Temp Mail review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Disposable email addresses for sign-ups, with a Premium upgrade
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Temp Mail report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for throwaway email addresses on iPhone
Temp Mail gives you a disposable address and receives the mail, attachments included, in a free iPhone app. The free version has ads, anything you want to keep needs a paid plan, and mail is deleted automatically, so it's for short-lived sign-ups only.
Who Temp Mail is for
- Fits if you want an address to give a site you'll never visit again
- Works for people who want to keep spam out of their real inbox
Who Temp Mail is not for
- Not for you if you want to keep mail, as received emails are deleted automatically
- Tight if you stay free, since custom names, more mailboxes and no ads are Premium
- Pricey if you pay weekly, at $2.99 a week against $58.99 for the year
- Skip it if you use Android, because the listing we read is iOS only
- Watch out: we couldn't read the temp-mail.org site, so its own plans aren't checked, and App Store prices vary by country
Why Temp Mail gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPremium is $2.99 a week, $7.99 a month or $58.99 a year, about $4.90 a month on the yearly plan, which is inside the middle of email prices.
- BFree plan and trialA free app that makes an address and receives mail and attachments, with ads. One person could live on that for sign-ups.
- CFeaturesOne small job: make an address, receive mail, delete it. It does that, and the Premium extras are custom names, more mailboxes and longer storage.
- AEase of use4.7 from about 20,000 App Store ratings. Open it and an address is ready, no registration.
- CPlatforms and integrationsAn iPhone and iPad app on the App Store listing. No Android, web or desktop version is listed there.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Temp Mail's own pages on 13 November 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Temp Mail's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 74 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on ease of use (A, above 118 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $12.96 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 60 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Temp Mail’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 122, level with 53
- BFree plan and trialAbove 69 of 122, level with 27
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 122, level with 77
- AEase of useAbove 118 of 122, level with 4
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 122, level with 46
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 107 email apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Temp Mail, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Temp Mail 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 $155.48 a year.
What you could not
- An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
- Filters that read every message as it arrives.
- A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. Temp Mail’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 Temp Mail?
Temp Mail creates temporary email addresses that receive messages and attachments without registration, so people can sign up for services without giving a real address. The iPhone and iPad app is free with in-app Premium subscriptions. The vendor's website blocked our reader, so everything here comes from its US App Store listing.
Worth knowing
- Prices are the US App Store in-app amounts; the listing says they can vary by country.
- The temp-mail.org website returned a bot-protection block, so its own plans were not read.
- Received emails are deleted automatically, according to the listing, so it suits short-lived use.
Key features
- Instant disposable address
- Generates a temporary address on demand with no registration, and it can be copied to the clipboard or shown as a QR code.
- Attachments and notifications
- Receives emails with attachments, sends push notifications for new messages and lets users download the source (EML) of a message.
- Automatic deletion
- The listing says emails are constantly and securely deleted for good, and that addresses can be deleted or replaced in a tap.
- Premium options
- Premium adds custom email names, multiple mailboxes, premium domains, extended storage, premium support and an ad-free app.
Temp Mail pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Temp Mail has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2.99 per week (Premium, auto-renewing in-app subscription).
- Starts at
- $2.99 per week (Premium, auto-renewing in-app subscription)
- Free plan
- Free app: generate a disposable address and receive emails and attachments, with ads.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Premium, 1 week | $2.99per week, in-app subscription | Custom names, multiple mailboxes, in-app email view, premium domains, extended storage, no ads. |
| Premium, 1 month | $7.99per month, in-app subscription | The same Premium features; a one-month option with a free trial is also listed, trial length not shown. |
| Premium, 3 months | $19.99per 3 months, in-app subscription | The same Premium features billed every three months. |
| Premium, 6 months | $35.99per 6 months, in-app subscription | The same Premium features billed every six months. |
| Premium, 1 year | $58.99per year, in-app subscription | The same Premium features billed yearly. |
Read from apps.apple.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Temp Mail before you buy.
How people rate the Temp Mail app
4.7
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
- 5 stars84%
- 4 stars7%
- 3 stars3%
- 2 stars2%
- 1 star3%
20,316 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Temp Mail alternatives
- Temp Mail vs Guerrilla Mail
Free plan · from $9.99/yr
- Temp Mail vs Mailinator
Free plan · from $79/mo
Common questions
Does Temp Mail have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Temp Mail is listed for iOS.
Does Temp Mail have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Temp Mail is listed for iOS.
Is Temp Mail open source?
Temp Mail 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. What people say is linked where it appears.