We believe there are better options available in this category, read below to learn what this software does well, and what they could do better. ⤵
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Smart. Focused. Email. Fast, cross-platform email designed to filter out the noise - so you can focus on what's important.
Spark is an email client that is designed to help you get through your inbox faster. Spark has a mixture of both Superhuman and Hey features, with a tiny bit of Missive for team collaboration.
Spark as an email app is miles better than Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail, both on desktop and on your phone and we can't think of a reason why someone wouldn't use Spark since they have a generous free tier.
While we can't say Spark wins the category for the best email app (our top pick is Superhuman as they put more TLC into their features and design), Spark is certainly the best email app that offers a free version.
Spark is usually the tool that people consider when they aren't looking to spend money on email. That said, there are some things to consider.
While Spark's interface is miles better than Gmail or Outlook, it still feels—well—like email. Superhuman gives your entire email app a facelift with its beautiful minimal design, consistent colors, fonts, and automatic resizing of emails to make them readable no matter your screen size.
Overall, if you're a professional who wants the best email client, doing a 30-day free trial of Superhuman is probably worth it alongside Spark, to really compare the two tools and see which one you get the most out of.
Spark took one of Hey's most popular features, "The Screener," and made their own version of it called "The Gatekeeper." It's the same idea, giving users the ability to thumbs up or thumbs down a sender, indicating if you want to allow emails from this sender in your inbox or not.
If email delegation or team collaboration is the main reason you're looking for an email client, we'd say Missive might be the best to check out. The reason? Missive allows you to have a central inbox for any business-related messages (beyond email) — from social media apps, to SMS, to WhatsApp. Missive's collaborative features are also more established than Spark's, so you'll get a more reliable experience.
Personalized to your work and beautifully designed—Notion Mail is the only inbox that makes life simpler.
Notion Mail is expected to launch in early 2025, following its announcement at the Make With Notion summit in October 2024.
This offering appears to be Notion's latest attempt to keep their most loyal users firmly planted in the Notion ecosystem while expanding market share.
But there's a twist in all of this. You see, Notion didn't build Notion Mail.
No, no, no—that would require way too much time, thought, and resources!
Instead, they acquired Skiff—a privacy-focused email-app—and stripped away its core privacy features. The result? A Gmail- and Google Workspace-integrated email client with a "Notion-esque" interface and some database integrations. (Outlook users, you're out of luck.)
Is it good? While we haven't tested it yet ourselves, we've watched a few demo videos, and have to say, it seems a touch confusing (Seriously, do you really need Notion database items in your email?).
For now, Notion Mail feels like a shortcut: an acquired app, rebranded with a shiny Notion logo ✨, and marketed as their own innovation.
We've shared more thoughts in our full Notion Mail Review, so check back once it's released for our updated take!
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