# Twobird review (2026): is it any good? > Email app for Gmail and Outlook with notes and reminders built in Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Twobird is an email app from Ginger Labs, the maker of Notability, that puts notes, reminders and a calendar next to the inbox. It connects to Gmail and Outlook accounts and handles messages as conversations. The vendor lists it as free to use and says premium plans may come later. - **Category:** Email Apps - **Made by:** Ginger Labs - **Website:** https://www.twobird.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if your mail isn't on Gmail or Outlook. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Twobird is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The whole app is free to use, per the vendor's FAQ. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | The full app is free to use; the vendor says premium plans may be offered in the future. | Read from https://www.twobird.com/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Twobird before buying. ## Key features - **Reminders and Low Priority:** Set a reminder on any email or note, and move messages that can wait into a Low Priority area. - **Notes inside conversations:** Edit a note within a conversation; a shared note link opens in a browser without sign-up. - **Calendar:** Reminders and events appear together in one calendar view. - **Unsubscribe and tracker blocking:** A quick unsubscribe action cleans up subscriptions, and pixel tracking is blocked. - **Direct provider connection:** The vendor says its servers do not sync or route mail; messages go straight between your provider and the app. ## Good for - People using Gmail or Outlook who want notes and reminders in the same app - Anyone who wants an email app that costs nothing today ## Worth knowing - Only Gmail and Outlook (Google and Microsoft) accounts work; other providers are not supported. - The website carries a 2022 copyright and the iOS app's last update in the US App Store was March 2022, so check whether it is still maintained. - The vendor says premium plans are planned for the future. - The vendor says it is available on all major desktop and mobile platforms but the pages read list no specific ones beyond the web app and iOS. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Twobird is a free mail app for Gmail and Outlook with notes, reminders and a calendar built in. It only takes Google and Microsoft accounts, and its iOS app was last updated in March 2022. - **Value for money: A.** The whole app is free, per the vendor's FAQ. It also says premium plans may come later. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright, with no cap on record that a normal person would reach. - **Features: C.** Reminders, notes inside conversations, a calendar and tracker blocking. Only Gmail and Outlook accounts work, so other mailboxes are shut out. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect an account and learn where reminders and notes live. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** A web app and an iPhone app, working with Gmail, Google Workspace and Outlook. No Android or desktop app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ginger Labs's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email apps - Twobird's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 100 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 15. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 97 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Twobird has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Twobird is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 100 of the 122 other email apps we grade. - You could make: Tasks, notes and calendar: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. - You could not: Filters that read every message as it arrives. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.2 out of 5 from 446 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1455545515 ## Works with Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook **Tags:** Email client, Tasks, Notes, Calendar, Inbox filtering ## Alternatives - [Spark Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spark): Email client with a unified smart inbox, AI tools and team features. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/spark-vs-twobird) - [Spike](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spike): Chat-style email app with team chat, notes, tasks and video calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/spike-vs-twobird) - [Superhuman Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/superhuman): Keyboard-driven email client for Gmail and Outlook with built-in AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/superhuman-vs-twobird) - [Edison Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/edison-mail): Free multi-account email app with one-tap unsubscribe. 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