SimpleEmail vs Tuta Mail
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
SimpleEmail
A Free Software, minimalistic and privacy friendly email app. Highlights * Easy navigation * No unnecessary settings * No bells and whistles * Privacy friendly * Simple design Why? The focus of SimpleEmail is be a privacy-friendly email app with a good UX/UI and with a community development model. SimpleEmail is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages, it starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss a new email. Features * 100% Free Software * Multiple accounts (inboxes) * Multiple identities (outboxes) * Unified inbox * Conversation view * Two way synchronization * Offline storage and operations * Battery friendly * Low data usage * Folder management * Signatures * Dark theme * Account colors * Search on server * Encryption/decryption * Export settings Secure: * Allow encrypted connections only * Accept valid security certificates only * Authentication required * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed) * No special permissions required * No advertisements * No analytics and no tracking
Tuta Mail
Tutanota enables you to use the benefits of the cloud - availability, flexibility, automatic back-up - without compromising on security. With Tutanota's built-in encryption you own your data, no one else can access it. Tutanota comes with a light & beautiful GUI, dark theme included, with instant push notifications, auto-sync, full-text search, swipe gestures and more. The open source email app Tutanota enables you to send end-to-end encrypted emails to anybody. Even emails that are being sent without end-to-end encryption and all your contacts are stored securely encrypted on the Tutanota servers. Our passion for privacy. Tutanota is being built by a team passionate about everybody's right to privacy. We are supported by an amazing community, which enables us to grow our team continuously making Tutanota a success without depending on venture capital interests. Tutanota respects you & your data: - Only you can access your encrypted emails & contacts. - Tutanota does not track or profile you. - Open source client & apps. - Innovative full-text search feature lets you easily search your mailbox. - TLS with support of PFS, DMARC, DKIM, DNSSEC and DANE. - Secure password reset that gives us absolutely no access. - 100% developed and located in Germany under strict Data Protection Laws (GDPR). Official website: https://tutanota.com Source code: https://github.com/tutao/tutanota With the Tutanota app, you can: - create your own Tutanota email address (ending in @tutanota.com, @tutanota.de, @tutamail.com, @tuta.io or @keemail.me) with 1 GB of free storage. - create your custom domain email address for €1 per month. - send and receive end-to-end encrypted emails to anybody. - send and receive old-fashioned emails (not end-to-end encrypted). Even these emails are stored encrypted on the Tutanota servers. - automatically encrypt subject, content and attachments. - get push notifications instantly. - auto-complete email addresses as you type from your Tutanota or your phone contacts. The Tutanota app asks for very few permissions to keep your level of privacy to a maximum: - Full network access: Used to send and receive emails. - Receive data from the internet: To notify you when you receive a new email. - View network connections: To find out if an internet connection exists. - Read your contacts: This enables you to select recipients from your phone's contacts. - Read from SD card: To allow adding of attachments from the SD card to emails. - Control vibration: To notify you when you receive a new email. - Deactivate sleeping mode: To notify you when you receive a new email.
| Feature | SimpleEmail | Tuta Mail |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | EmailBrowser | EmailBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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