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Gmail
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Best support for Gmail features
Since both the Gmail Android app and Gmail itself is made by Google, the app supports all features Gmail offers (like labeling/starring) and gets new features implemented early - usually as soon as they are announced.
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Sorting mail by Unread is unintuitive
Nearly every other mail app has a clear way to sort mail by Unread. In Gmail app you can do that only by typing “label:unread” in the search field.
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Incredibly fast, advanced & predictive search
Gmail brings much of the functionality and power of Google's search engine to the app's search. You can use operators such as label:, is:, OR, has: among others, define date ranges, limit search to specific groups and so on. And, you can do it all amazingly fast. The search will also try to predict what you're trying to search for before you've even finished your query and offer up those results.
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Very limited HTML composing
Composing of HTML formatted mails is very limited. No inline images and only some basic text formatting options.
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Google Drive integration
The app allows inserting files from Drive straight to email or uploading attachments to Drive before sending them out. It will also notify if the person you're sending the file can open the file or if you should change the sharing settings for that file beforehand. Finally, you can choose which one of your Google accounts you want visible in the app.
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Focused mailbox
There should be a way to disable focus mailbox completely.
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Google Calendar integration
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Too bright, no dark theme
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Comes bundled with Android for free
Not only is the application free, it comes bundled with the Android OS by default so you don't even have to bother downloading it.
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Advertising has been added to the client
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Threaded conversations
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Too heavy
It should be lightweight.
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Safely automatically displays images
The app does not require a confirmation to show images as Google now hosts the images on their own servers making it safe. You can still disable the automatic displaying of images in the settings if you wish.
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Limited notification buttons
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Tabs to automatically organize your e-mail
Gmail offers the ability to automatically organize your mail into specific categories: Primary Social Promotions Updates Priority Each of the categories can be disabled and you can move your mail around from category to category or set your own rules which sender should be put in which category.
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Changed theme and can't change it back!
Did it without permission and it looks terrible! Washed out look, solid white background with black lame fonts.
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Search results are not good
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No intrinsic p2p encryption option
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Cluttered
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Publisher:
Google Inc.
File Size:
Varies with device
Required Android Version:
Varies with device
In App Purchases:
None
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Tutanota Mail
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End to end encryption
End-to-end encrypted: internal emails (between Tutanota users) external emails: requires setting a password and sharing it separately to the recipient calendar contacts email storage email subject lines
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No support for third-party clients (eg Thunderbird...)
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Open source
See here.
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Doesn't support PGP encryption
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Based in Germany
Tutanota's servers are located in Germany, which has strict privacy protection laws, even stronger than those of Switzerland.
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No support for IMAP and SMTP
You can't use your favorite email client.
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F-Droid app
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Anonymous: no personal information and no phone numbers are required to register
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No offices in the USA
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Free
A free account is available.
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Add free
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Desktop client
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U2F for second factor authentication
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Affordable price for paid plans
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile, Web
Technology:
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Tasker
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Infinitely tweakable
Tasker has an impressive amount of triggers, actions, and parameters that can be used together in an incredible variety of ways. It can even accept scripts to follow instructions.
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Awful user interface
While it's incredibly powerful, Tasker's user interface is counter-intuitive, confusing, and just plain clunky at every turn.
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Create powerful custom applications
Tasker has the ability to create custom applications, effectively replacing multiple installed apps in your phone with tasks that are triggered automatically. What's even better is that they will be custom tailored to fit your specific needs.
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Steep learning curve
Tasker lacks good documentation or tutorials, which is important as the learning curve is very high if you want to use its advance features where this app actually shines.
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Can adjust system software
With Root access it can also dabble with system software which other apps are not likely to achieve at the moment.
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Export tasks as standalone apps
Tasker allows exporting workflows you've created as standalone applications that can then be shared or even put on the Google Play store.
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Awesome plugin support
Tasker has awesome plugin support to connect with hardware that usually requires installing specific apps. For example, it has a plugin for Pebble smartwatch so that you can automate tasks that require using Pebble.
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Purchase only once
The dev does not keep bringing out revised apps expecting you to pay each and every time; the same app has been developed consistently for nearly a decade.
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ProtonMail
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Built-in end-to-end encryption
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Javascript-intensive Webmail
Free accounts are required to use Javascript webmail and encryption is done in the browser. Javascript cryptography is harmful for security and should not be used.
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No personal information needed
To create an account you don't need to give any personal information, just choose username, domain, and password. Even the recovery email address is optional.
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Encryption Keys are stored server-side
The keys are generated during account creation. Using your existing keys is prohibited and ProtonMail must store and control the private keys. Encryption cannot be secure unless the user controls the private keys.
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Privacy respecting
User data is protected by strict privacy laws because all servers are located in Switzerland.
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Still lacks some useful features
At the moment, there is no calendar feature and contact management is quite poor. They will, however, start to work on it.
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Open Source
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Ties to US Investors
ProtonMail takes money from US Investors
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Mobile apps
Apps for Android and iOS available.
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No IMAP and SMTP support for basic accounts
Basic accounts are restricted to the Protonmail web client. Support for IMAP and SMTP is available with a paid subscription only, and as such with basic accounts it is not possible to send and receive email with external applications.
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Overly expensive for desktop support
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Requires phone number for login
If you sign up over Tor or a VPN, it will require email or phone number verification. Email verification is disabled if you use an email that isn't from Google or Outlook.
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Not fully Open Source
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End-to-end encryption:
Yes
Free tier:
Yes
Open source:
Yes
Web interface:
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Microsoft Outlook
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It's from Microsoft
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Good built-in calendar
The calendar includes agenda, day, and three-day views.
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Rather buggy
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Integration with calendar and tasks
Quick conversion of a received email to a task with the deadline.
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Crashes frequently
The only issue with Outlook 2017 is that when the Mail folder increases in size, it sometimes crashes for no reason it, causing loss of data.
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Fun to use
clean and smooth experience, very nice and i like it.
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Categorize email IMAP not good
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Smart lookup
Smart lookup is a feature where the Bing search engine is bundled in the app to allow users to automatically search for relevant websites, information and images based on the word highlighted by users, without need to open external browsers. The results will be shown on the right pane of the window.
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Frustrating user experience
The "Clean Interface" approach means that normal and necessary user interface elements have been removed, such as certain scroll bars, and even the "replied to" indicator. This program becomes more frustrating with each new update.
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Priority messages
Microsoft Outlook comes with feature called "Clutter" to filter out incoming email based on the priority of the message set by user. User will be alerted when the high-priority message is incoming, whereas the low-priority message will be put in a separate folder.
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No unique Inbox / global folders
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Attach files from cloud
Microsoft Outlook allow users to directly attach an attachment directly from cloud services without need to download an entire file before attach to the intended e-mail.
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No portable bundle available
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VBA macros
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No aliases
Outlook does not support email aliases other then outlook aliases
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Conditional formatting
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The UI is outdated
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Cloud
can attach files and use cloud, very good.
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Only available for Windows
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Platforms:
MacOS, Windows, Android
Search:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Exchange Support:
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Zenkit
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Powerful and simple to use tool with a clean design
Easy to use and easily understandable for everyone.
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Many important data views
Data views include Mind-Map, Kanban-Board, Spreadsheet, List, and Calendar. Views can be switched easily.
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Native apps
Native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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Platforms:
Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone
Languages:
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese (traditional), Korean, Russian
API:
Yes
Collaborative:
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SwiftKey
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Highly acclaimed for its constantly improving prediction engine
The prediction engine of SwiftKey is continuously being improved by using data from social networks, text messages or even emails from the user's device. Predictions appear above the keyboard as soon as a letter is typed. By adjusting to the user's writing habits and style, it really helps to save time when writing.
