MarcoApp.io Reviews and Details

Questions & Answers

1. What makes MarcoApp.io unique?

   We allow all providers to be connected —Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, etc. It's easier and faster than Gmail, but it costs less than a third of what Superhuman charges.

   Plus, we will never sell your data, unlike others.

2. Why should a person choose MarcoApp.io over its competitors?

   Beautifully designed, easy to use, fast and it doesn't break the bank.

3. How would you describe your primary audience?

   Individuals who are willing to pay for an email client instead of having their data harvested.

4. What's the story behind MarcoApp.io?

   We wanted something as nice as Superhuman but that would allow me to connect all of my email accounts, not only Gmail and Outlook. So we built it.

Is MarcoApp.io good?

Social recommendations and mentions

• Self-hosting email in 2025 is easy actually (apart from M365)

  We built a cross-platform offline-first IMAP client: https://marcoapp.io Search is single-digit ms. All metadata stored on the client. I built this over the course of a year, literally driven by my frustration with Apple Mail. Maybe give it a try! Edit: Also, extremely brave of you to upgrade to Tahoe. No chance for me. - Source: Hacker News / about 22 hours ago

• macOS Tahoe

  Also ran into serious issues with Apple Mail, and started building a new product: https://marcoapp.io. - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago

• Ask HN: Why is Gmail so incompetent at basic search?

  As others have mentioned, the search and overall performance of “legacy” products like Gmail and Apple Mail are absolutely terrible, not because those companies lack the technical capacity to improve them, but because they have very little financial incentive to do so. We’re building an IMAP-native email client: https://marcoapp.io All metadata is stored locally on the client, so full-text searches complete in... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Thunderbird 140 "Eclipse"

  Check out what we're building: https://marcoapp.io Basically a cross-platform Thunderbird replacement whose sole goal is to "not suck". Full-text search is entirely client side (not via IMAP) and returns results in single-digit ms. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Grammarly acquires email startup Superhuman in AI platform push

  We're building what you want: https://marcoapp.io. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• The Email Startup Graveyard: Why 80%+ of Email Companies Fail

  This is indeed a really weird article, and seems to be partially generated from [content](https://marcoapp.io/blog/marco-an-introduction) that I, as an actual human, wrote. In any case, I do agree that "reinventing" email, or building a business based on "AI features" are both terrible ideas. We began building Marco not to do either of these things, but simply because _there wasn't_ any actual cross-platform IMAP... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: Email Provider for Main Account?

  Personally, I use iCloud+ for custom domain hosting. I migrated from Gmail about a year ago. Yes, it's a walled garden, but a lesser of two evils for sure. And if you have email accounts spread across multiple providers, check out the email client I am currently building: https://marcoapp.io Supports anything that supports IMAP/SMTP, but crucially is cross-platform (desktop + mobile apps). - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Gmail to SQLite

  We're using app passwords for Marco (https://marcoapp.io), until we get through the unnecessarily-rigorous process of gaining privileged OAuth access for email scopes. Here's the support article we link our users to: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 Workspace is a bit different, however. You need an admin to enable app passwords. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Gmail to SQLite

  Agreed! One of the reasons we started working on Marco. https://marcoapp.io. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Show HN: Talanoa – The email client I always dreamed of (People-first, Kanban)

  If what you mean is that Google-only is a non-starter for yourself personally, check out what we're working on at Marco. It's IMAP-primitive: https://marcoapp.io. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Show HN: Talanoa – The email client I always dreamed of (People-first, Kanban)

  Excellent work! We're building something similar at Marco: https://marcoapp.io If you're up for a chat sometime I'd be keen! Very impressed with your work. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Notion Mail Is Out

  IMAP is indeed nightmare fuel. We're building https://marcoapp.io. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2025)

  A cross-platform, cross-provider, IMAP client. Started building this with a friend, as I was personally frustrated at the lack of good options when it comes to "true IMAP" email clients. https://marcoapp.io. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago