week free trial before buying a license
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Nine license | $14.99one-time per license | Full app after a 2-week trial, as stated on the Google Play listing. |
Read from play.google.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Nine before you buy.
Works with
- Microsoft Exchange
- Office 365
- AirWatch
- MobileIron
- Intune
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Common questions
Does Nine have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Nine is listed for Android and iOS.
Does Nine have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Nine is listed for Android and iOS.
Is Nine open source?
Nine is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.