Canary Mail for Mac
Easy and elegant e-mail client.
$59.99
In English
Version 5.14.2When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Canary Mail overview
Canary Mail is an exciting new email client for Mac that offers a full set of powerful features with one key difference - your emails are not stored on a 3rd-party server. Every facet of Canary has been designed in accordance with our core philosophy of ensuring complete user privacy and offering reliable and snappy performance. Unlike other apps/services, using Canary is not contingent on providing access to your data.
- Read Tracking - Canary notifies you instantly when your email is read.
- Email Snooze - Declutter your Inbox in an instant and deal with emails at your convenience.
- Unified Inbox - Canary features a unified inbox and supports Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook, FastMail and universal IMAP.
- Fully Local - Your emails are encrypted and stored locally and securely on your Mac, not on an online server.
- Gmail Labels and Filters - Canary supports labels and social/promotional email segregation that Gmail users love.
- Attachments Browser - Quickly find, download, and open every file that you've ever sent or received.
- Quick Reply - Compose at the speed of thought with inline replies and direct keyboard shortcuts for your favorite contacts.
- Powerful Search - Instantly find an email with powerful predicate-based search that works even when you're offline.
- Amazing Performance - Canary is engineered to offer an incredibly snappy user experience, with minimal CPU and RAM use.
What’s new in version 5.14.2
- Canary just got sharper. Here’s everything we’ve improved in this release.
- Fixed: Signature Images – Images can now be pasted into signatures correctly and display at a consistent size in Sent and received emails.
- Fixed: Blocked Emails – Blocked messages will no longer incorrectly appear in the Inbox.
- Fixed: Meeting Times – Calendar invites now show the correct time.
- Fixed: Stability & Reliability – General fixes to improve overall performance and reduce edge-case issues.
- Small updates, big improvements. Thanks for flying with Canary!
Canary Mail for Mac
$59.99
In English
Version 5.14.2
What users say about Canary Mail
Features: 4.0
Pretty basic, but it looks and matches the macOS settings. has all the bells and whistles one would expect from an email client. Setup was the fastest and first problem-free setup I've had in a while (with iCloud, Gmail, and Yahoo).
Other user ratings:
Value | 5.0
Ease of use | 5.0
Reliability | 5.0
Customer support | 3.0
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Dec 28 2025
Version: 5.14.2
I used it since switching to Mac in 2008. Liked it. Then I discovered Tutanota and Runbox in 2017 and quite happy. Both are extremely security oriented, and both visually different. I'm on a premium plan on Tuta. Runbox on a free plan, since I'm using much less than Tuta.
Sep 28 2021
Version: 3.32
Canary is a good, solid e-mail client. There are some bells and whistles that would be good to have. But Canary's purpose is security. In terms of that, I would actually want to see S/MIME supported. Among bells and whistles, message tagging, virtual folders and finally control over the fonts would be nice to have, but again, it is about communication security.
Nov 10 2020
Version: 3.17
Best privacy features amongst competitors. Visually pleasing and cross-sync functioning more reliably now. FYI, these reviews are inconsistent with App Store reviews (4 stars), which makes one wonder if reviewers are unbiased.
Nov 4 2020
Version: 3.16
I tried this before purchasing. Alas, after purchasing, I discovered that it doesn't update my iCloud email. I wrote to the developers for help and was asked to send them some log files. I did so, directly from their Canary application. Then they turned around and told me that those were encrypted and that I should do something else, yet they didn't specify exactly what. I mean, if their own program can't do this, what am I supposed to do? I eventually copied and pasted all of their log data into an email and sent that.
Since then, I haven't heard jack from them. They've abandoned this problem after gladly taking my money.
I know people on MU ask for ratings based on the program and not on service, and I am trying to do that here. But my experience with the program is not good, and my experience with their customer service is far worse. I have little choice but to advise against this program.
