Apple Mail
Apple Mail sends, receives, and manages email accounts from one app.
What Apple Mail is
Apple Mail sends, receives, and manages email accounts from one app. It supports iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook, and other providers, with a unified inbox and scheduled sending. Messages can be sorted into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions. Search finds mail by sender, recipient, or subject, while blocking and junk-mail controls help manage unwanted messages. Mail Privacy Protection hides the user’s IP address from senders and prevents them from seeing whether a message was opened. The app supports sending, viewing, saving, deleting, and marking up attachments, and Mail Drop sends large attachments from any account through iCloud. On macOS 27, Apple Intelligence Writing Tools can summarize selected text, proofread it, and suggest wording and tone; availability varies by language and region, with possible usage limits. Mail is free, with iOS and macOS listed.
Good
- Supports many email providers
- Includes unified inbox and scheduling
- Offers message categories
- Provides privacy and blocking controls
- Handles large attachments through Mail Drop
Watch out
- Some writing tools require macOS 27
- Writing features vary by language and region
- App Store listing requires iOS 10 or later
Who it suits
It suits people managing multiple email accounts across Apple devices. The listed platforms include iOS and macOS, with iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision, and Apple Watch shown in the App Store.
Verdict
Apple Mail combines multi-provider email, organization, privacy controls, and attachment handling in a free Apple app. Writing assistance is limited by device, language, region, and usage conditions.
Plans and prices
From Apple Mail's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free app · iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision and Apple Watch listed |
The facts
Each one read from Apple Mail's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App coverage
- allchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Platform listing
- The App Store lists Mail for iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision and Apple Watch; the supplied user guide is for Mac.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
- Attachments
- The guide covers sending attachments and viewing, saving, deleting and marking up email attachments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Blocking
- The Mail guide includes a feature for blocking emails from specific people or groups.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Categories
- Mail automatically sorts messages into Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions categories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The App Store listing says the app requires iOS 10.0 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Email providers
- The App Store listing says Mail supports accounts from iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook and other email providers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Junk mail
- The Mail guide provides a Reduce junk mail section.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large attachments
- Mail Drop sends large attachments from any account through iCloud.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Mail Privacy Protection hides the user's IP address from senders and prevents them from seeing whether an email was opened.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Mail lets you send, receive and manage email accounts from one app.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scheduled sending
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Search
- The App Store listing says users can find messages by sender, recipient or subject.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Apple directs users who need more help to the Mail Support website.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Unified inbox
- You can view all accounts in one inbox, select a specific mailbox, or filter for unread or flagged messages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Writing tools
- On macOS 27, Apple Intelligence Writing Tools can summarize selected text, proofread it and suggest wording and tone; availability varies by language and region, and usage limits may apply.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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