# Canary Mail - AI Email App > Secure mail client with AI Inbox & PGP encryption for Gmail, Outlook, IMAP & EWS Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.canarymail.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.canarymail.android) ## Overview - **ID:** `io.canarymail.android` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Canary Mail - **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY - **Downloads:** 348,795 - **Rating:** 4.26 / 5 (7,657 ratings) - **Version:** 3.95 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-11 - **First published:** 2021-01-20 - **Publisher country:** SG - **Size:** 103 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-13 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.canarymail.android) - **Website:** [https://canarymail.io](https://canarymail.io/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://canarymail.io/privacy.html](https://canarymail.io/privacy.html) ## Description Canary Mail is an innovative AI-powered email client designed to streamline your digital communication. Supporting Gmail, Outlook, IMAP, and EWS, it consolidates multiple accounts into a single inbox, enhanced by a conversational AI assistant that helps you draft emails, prioritize threads, and manage calendar events effortlessly. With AI-generated suggestions, templates, and smart notifications, you can focus on what matters most without manual organization. Security is paramount with Canary, featuring robust PGP encryption to safeguard your messages and files. Additional features include chat with your AI assistant for tasks like unsubscribing from newsletters or summarizing email topics, read receipts, and a true dark mode composer. Canary Mail redefines email productivity by combining powerful AI tools with comprehensive privacy, making it the ultimate AI email assistant for professionals and everyday users alike. ## Rankings - #120,652 — Overall - #24 — email scraping - #26 — email extractor - #26 — email scraper - #38 — gmail ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_CUSTOM_AUDIENCE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.CAMERA` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC` - `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS` - `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID` - `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES` - `io.canarymail.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Review summary Many reviews praise Canary Mail for a simple UI, multi‑account management in one place, strong functionality, and a desktop app option. Recurrent downsides are performance and reliability problems, missing key features (like an all‑emails view, sender grouping, filters, and Android calendar), intrusive AI behavior with auto signatures, and concerns about cost. Overall, users see solid core email capabilities but note significant gaps and stability issues that recur across devices and providers. ### Pros - Simple, clean UI that's easy to use - Unified inbox / ability to manage multiple accounts in one place - Rich functionality and customization options - Solid core email features and reliable basic operation - Desktop app availability for cross‑platform use ### Cons - Performance and reliability issues: slow/buggy, fails to refresh, not receiving emails after updates, resending messages - Missing essential features and controls: all‑emails view, sender-based grouping, Gmail label rules, filters, Android calendar - Intrusive AI assistant features: unsolicited AI popups and automatic signatures, inability to hide/remove AI UI - High cost / poor value for money: expensive lifetime license - Compatibility issues across providers/devices: GMX sending problems, no calendar on Android ## Similar extensions and apps - [AI Mail](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.applabstudios.ai.mail.inbox) — 28,666 users, 4.17 / 5 - [Spark Mail: AI Email, Calendar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.readdle.spark) — 3,061,064 users, 4.08 / 5 - [Nova Mail AI: Email](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.novamailapp.app) — 74 users - [Email: Fast & Secure Mail](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ght.emailclient.outlook.hotmail) — 97,471 users, 4.33 / 5 - [aiMail - Al Email Accounts](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.quickemail.quicklogin.emailonline) — 16,316,056 users, 4.38 / 5 - [One Inbox: Email Manager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.quantum.email.gm.office.my.mail.client.sign.in) — 33,205 users, 4.24 / 5 - [Webmail Lite - AI Email App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lsk.webmail) — 108,999 users, 2.65 / 5 - [AI Email Manager - All In One](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mail.manager.inbox) — 50 users - [AI Email Login -AI Mail Writer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.quickemails.allemailconnect) — 89,273 users, 4.24 / 5 - [Email app for Outlook mail](https://chrome-stats.com/d/email.swift.ai.smart.allmail) — 9,430 users - [AI Email Writer: Mail App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mail.allmail.android.email.provider.ai.writer.inbox.emailapp) — 17,102 users - [AI Email](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.superemail.aiemail) — 627 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.canarymail.android)