MailSignal Alternatives

MailSignal is described as 'Lightweight Windows taskbar app that shows unread email counts from all your Gmail and Microsoft 365 accounts, no browser or Outlook required' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MailSignal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and PortableApps.com apps. The best MailSignal alternative is Thunderbird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MailSignal are Betterbird, Rambox, Mailbird and Shift Browser.

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  1. Thunderbird icon
     2549 likes

    Cross-platform email client supporting multiple identities, chat, and strong filtering. Extend functionality with add-ons like RSS/Atom feed readers and PGP support.

    87 Thunderbird alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  2. Betterbird icon
     74 likes

    Betterbird, a soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird, improves user experience with advanced features, bug fixes, security patches, and multi-row descriptions similar to Outlook. Compatible with multiple platforms and can be used alongside Thunderbird, sharing the same profile.

    30 Betterbird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Chocolatey
     
  3. Rambox icon
     139 likes

    A digital workspace organizer that allows you to unify as many applications as you want, all in one place. It is perfect for those who care about productivity while working with many business and personal apps.

    36 Rambox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. Mailbird icon
     307 likes

    Streamline your email experience by managing multiple accounts, integrating apps like Slack and Google Calendar, and using AI-driven features like drafting and spam prevention. Customize your workspace with themes, notifications, and tools for improved productivity and a modern interface.

    66 Mailbird alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Shift Browser icon
     41 likes

    Shift consolidates web applications into one platform, simplifying access to Google and Microsoft accounts. It declutters tabs, supports email management for Gmail and Outlook 365, integrates with extensions like Grammarly, LastPass, and more, while providing custom notifications and quiet hours.

    34 Shift Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. POP Peeper icon
     36 likes

    POP Peeper is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email on your POP3, IMAP (with IDLE support), Hotmail\MSN\LiveMail, Yahoo, GMail, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite, iWon, Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno and NetZero accounts.

    19 POP Peeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Wavebox icon
     41 likes

    Productivity browser featuring unified webmail, website, and web app management, isolated multi-account support, vertical sidebar with grouping, memory-saving tab sleeping, app-to-app linking, built-in chat and screenshare, collaboration workspaces, and strong security.

    32 Wavebox alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  8. Gmail™ Notifier is an open-source project that notifies you about incoming emails from all your Google Mail accounts and labels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  9. Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) is a free POP3 mail monitor with multiple accounts support. It sits silently in your system tray, and notifies you about new messages in your mailboxes. Then you can preview messages and delete unwanted mail in order to avoid spam and viruses.

    22 Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. PopMan icon
     10 likes

    PopMan is a POP3 and IMAP4 manager. It can be used to list all e-mails received on your incoming mail server, without having to load these mails completely. Unwanted e-mails can be deleted directly from the server.

    19 PopMan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  11. PopTrayU icon
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    Have you fallen in love with the fabulous email notifier program Poptray, but you're running a newer version of Windows than PopTray was designed for? Now there's a new option. Developer Jessica Brown has built upon PopTray to create PopTrayU!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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