Hi guys,
Thank you all for the interest and comments. We've spent the last 2.5 years working on Spark in order to change the email experience for people with a busy inbox.
Readdle has a proven track record of creating amazing productivity apps that are used by 50 million people (Scanner Pro, PDF Expert, Calendars, Documents), but it was the time to take on a bigger challenge and solve bigger problems in tech. That's why Spark was born.
So what is Spark?
Spark is an intelligent email client that shows you what's important in your inbox. It bubbles emails from real people to the top, and allows you to take batch actions on your newsletters and notifications. We created it for people who live by their inbox and who want to have an amazing experience with email.
Here's how Spark intelligently helps you:
- Smart Inbox lets you quickly see what’s important and batch archive the noise
- Natural language search (i.e. search “email from Alex last week with a PDF”)
- Beautiful and minimalist design
- Amazing Calendar invite cards (this alone is a killer feature. See your schedule while accepting the invite)
- Quick Replies with emotions
- Smart notifications will only notify you about important emails (you can also teach Spark)
If that's not enough to make you switch:
- Spark supports Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro
- It will sync all your settings and snoozes across all your Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac)
- iOS App was named one of “Best of the App Store 2015” by Apple.
- Spark for Mac is now "Editors' Choice" on the Mac App Store
The Business Model:
Spark 2.0 is already in the works and will be geared towards Team collaboration around email. Spark will remain free for personal use, but we will charge the teams on recurring basis.
Here's the story behind Spark and why we created it: https://readdle.com/blog/2016/11...
I hope to hear your thoughts and feedback. Please remember that this is version 1.0.
@denzhadanov Been a long time user on iOS and a beta user on the Mac. Brilliant app. I wake up to only relevant emails now. Sleep has improved. Needed that. Thank you!
@denzhadanov I really enjoy it so far! I have been using Newton for a while and Sparks interface is much more compelling with multiple mailboxes. I think you should consider integrating mail tracking/scheduling :)
Speaking of Polymail, Spark for macOS is strikingly similar visually to it, and quite a departure from the design makeup of the iOS app -- are there plans to unify the design of the two?
And like others have mentioned, the lack of a business model (free app) is a big question mark right now.
@doutatsu give Canary mail a go, it's got read receipts and tracker blocking. Cleaner interface to Polymail but doesn't have the rapportive type thing on the side
As a person who frequently tries new mail apps for both iOS and macOS, I'm sticking with Spark. I've tried them all and keep coming back. Keep up the good work!
Polymail is one of those products I have deep connection to and have been faithful even though they have ben buggy and tested my resolve, I have stayed with them. But this one looks pretty good. Giving it a test run.
The only issue I always have with email clients is that they don't have calendar integrated, you have to open another app in order to get to calendar.. Outlook for Mac does a good job of having all in one place.. Any plans on Calendar+Mail?
Reporting back after using it for two weeks, and I'm completely switched over, minus a few emails that I require a template for. For personal email, this thing is a joy. For work email, it just depends what tools you need. We'll see how the features evolve. (I'm hoping for email-tracking, more formatting features, and templates!)
For the first time in my life, I'm actually inbox zero. Imagine that. And I've tried a ton of different email clients, I've been incredibly impressed with the user experience of this one.
I hope to see it evolve though, although I hope pricing isn't a dealbreaker later. 😱
This is exceptional. I would love be able to establish "rules" for my inbox. Any plans for this integration (or am I missing a feature that is already there)?
Longtime iOS Spark user, and now an OSX Spark convert as well. Digging it a lot so far, but can't seem to find the read receipts option on OSX; is that not available yet?
I have been using this for a week now, and I have to say this is by far the best mail APP I ever used on my iMac. I had no trouble setting up my exchange account (Found my settings automatically) and worked like a charm. Well done guys.
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