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Stakker vs Apple Mail
Since iOS 18.2, Apple Mail sorts email into Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions, and Apple puts newsletters in Updates, grouped by sender. It is a real improvement. Stakker goes one step further and gives newsletters an app of their own.
Updated 20 October 2026
Side by side
| Stakker | Apple Mail | |
|---|---|---|
| Where newsletters land | Your Stakker stack | Updates, grouped by sender |
| Mixed with other email | No | In the same app and account |
| Shows editions as designed | Yes | Yes |
| Unknown senders | Wait for your yes | Arrive directly |
| Badge count | Unread editions | Primary only when categories are on |
| Find new newsletters | Built-in catalogue | No |
| Price | Free | Built in |
Which should you choose?
Choose Stakker if
you want a separate place to read, with your own address and a catalogue to subscribe from.
Stay with Apple Mail if
Updates already works for you and you prefer fewer apps.
About Stakker
Stakker is a free iPhone app made only for newsletters. You get an address of your own, subscribe with it, and every edition arrives in a stack made for reading, laid out as the writer set it. It never reads your personal email. More about Stakker.
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Checked 20 October 2026. Prices and features change; check each app’s own page before you decide.
Stakker for iPhone
Newsletters deserve better.
An address of your own, a stack made for reading, and every edition laid out as the writer set it. Free on the App Store.