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Swipe recognition not as smart as Swype
It requires much more precision, if you miss one letter you have little chance of having the desired word, which makes it difficult to use in some situations.
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Can be customized with plenty of themes available
Swiftkey offers a wide range of different themes to add personality to your keyboard (some are free.. others paid for via in app purchases).
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Privacy, automatically saves unknown words
E.g. passwords entered in plain text fields, place names, people names etc.
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Has a large number of languages available
Has 61+ languages available that can be downloaded. So chances are the languages you need will be available.
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High data bandwidth usage
This product consumes several MB per week, sometimes per day. The fact that SwiftKey doesn't fix the bug despite many similar reports is not really reassuring.
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Multiple simultaneous languages
Keyboard can integrate multiple languages into one seamless autocorrect engine.
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No language separation or weighing
If you load several languages, you can choose any keyboard for any of them, but it won't help the recognition algorithm, which insists on giving other language words in the most absurd situations. Again, no help from their support to arrange the situation.
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Can be resized to as large or as small as you want
You can choose between five different sizes to resize the keyboard.
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Cannot remove some options
You cannot remove the emojis or Info button from the keyboard.
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Can be undocked
The feature may seem odd but the ability to undock the keyboard is extremely useful in certain situations. For example when creating content or using difficult websites.
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Themes are in app purchases
Like most third party keyboards, Swiftkey offers tons of themes but of course they cost money and have to be purchased through the app.
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Ad-free
SwiftKey is competely ad-free.
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The smallest layout is too big
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Can be customized to have a numbers row in easy reach
Users can optionally display a number pad above the keyboard.
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High processor/memory usage makes it unusable on older devices
SwiftKey is extremely resource-intensive compared to many of its competitors, and will often lag even on high-end smartphones.
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Gestures typing or tap typing
Swiftkey supports both popular methods of typing. Either way the methods integrate perfectly with the predictions featured above the keyboard.
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Predicting and inserting word combinations faulty
Recent update enabled Swiftkey to predict short word combinations. In principle this should be quite convenient, but so far it turns out this new algorithm is defective and way too aggressive. Too often it inserts combinations that are completely meaningless, or inserts English combinations in Dutch sentences or the other way around. Has almost doubled the amount of corrections needed.
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Fast access to Emojis
When users type the name of the desired Emoji, a small list will come up where the right one can be selected.
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Bought by Microsoft
Will undoubtedly lead to less innovation.
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Free
Swiftkey is free to download and use, though there are in app purchases to unlock more features.
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Users can view in-depth usage statistics
SwiftKey will even provide you exciting data about how you type such as a heatmap. The more you use SwiftKey, the more your heat map will transform from perfect circles into blobs where you tend to press. From the Heatmap you'll know where you tend to make mistakes and how SwiftKey is improved. Other stats provided include: Distance flowed in meters Keystrokes saved Typos corrected Words completed
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Supports Google voice dictation
Even though SwiftKey is a third party keyboard, Swiftkey still uses the preferred Google voice dictation.
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All the typing information saved from SwiftKey is synced across devices
Any learned words, phrases (inc. email addresses) will be backed up to the cloud and available across multiple devices.
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Various convenient layouts available, also for tablets
Among the layout choices is a split keyboard which anchors each half to the lower corners of the screen, where one would naturally hold a tablet device while typing, with the option to place a dedicated 10-key number pad in the unused space between them.
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Cloud backup
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Social Account Integration for learning new languages
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Platforms:
Android
App Stores:
Google Play
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Aqua Mail
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Top rated for keeping your info private
Has been rated well on AndroidForums.
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Floating ads in free version
It shows floating ads in the email list and they can not be deleted.
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Ultra fast and intuitive
The app refreshes emails in seconds and has an intuitive menu. You can do a lot with one or two swipes.
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Limited signature capabilities
Signatures can't have images or HTML.
