You have been meaning to deal with your inbox for about a year. Emailyst does it in one sitting, shows you everything before it moves a thing, and never sends your mail anywhere.
Apple silicon · macOS 26+ · free version sorts 500 messages per account
Sorts the accounts you already have in Apple Mail, using the model built into macOS. No password, no sign-up, and your mail never leaves this Mac.
There is nothing to set up. No sign-up, no password, no new inbox to learn.
It uses the accounts you have in Apple Mail. You do not type a password anywhere, because there is no account to make.
Thousands of messages while you make coffee. It tells you how long it has left.
Grouped so you judge two thousand at a time instead of one. Untick anything you want to keep - it takes the hint and applies it to the rest.
Everything moves to a folder you picked, nothing is deleted, and a single button puts it all back.
Every rival is a website you log into your email with, and pay monthly, forever. Emailyst is a program on your Mac that you buy once.
| Cloud inbox cleaners | Emailyst | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your mail is read | On their servers | On your Mac |
| What they need from you | Full mailbox access, forever | Nothing - it uses Mail |
| If the company folds | Service stops | Still works. It's a program you own |
| How it decides | Rules you write, or sender lists | Reads what the message is |
| Cost | $60-120 every year | $29, once |
| Deleting things | Often the whole point | Never deletes anything |
The problem
Six reasons a tidy inbox is still not a solved problem, and what each one meant for how this was built.
Clearing it is not hard, it is seven thousand small decisions. Emailyst makes them in one sitting and shows you every one before it moves anything.
One wrong sweep and a receipt or a boarding pass is gone for good. So nothing is deleted, ever - it moves to a folder you chose, and one button brings it all back.
You want the ads gone and the replies kept. Untick one comment notification and Emailyst understands you meant all of them, not everything that sender has ever sent.
Password resets, bank codes, everything. Every rival wants that password. Emailyst never asks, because it runs on your Mac and has nowhere to send anything.
Most tools label your Gmail and leave it exactly where it was. Yours actually goes, and the number on the icon finally comes down.
Clearing it twice a year is worse than never starting. Set a schedule and it keeps up from the menu bar while you forget about it.
Not a subscription. Version 1 is yours to keep and never stops working.
Apple silicon only. The on-device model needs an M-series chip - Intel Macs cannot run it.
macOS 26 or later, because that is where the model lives.
Works with Apple Mail. Emailyst sorts the accounts already set up there - iCloud, Gmail,
Outlook, anything Mail can hold.
Gmail needs one extra step. To move mail rather than only label it, Gmail wants an app
password. Emailyst explains this at the moment it matters, and works without it.
It asks for Full Disk Access on first run, because Mail's database is where your mail is.