Reviews of CipherMail Email Encryption

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2.78 (Rating count: 305)

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Review summary

CipherMail Email Encryption is praised for effectively decrypting and opening encrypted .p7m email attachments on Android, supporting popular clients like Thunderbird and Outlook. Users appreciate its core functionality of reading encrypted emails without changing email clients. However, common issues include lack of integration with email apps leading to manual handling of attachments, poor UI design, missing default file associations, insufficient documentation on certificate management, and limited feature completeness especially in receiving encrypted emails. Overall, it solves a critical need but could benefit from improved usability and enhanced integration.

Pros

Effectively decrypts and opens .p7m encrypted email attachments on Android devices.
Works well with common email clients like Thunderbird, Outlook, and Gmail.
Provides essential functionality for reading encrypted and signed emails without needing to change email clients.
Free and useful for users needing S/MIME email encryption support on mobile.
App fulfills the primary function of viewing encrypted emails and related attachments reliably.

Cons

Lacks seamless integration with email clients; users often have to manually open saved attachments.
No default app association for .p7m files, leading to extra steps to open encrypted emails.
Interface and user experience could be improved; poor UI elements like hard-to-read error messages.
Insufficient in-app documentation and tutorials make initial setup, especially certificate management, challenging.
Does not fully implement sending and receiving encrypted emails in one package; limited feature completeness over years. Also issues with permissions and authentication reported.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.30

All time rating average: 2.78

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Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-22	Gr*****	Perfect solution to read my encrypted emails from Thunderbird. Thanks for creating and maintaining this app.
Perfect solution to read my encrypted emails from Thunderbird. Thanks for creating and maintaining this app.
2023-03-27	Bo*****	CAN I GIVE A MINUS TEN STARS? IT WAS COMPLETLY UNUSABLE, DUE TO ZERO "IN APP" EXPLAINATION, & NOW IT'S FILLED WITH INVASIVE PERMISSIONS! IT'S ONLY PRACTICAL USE WAS TO SHARE UNSEEN EMAILS TO IT, IN ORDER TO VIEW & USE ELSEWARE. I REINSTALLED THE OLD VERSION AFTER UNINSTALLING. THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATE WASTE OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A USABLE PRIVACY APP FOR EVERYONE. IN MY OPINION, THIS DEVELOPER IS COMPROMISED BY GOVERNMENT. APP HAS BEEN UNUSABLE FOR YEARS DUE TO LAZY DEVELOPER, WHICH ALWAYS = .GOV
CAN I GIVE A MINUS TEN STARS? IT WAS COMPLETLY UNUSABLE, DUE TO ZERO "IN APP" EXPLAINATION, & NOW IT'S FILLED WITH INVASIVE PERMISSIONS! IT'S ONLY PRACTICAL USE WAS TO SHARE UNSEEN EMAILS TO IT, IN ORDER TO VIEW & USE ELSEWARE. I REINSTALLED THE OLD VERSION AFTER UNINSTALLING. THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATE WASTE OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A USABLE PRIVACY APP FOR EVERYONE. IN MY OPINION, THIS DEVELOPER IS COMPROMISED BY GOVERNMENT. APP HAS BEEN UNUSABLE FOR YEARS DUE TO LAZY DEVELOPER, WHICH ALWAYS = .GOV
2022-07-14	Lu*****	This only implements half of the solution. You can send encrypted emails all right, but in order to receive encrypted emails you need a separate client. If it integrates well with your client of choice, fine; otherwise, this is not what you are looking for. (07/14/22) Seven years after my first review, the situation has not changed. Removing one star: in seven years the developer could have implemented the complete solution.
This only implements half of the solution. You can send encrypted emails all right, but in order to receive encrypted emails you need a separate client. If it integrates well with your client of choice, fine; otherwise, this is not what you are looking for. (07/14/22) Seven years after my first review, the situation has not changed. Removing one star: in seven years the developer could have implemented the complete solution.
2021-09-22	Jo*****	Does what it says on the box. But the ui could use some work. Really missing an html based viewer of email, I can't control what people send me. Need to find a good way of automatically importing a bunch of public certificates that I've already acquired over time. Otherwise though this solves a pressing need
Does what it says on the box. But the ui could use some work. Really missing an html based viewer of email, I can't control what people send me. Need to find a good way of automatically importing a bunch of public certificates that I've already acquired over time. Otherwise though this solves a pressing need
2021-07-11	Je*****	Cant use with 2 step autentication on gmail when sending email.
Cant use with 2 step autentication on gmail when sending email.
2021-07-10	Vr*****	Just what I needed, worked as expected.
Just what I needed, worked as expected.
2021-05-20	Ra*****	Great App. Saved my day, by opening a p7m file received via mail. Thank you very much.👍🙏
Great App. Saved my day, by opening a p7m file received via mail. Thank you very much.👍🙏
2020-11-21	Da*****	I needed something to open Smime.p7m attachments on my Android that I recieve by my Outlook work email. The other few Apps I tried didn't recognize the attachment. This CipherMail App does exactly what I need with decrypting the attachment so I can open the pdf, excel, and word documents.
I needed something to open Smime.p7m attachments on my Android that I recieve by my Outlook work email. The other few Apps I tried didn't recognize the attachment. This CipherMail App does exactly what I need with decrypting the attachment so I can open the pdf, excel, and word documents.
2020-06-23	Lo*****	How do I delete my account?
How do I delete my account?
2019-06-25	A *****	I use it to read .p7m files. It works fine but the app can't be associated by default to .p7m files and is not suggested in the list of apps to open these files.
I use it to read .p7m files. It works fine but the app can't be associated by default to .p7m files and is not suggested in the list of apps to open these files.