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Integrates with cloud storage services for backup and restore
It's possible to backup the app along with account settings via services like Dropbox, OneDrive, Box.com, Google Drive.
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Does not support pgp or metacert
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Integrates with Tasker
Tasker is an automation app. Aqua Mail's Tasker integration allows changing settings, triggering message based events and running mail checks based on criteria like time of day, location, timer, connection type, etc.
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Free version supports only 2 accounts and adds promotional email signature
The base, free application supports up to two accounts and adds a promo signature to all outgoing messages.
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Pro version often goes on sale
The developer usually gives a 25%-50% discount every few months or so on Google Play.
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No support for Exchange Activesync protocol
This is the de facto, secure Exchange over the web protocol used and is enforced by most businesses for enterprise email. Aqua only supports EWS for Exchange, which most enterprise administrators block or disable.
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Platforms:
Android
Publisher:
MobiSystems inc. https://www.mobisystems.com/en-us/
File Size:
Varies with device
Required Android Version:
Varies with device
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Pocket Casts
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3
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Remembers playback speed & starting position
You can set a 'start from' position for a podcast to skip a set number of seconds from the beginning of an episode. Great for when you don't want to listen to an intro you've heard a couple of dozen times before. Additionally, you can also change the playback speed, to slow down fast talkers or speed up slow talkers.
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Cannot create custom playlists
You can not add specific podcast episodes to create a custom playlist. While you can set up "filters" to create a playlist, if you're trying to follow a thread of specific podcast episodes, you can't set that up.
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Quick access to Sleep Timer
The most pleasing User Experience (UX) to set a Sleep Timer. Activating the sleep timer will stop the podcast after a set period of time or at the End of the Episode.
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Skip episode often does not work with CarPlay
The Skip Episode feature, to automatically mark an episode as listened to and finshed, often does not work in CarPlay mode. Instead, you have to push the "skip forward" button a lot. Good luck having a long enough stoplight for that!
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Vibrant aesthetics
Pocket Casts has one of the most colorful, pleasant to use interfaces. For example, the app takes the most prominent color from the album art and colorizes the rest of the playback interface based on that color. This allows the app to stay vibrant and slightly different for each podcast. Or the way it displays featured podcasts in a colorful mosaic made from album art, makes the whole experience of using the app pleasant.
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Does not work with paid podcasts
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Auto download specific podcasts
You can set Pocket Casts to automatically download the latest episode of a podcast, whenever a new episode is released.
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Excellent, easy to use discovery system
Clicking the plus button in the top-right corner will bring you to featured podcasts. From there you can access multiple ways of finding new things to listen to such as: top charts (that can be separated in audio and video), search (that allows searching both by name and feed URL), a list of podcast networks and different podcast categories. They also have a great selection of podcasts to choose from. The team behind Pocket Casts work hard to maintain a reliable and high quality catalog so you can avoid out of date listings, problems with raw feeds, etc.
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Sync with iPhone, iPad, Android
If you use Pocket Casts on more than one device, you can synchronize settings, playback positions, etc., across all your devices.
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Sonos integration
It is possible to connect Pocket Casts with Sonos, and play podcasts.
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Global and per-podcast playback settings
Enables you to set a "global" playback speed to use for all podcasts which can be over-ridden by a podcast specific playback speed.
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Automated playlist creation
Pocket Casts has a feature called Episode Filter, that allows automatically creating playlists based on setting such as playing states (unplayed, playing, played), status (downloaded, downloading, not downloaded), episode type (audio, video) and of course podcasts themselves. You can also customize the appearance of the playlist with a color and an icon to help it stand out easier.
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Can set custom skip-forward and back timing
You can set custom "skip forward" and "skip backward" timings for easily skipping past parts of podcasts you don't like.
