Jack lists a couple features that K-9 doesn't have, but K-9 is both free and ad-free. Is someone willing to do a comparison and convince me that I REALLY need to spend $17.99?
FWIW, I have two POP and two IMAP accounts, and on purpose, I only check for incoming mail manually.
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First, thank you Jack for the glowing review, it is much appreciated.
@Jim, if you like K9 and it works for you, you should stick with it. When I started development on MD 4 years ago, I wanted something different than K9. Ads support me as I am fully dedicated to this full time now, as for the pro version, if people really don't want ads they can go for it. K9 is a great email app and for some people it does work better than MD. It has some features I don't have and I have may features that it does not have. Consider MailDroid as an alternative to K9 and something that is very actively worked on.
@Jim, if you like K9 and it works for you, you should stick with it. When I started development on MD 4 years ago, I wanted something different than K9. Ads support me as I am fully dedicated to this full time now, as for the pro version, if people really don't want ads they can go for it. K9 is a great email app and for some people it does work better than MD. It has some features I don't have and I have may features that it does not have. Consider MailDroid as an alternative to K9 and something that is very actively worked on.
@maildroiddev - I have tried many clients. After my razr max was upgraded to ICS I have remained with the default mail client. If as stated, MD gives me more controll, I would certainly try it. But, with the exception of my passwords, why do I have to re-enter all my mail account connection info??
Because MD can't read info from the stock mail client database. If it could, that would be a major security breach. If you are talking about reading from gmail and using a token, that is doable, but I opted out of doing that.
Often getting Apps like k9 and other free email apps to get connect properly to exchange can be difficult. This worked like a charm. I did purchase Touchdown already and I like it slightly more, however this is a great app for anyone who doesn't want to spend $20 for touchdown.
I tried K9, Maildroid for connecting to IMAP at work and they were OK. I found the new app called Aquamail and I think this is the best I have found for the Android phones. It is VERY configurable and FAST. And for a limited time you can get the PRO version for $4.95
Another very good app, the developer often speaks of the things done in MailDroid. For each user, it depends on what works best for them. You did the right thing by trying all 3 and finding one that worked best for you. I know users who have tried the mail app you like and liked MD better. It's always a matter of personal preference, feature-set (MD has a fairly sophisticated set of features not found in other clients) , and look and feel.
I've been using MailDroid for almost two years now and have no complaints. I tried many of the other apps mentioned above but they never worked correctly with our Exchange server. MailDroid worked right from the get go! It's the only mail app allowed on our work phone's now.
I have been using MailDroid for most of the last year (since I purchased my first Android last year-Droid Razr). It is fantastic. My only issue is that I refuse to upgrade because I don't want to lose my old icon. The icon changed to a paper airplane months ago, but I still have the last version that had a really cool looking robotic spider standing on top of a letter.
My wife wants MailDroid on her phone too, but won't do it since she can't have the old spider icon either. I know it probably sounds silly, but that icon sits in my Quick Launch bar, so I see it at all times (not to mention the icon also appears in the Notifications bar). We both want it to be the spider rather than a plain old paper airplane.
The developer was nice enough to respond to me asking to keep the icon, but the answer was to install a custom launcher over my OS, which I won't do. Fortunately, the app works good enough, but I'd still love to update it (and give him more sales).
My wife wants MailDroid on her phone too, but won't do it since she can't have the old spider icon either. I know it probably sounds silly, but that icon sits in my Quick Launch bar, so I see it at all times (not to mention the icon also appears in the Notifications bar). We both want it to be the spider rather than a plain old paper airplane.
The developer was nice enough to respond to me asking to keep the icon, but the answer was to install a custom launcher over my OS, which I won't do. Fortunately, the app works good enough, but I'd still love to update it (and give him more sales).
I have tried a number of Mail apps and for the moment have setteled on Moxier (trial).
I have found many of the free apps to be lacking in features, and to have trouble conecting to my corporate servers.
One big feature for me is having a seperate password for the mail app, rather than having my phone password have to meet my BYOD restrictions.
I will give MD a try. I know some of the other "high end" mail clients are in the $20 range, but it still feels expensive. Moxier Pro and Touchdown are over priced.
Consider a more intermediate price to get batter pro take up.
It does developers diservice to loose potential customers and good word of mouth because you are trying to get $18 from 5%, rather than $10 from 20% of a much larger pool of users.
Good Luck,
Charles
I have found many of the free apps to be lacking in features, and to have trouble conecting to my corporate servers.
One big feature for me is having a seperate password for the mail app, rather than having my phone password have to meet my BYOD restrictions.
I will give MD a try. I know some of the other "high end" mail clients are in the $20 range, but it still feels expensive. Moxier Pro and Touchdown are over priced.
Consider a more intermediate price to get batter pro take up.
It does developers diservice to loose potential customers and good word of mouth because you are trying to get $18 from 5%, rather than $10 from 20% of a much larger pool of users.
Good Luck,
Charles
I believe the correct term for the free app is "Ad" based, as in advertising, and not "Add" based, as in addition. It's okay, Jack. Sometimes it takes twenty-five or more years before you stop making these mistakes.
I didn't see any mention about security which is very strange for an app that pretends to provide email for business usage.
what about remote wipe ,sd encryption and anty-theft features?
I've done benchmarks with the stock ICS email client and with several third party clients like Touchdown, Moxier, K9 and I find that Emoze has the advantage in almost every aspect.
Emoze has many Security features.
Push notification is stable and fast ,less than 60 sec.
Battery consumption is low ,Im able to work in push mode without charging for at least 22 hours.
what about remote wipe ,sd encryption and anty-theft features?
I've done benchmarks with the stock ICS email client and with several third party clients like Touchdown, Moxier, K9 and I find that Emoze has the advantage in almost every aspect.
Emoze has many Security features.
Push notification is stable and fast ,less than 60 sec.
Battery consumption is low ,Im able to work in push mode without charging for at least 22 hours.
Hi. I've been using MD for a few months (since my K9 stopped pushing consistently). I have to keep K9 around though, since the MD search function does not work consistently. Is there a fix for that? I'd also like the ability to expand the "preview," that portion of the message appearing on the message list screen. Otherwise loving MD. Thanks.
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