When comparing FairEmail vs Google Inbox, the Slant community recommends FairEmail for most people. In the question“What are the best e-mail clients for Android? ” FairEmail is ranked 1st while Google Inbox is ranked 6th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Open source
Pro Multiple account support
Multiple identities per account, notifications per account or contact.
Pro Actively maintained
It is actively maintained. The used libraries are up to date and bugs are fixed quickly.
Pro Privacy-Focused
There are no trackers within the app and trackers sent with mails are disabled by default. This app lets you read and compose emails with your privacy in your very own hands.
Pro Fast and customizable
Privacy features are excellent.
Pro Lightweight
~ 20 MB.
Pro Identities support
Pro Two way synchronization
Pro Flat conversation threading
Pro Encryption support
Supports both OpenPGP and S/MIME encryption for total privacy.
Pro Support for safety and low-bandwidth
Allows to configure maximum size of email downloaded immediately.
Pro Can show plain text of html mails
Pro Show links before opening
Some HTML mails may show different links and link texts, this app however will show you the real link before opening, protecting against phishing and scams
Pro Recognize spoofing internationalized domain names
Some domain names may use non-ASCII characters looking similar to the latin alphabet (e.g. some cyrillic characters). This app will show you the punycode representation of the domain, if that is the case and thus protect you against phishing and scams.
Pro Reformat the HTML mail for increased privacy
Some HTML mails may include ressources that can track you. This app doesn't load them by default, but reformats the text, increasing both privacy and readability.
Pro Autoconfiguration with open standards
There are open standards for any email provider to show how an email client should connect to the server. This app supports both RFC 6186 as well as Thunderbird Autoconfiguration standards.
Pro OAuth support for most common mail providers
Supports authenticating with the mail server using OAuth, thus increasing security.
Pro Low RAM usage at the right setings
Pro Good-looking interface
Inbox follows Google's Material Design guidelines, making for an intuitive and smart looking interface. Bold colors with clear text and intuitive actions allow for one of the better looking in house Google apps on Android.
Pro Intelligent categorization
Inbox tries automatically bundling similar messages together. For example, Inbox will create bundles for travel information, receipts, promotions as well as group messages temporally. It enables also managing these bundles of messages together - they can all be swiped away together.
Pro Can snooze emails
It's possible to "hide" a message until a specific date and time or location, which gets the message out of your way until you're ready to deal with it. Swipe left and you can have the email disappear for a day, a week, a month, etc.
Pro Helps deal with messages quickly
Inbox has intuitive swipe gestures that allow quickly dealing with emails or groups of emails. It's possible to mark them done, archive them or snooze them for later by swiping. It allows you to keep inbox at zero messages easily.
Pro Surfaces important information from messages
If an email contains pictures, flight information, reservation at a restaurant, attachments, links, dates, phone numbers and other information that the application recognizes, it will surface that information in its main view. These items can be viewed and interacted with without having to open the message itself. It allows finding and taking action on the important email information quickly.
Pro Can add notes to emails
You are able to add notes or reminders to pinned items - very useful for long email chains when you can't remember what the main point was!
Pro Integrates Google Now reminders
For users of Google Now, Inbox integrates with the service allowing for reminders to be seen while using Google Now as well as set through the service.
Pro Integrates realtime updates in messages
Through a feature called Assists, Inbox offers context sensitive updates to messages. These include information such as flight status updates before a scheduled flight.
Pro Can create tasks from dates and tasks in messages
If a message includes a date, Inbox is capable of automatically creating a task from that information.
Pro Auto replies
Can reply to emails using an AI generated response
Pro Trips Bundle
Centralized "folder" for trip info such as airline, hotel, and rental car reservations. Similar to Google Trips.
Pro Categorizes mails by Bundles
In addition to the several automatic categories, you can also create your own bundles. Thus reduces clutter and enables you to archive a whole bunch of mails with one swipe.
Cons
Con No Microsoft exchange server support
Con UI might be a bit confusing for some
Con Only supports Gmail accounts
No exchange email support or importing of any other e-mail services mail.