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Platforms:
Android >5.0, iOS, Windows Phone, Web Player
Playback Speed:
Yes
Chapters:
Yes
Smart Speed:
Yes
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FastMail
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Traditional revenue model increases likelihood of personal data privacy and safety
Depending on your point of view, requiring to pay for Fastmail is actually a positive aspect of the service. This way you know the company is at least making some revenue (they have been around since 2010) and you know who the customer is. Pricing is as follows (go here for their on-site pricing info).
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Australian law enforcement
The company and all email hosted by then is subject to Australian laws requiring sharing with law enforcement. These provisions are weaker than those provided by European GDPR.
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Human support team
As you are their customer, Fastmail provides human support.
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Lacks folder notifications on official mobile app
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Offers more control over email
Gmail has a tendency to dumb down the interface (try to sort by sender). Fastmail gives full control over email, just like a "traditional" client would.
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Expensive
The most popular domain registrars will provide you with both multiple email accounts and a domain name at a lower price than FastMail charges for only 1 email account.
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Secure
Supports two-factor authentication, one-time passwords and fully encrypted connections.
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Servers are located in the US
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Fully responsive interface
The Fastmail interface is fully responsive across all browser sizes.
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Not free
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Fast
As Fastmail does away with all the extra bells and whistles of Gmail it is super fast to interact with. It also has faster IMAP and SMTP performance than Gmail.
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Custom sieve scripts
You can write your own Sieve scripts for filtering/rerouting email.
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Simple email actioning
Like gmail, you can "Pin" emails to the top of your inbox to deal with later with either a checkbox or the keyboard shortcut. Like Gmail you can also both archive and delete emails.
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Offers IMAP migration tool
Get your old email out of Gmail easily with their migration tool.
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Adjustable spam filter
On writing this Fastmail has Basic, Normal, Aggressive or Customisable spam filtering which can be selected in the Advanced settings. Each user has an individually trainable bayes database to improve spam filtering. You can train your personal bayes database by selecting some messages and using the Report spam and Report Non-Spam options from the Action menu on the Mailbox screen. For IMAP users who don't use the web interface much, you can specify folders as spam/non-spam training folders on the Folders screen. Then just move messages into those folders as appropriate to train your bayes database. For your personal bayes databases to be active, you have to train it with at least 200 spam messages and 200 non-spam messages. If you haven't trained enough messages, then we use a global continuously updated bayes database against your incoming messages, which helps detect spam/non-spam, but isn't as good as a personally trained one.
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Offers subdomain addressing
Instead of using plus addressing (e.g. foo+bar@email.com), FastMail offers the ability to receive mail through subdomain addresses (e.g. foo@bar.email.com).
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Integrated file storage
Fastmail allows saving attachments and other files into their own file storage system for easy retrieval later.
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Proper support for folders
FastMail has full support for folders, unlike Gmail where you only have labels.
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Intuitive default filters
Fastmail automatically filters your email into: All Unread Personal Notifications Mailing Lists
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Identities & aliases practically gives you a new email that you can manage from a single account
With identities and aliases, you can set up a completely new email address that can be managed from your account, without paying for more. As of time of this writing, FastMail offers up to 500 identities and 600 aliases per account, regardless of plan type.
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K-9
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Free an open source
K-9 is available for free and licensed under the Apache License version 2.0 with source code available here.
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Dead app
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No privacy concerns
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Emails received as forwarded EML attachments are not natively supported
When you receive an email which was forwarded as an EML attachment, K-9 Mail is not able to open it natively. It opens it using a third-party application registered for this mime-type on the device, if any. The Gmail email client app is able to read the EML attachments, thus you need to have it installed as well (or any other EML capable app).
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Lightweight
K-9 mail does not use too many system resources when using the app, which allow it to be fast and lightweight.
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Noisy UI
The user interface is bland and tries to cram a lot of information on screen, making it unpleasant to use.
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Complete PGP encryption
It's possible to complete encrypt email communications via PGP using K-9.
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imap
Works well with locally maintained IMAP server.
