Anastasia Lamotchkina1. Cloudmagic
The amazing thing about CloudMagic is that it works with almost all the email services you’re likely already using. It ties up every account you have neatly into an all-around well-designed and highly useful cloud app. The beauty of CloudMagic is its simplicity, while it is super lightweight, fast and easy to use.
The number of popular third-party app integrations of CloudMagic is growing as well. As you can see below, what the app calls “Cards” are additional apps such as Zendesk and Mailchimp that can be used in combination. These integrations make it customizable to each user’s needs and gives the flexibility to complete tasks without having to leave the inbox.
2. Mailbox
Based on the idea that most users are interacting with email on their mobile devices, Mailbox is mobile-first and aims to turn your e-mail related tasks into an efficient to-do list. Having read a message, you can bring up a number of options on what to do next. This creates a much more efficient workflow that’s contained within one interface, rather than having to exit the app to perform functions like adding events to your calendar. The cloud app is incredibly intuitive with actions that are based on swiping motions and a unique option to “snooze” messages to be read later. The more often it is used, the more customizable Mailbox becomes, giving users the option to repeat common actions such as “always archiving messages” from a certain sender. As a brainchild of Dropbox, Mailbox integrates nicely with the storage service, which – many users will find – really comes in handy.
One of the few downsides is that Mailbox is currently only available for Gmail and iCloud, however there is a desktop version in the works.
3. inky Mail
App development agency Inky, is providing yet another new way to interact with the dated concept of email and it’s all about efficiency. The UI is done in a dashboard style which has different tabs for each of your email accounts, a joint inbox for them all, and also several customizable filters. One of the most interesting features of Inky is its relevance filter. In the same way that Mailbox remembers common actions, this cloud app can determine how important certain emails will be to you using predictive behaviour, and pushes them to the top of your inbox. Unlike certain cloud apps, Inky also has a powerful search feature that allows users to find old messages that are buried deep within. In a rush? Inky contains a set of “quick replies” which can be useful in the case of commonly sent emails.
4. memail
The concept of MeMail couldn’t be simpler: Send emails to yourself, fast. This cloud app is for all those times that you find yourself sending notes, to-do lists, links and what-have-you to your own account. MeMail allows you to do this from anywhere in two taps total. Alternatively, send yourself voice clips so that you can stop carrying around that clunky tape-recorder for “notes to self.” This app made the cut for our roundup for those of you with a million post it notes on your desk.
5. hop
Hop’s cloud app inches away from the traditional look and feel of email towards what the company sees as a modern approach. Hop aims to cut down on lengthy messages and allow email to act more like an instant messaging application. Compared to the others on this list, this cloud app is much less formal and likely won’t be replacing your standard work email methods any time soon. That being said, those that are in a creative workspace may find it useful in sharing files. One neat application is the ability to form groups in order to enable faster file-sharing.
bonus: ibm verse
Let’s start with the fact that we don’t really know much about IBM Verse yet as it’s a completely new service that is currently still in Beta, but as it’s something so new we couldn’t help but mention it anyway. Verse is one of many of IBM’s recent efforts to become more appealing to the modern manager, rather than the large, serious dinosaur. From what we know, this cloud app will help streamline workflows with email being at the centre of all the action. It will make team collaborations simpler, and search more intuitive. As with several of the apps mentioned here, IBM Verse will have its own organizational system, that will focus on prioritizing emails by importance rather than by time stamp.
Have you tested out any of these apps? Feel free to drop us a comment on your preferences…we love to learn about cloud!
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