# Alternatives to Sparrow

The Mac email client Google bought. Sparrow has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

None of its 11 checklist rows are verified yet.

Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/sparrow/
Category: Email clients

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: Mac and iPhone users, particularly Gmail users, who wanted a faster and more polished alternative to Apple Mail or the Gmail web interface.
- **What you get**: A native email client with a clean, minimalist inbox, threaded conversation view, and quick actions for archiving, replying, and deleting messages via swipe gestures or keyboard shortcuts. It supported multiple accounts, including Gmail and other IMAP providers, and offered rich notifications with inline quick-reply.
- **How it works**: Users added their email accounts and Sparrow synced messages into a unified, conversation-style inbox, where they could triage, archive, and reply to messages using swipe gestures or keyboard shortcuts.

## Profile


## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [aerc](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/aerc.md) | building | MIT | Linux, macOS |
| 2 | [Apple Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/apple-mail.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS, iOS |
| 3 | [Aqua Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/aqua-mail.md) | building | Proprietary | Android |
| 4 | [BlueMail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/bluemail.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 5 | [Canary Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/canary-mail.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| 6 | [eM Client](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/em-client.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| 7 | [Evolution](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/evolution.md) | building | LGPL-2.1 | Linux |
| 8 | [FairEmail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/fairemail.md) | building | GPL-3.0 | Android |
| 9 | [Geary](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/geary.md) | building | LGPL-2.1-or-later | Linux |
| 10 | [K-9 Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/k-9-mail.md) | building | Apache-2.0 | Android |
| 11 | [Mailbird](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/mailbird.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS |
| 12 | [Mailspring](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/mailspring.md) | building | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 13 | [Mimestream](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/mimestream.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS |
| 14 | [Missive](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/missive.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS |
| 15 | [NeoMutt](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/neomutt.md) | building | GPL-2.0 | Linux, macOS |
| 16 | [Outlook](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/outlook.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| 17 | [Postbox](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/postbox.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS, Windows |
| 18 | [Shortwave](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/shortwave.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS |
| 19 | [Spark](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/spark.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| 20 | [Superhuman](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/superhuman.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| 21 | [The Bat!](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/the-bat.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows |
| 22 | [Thunderbird](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/thunderbird.md) | building | MPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux |

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