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Optimized for phone and tablet
On a tablet the UI looks a little different but given the extra real estate is logical. Options to enable UI widgets a plus, can be enabled on a tablet and disabled on a phone.
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Material UI version
There is a fork of K-9 available on Google Play that uses Material design, improves the interface a lot.
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Excellent email threading
Threaded email support is better than most.
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Platforms:
Android
Publisher:
K-9 Dog Walkers
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Varies with device
Required Android Version:
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Telegram
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Cons
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Free and convenient large file sharing
Copy/paste videos, gifs, images, geolocation, documents, and even executable files. Drag over files for practically any time up to 2GB in size. Images can be compressed, too.
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Not fully open source
Telegram has an open API and protocol free for everyone, but the backend software is not open source. Therefore 100% privacy can not be evaluated.
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Free of cost
The application is available free of cost.
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Can only be used with a phone number
It is not possible to activate and use Telegram by mail etc. You need a phone number.
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Privacy focused
In addition to the end-to-end encryption [only in secret chats] that provides privacy to communications, the app also includes self destructing timers for chats, and the ability to permanently delete messages, yours and theirs, from your and their devices.
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Only "Secret Chat" messages are encrypted end to end
The only way to get end-to-end encryption (client-client) using Telegram is to use the Secret Chat function, anything through the service is server-client encrypted. Also secret chat is only implemented in the mobile apps, meaning there is no way to encrypt messages end-to-end when using the desktop client or the web browser client.
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Media messaging
Videos, gifs, images, geolocation, and documents.
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"Secret Chat" feature is not available for desktop client
Secret chats with end to end encryption are only available on mobile apps.
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Channels for one way broadcasting
Broadcasting channels suitable for announcing things.
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No source code sintax highlighting
Telegram does not have source code syntax highlighting, making it difficult to share code snippets.
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Beautiful UI
Very customizable with a lot of clean looking options.
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Does not work for visually impaired
Doesn't work for visually impaired.
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Possible to send photos and videos without compression
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Does not support spherical 360° photos
Spherical 360° photos becoming more popular these days, but Telegram does not support such format.
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Supergroups of up to 200,000 people
In Supergroups, anyone along with admins can delete their messages from all sides. A message can be pinned to the top. All of the user's messages can be deleted by an administrator, and they can be banned and reported as well. Supergroups can have a public link (outside of Asia, due to high spam volumes), which is also a username.
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Does not support text messaging
You can NOT make it your default text messaging App.
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Two-step verification
You can set up an additional password to your account, which can be reset by your email. You don't have to use an email if you do not want to. If you lose access to your email or forget your password, you will be able to reset it via text message if your account is over seven days old and will receive it within a week (in case you recover anything before then).
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Secure
Telegram uses an open source MTProto encryption protocol that provides complete end-to-end encryption for secret chats. To show off their confidence in the protocol the company behind Telegram has organized $200,000 and $300,000 challenges to break the encryption. So far there have been no winners.
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Saved messages
You can write messages to yourself. You can write some notes, add links, and see everything across all your devices.
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Cloud chat keys are kept in different jurisdiction
Even though encryption used for cloud-based storage (e.g. Gmail, Facebook, iCloud) may not be as secure as end-to-end encryption or zero-knowledge storage, Telegram does the most that it can by holding keys to chats in different jurisdictions, requiring intergovernmental cooperation to obtain the keys. This is aside from whatever other security measures have been taken, of course.
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Multiplatform native client apps
There are native desktop, mobile and web client apps, that are optimized for speed and are light on memory usage.
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Open source client apps
Client apps are open source, making whole service more trustworthy.
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Unlimited storage
Unlimited number of files can be stored forever on the cloud. You can upload files up to 1.5 GB each.
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Voice and video messages
You can post voice and video messages if you are too lazy to write text messages.
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Group Voice Chat
This Discord-like feature adds to the interactivity of the application.
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Pinned Messages
You can pin messages to the top of groups or supergroups so members will see them when opening the group.
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Self-destruct messages
Messages in individual chats can be set to self destruct on a timer. They will disappear after the timer expires. Messages in all new chats can be set to self-destruct with a global auto-delete timer in Settings > Privacy and Security > Auto-Delete Messages.
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Edit or delete messages after sending them
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Banned in China
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Save time with inline bots and link previews
Unfortunately, on the desktop videos don't play, but images are viewable without visiting popular websites like imgur and Instagram. You can play YouTube videos and others within the app, so you don't need to embed code or anything. With inline bots, such as @gif, @pic/bing, @vid/YouTube, etc, you can look things up without leaving the client or chat that you're in. Simply type the name and some keywords and wait for the results to load.
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@mentions
You can ping people to get their attention by @mentioning them.
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Desktop app handles HiDPI
The desktop app has a built in setting to scale the UI of the app up to 200% which allows for those with 4k monitors/screens to use the app without scaling issues.
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High quality calls
Uses the latest GPL audio codecs, such as Opus, an adaptative high-quality codec that supersedes AAC at any bitrate.
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Customer support is within the app
Although it's volunteer based, but still pretty top-notch if available, which it tends to be.
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Large groups can have channels called 'Topics'
Topics are now available in groups of 100+ members and have a sleek two-column layout and new buttons to quickly navigate. A default topic called General is now in every topic group, holding the group’s service messages and previous message history.
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Popular in the USA
On SimilarWeb you can see that Telegram is on the top 15 among all communication apps.
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Platforms:
Web, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD, Windows phone, UWP
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Various companies affiliated with Telegram
File Size:
2048 MB
End-to-end encryption:
Secret chats
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Signal
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Provides security and privacy
Signal uses an advanced end to end encryption protocol that provides privacy for every message every time.
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Needs access to your phone number and contacts to work
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Free and open source
Signal is free and open source software, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. It's the only private messenger that uses open source, peer-reviewed cryptographic protocols to keep your messages safe.
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Single device
Signal can only be registered to one mobile device at a time. But you can link Signal to Signal Desktop.
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Supports encrypted group chats
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Servers hosted in the US
A security risk due to National Security letters, which require giving up data to the US state, and making it illegal to disclose that.
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Has a desktop app
Signal Desktop can be used on multiple devices and has most features of the Android version, although it still requires you to register with your phone.
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Unreliable notifications
Sometimes messages won't be received if the Signal app has been closed for a long time or hasn't been opened after booting the device.
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Supports sharing of various different media types
Signal supports: emoji, pictures, videos, audio, contacts, any location and GIF.
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Poor support
Their E-mail adress for support are not working. They have a Community support on here. Sometimes if you need a support, you need to create an account on their forum and need to share a topic and wait for long time.
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Note to Self feature
Allows you to "send: messages to yourself and sync to desktop so you can use Signal as a kind of encrypted Pushbullet alternative
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You can easily view all media exchanged
You can easily view all media shared in the chat without scrolling back to when it was shared.
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Annonymous Sender (Encrypted)
The sender credentials can be encrypted with the rest of the message, leaving only the recipient address readable by the Signal server. Even if Signal wanted they couldn't see who is talking with who by this mean.
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Works everywhere in every country
Unlike most messenger apps, Signal works reliably in all countries by securely circumventing internet censorship.
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Recommended by Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden uses this messenger and recommends it to everyone who is concerned about his privacy.
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Platforms:
Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Publisher:
Open Whisper Systems
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Yes
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images / audio / video / files / contacts / GIFs / location
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MyMail
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Caches your passwords even after you uninstall
Their servers may open your mail without you knowing, marking your messages as read without permission.
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Offers 150gb of email storage
My.com account allows storing up to 150gb of emails.
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Duplicate notifications
If you still have Gmail installed, you will get a notification from Gmail and MyMail for each message.
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Intuitive swipes for dealing with messages quickly
This app lets you swipe to mark unread, put message in a folder, mark it for later action, or discard it.
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Platforms:
Android / iOS
Publisher:
My.com B.V.
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Varies with device
Required Android Version:
Varies with device
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MyProfiles
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Works with the vast majority of system settings
It can change lots of settings on your phone, for example you can use MyProfiles to put the phone on silent at the times in the week or locations you shouldn't be disturbed. You can set an exception group from your Android contacts so that important people can still reach you. You can use it to put your phone into airplane mode overnight to save batteries, or when you have a meeting scheduled in your calendar.
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Profiles are activated based on a variety of parameters
Profiles can be activated based on a specific location, calendar event, battery status, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, screen, etc.
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Comes with 6 default profiles
The default profiles available are normal, sleep, outdoor, online, offline and driving. Profiles control notifications, display settings, wireless settings, general settings, and launching/closing application settings (just to name a few).
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Very configurable & Flexible
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Audible
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Easily go back 30 seconds
You have the ability to go 30 seconds back in your listening with only the push of a button. Very convenient when listening to podcasts or audiobooks.
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Can set up family sharing
By linking Amazon and Audible accounts, the Amazon Family sharing can be used to sync an Audible library across Android devices, PCs, and computers. Everyone on the Amazon Family group can see audiobooks, and the owner of the Audible account can pick and choose which individual audiobooks are shared and which aren't, if desired.
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Simplified UI for in-car use
Users can tap the "car" option in Audible to get a simplified user interface which makes playing, pausing, and rewinding audiobooks easier while driving.
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CamScanner
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Scan border recognition
Nearly perfect scan border recognition – and related adjustment possibilities
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Nagging badges even in paid version
Even in the paid version disturbing badges for gaining "gifts" one cannot switch off.
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Small Scan file size
The best small scan file size results so far (when adjusted correctly)
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Scan workflow not optimized
Scan (and saving results) workflow needs several more steps than it should.
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PDF conversion
CamScanner scans documents directly into multi page PDF format.
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Pro features requires subscription
Either monthly or yearly subscriptions are available at either $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
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Ad-less free version
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Free version has no OCR functionality
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Batch scanning
CamScanner allows users to scan multiple documents at the same time.
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Buttons are not labeled
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Scanned documents can be stored in cloud storage
Free CamScanner accounts have access to 200 MB of free storage space. 10 GB storage space is available for full version license (monthly subscription).
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Secure
This app offers password protection for scanned documents.
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Balance indicator
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AdAway
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4
Cons
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System wide blocking
Use the hosts files to block ads, so it works for everything.
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Needs root (by design)
Needs root to update the hosts file.
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Doesn't consume CPU time or memory
The app updates the hosts file periodically but doesn't need to run in the background in order to block ads, which is especially convenient for older phones.
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Won't block same domain ads
Because the host file can only redirect domains, if the ad and content are on the same domain the ad will be displayed.
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Can use systemless host
Can be used without modifying the system if rooted with magisk.
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Can use custom host files
Lots of people and keep their own updated host files used for blocking ads and ad away supports loading them in or even adding their source for autoloading.
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Platforms:
Android (Host-file)
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System-wide
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Kik
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Not for young people
Kik has a lot of sexual predators and can be dangerous for kids.
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Push is quick
Push notifications are extremely quick.
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Cross-platform
Support for iOS, Android, and Blackberry.
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Built-in browser
Kik is the first messenger with a built-in browser.
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Easy to use interface
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IFTTT
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2
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2
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Free
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Recipes aren't guaranteed to work
Sometimes recipes don't work as expected, or fail to launch completely.
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Extremely simple
While this app can complete complex tasks, it is very easy to use.
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Limits only one action per trigger
Instead of allowing users to have a large amount of actions launch based off of one trigger, the limit is only 1:1.
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Platforms:
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