Canary Mail vs Dove

Canary Mail is an email app for macOS, iOS, Android, and Windows, with a unified inbox, offline access, scheduled sending, and calendar tools. Its Free plan includes unlimited mail accounts and core inbox features such as lite read receipts, snooze, pinning, templates, and Inbox Zero, with support for up to two devices. AI tools include email writing, thread summarization, and automatic categorization. A seven-day trial opens paid features without a credit card or automatic billing; accounts that do not upgrade move to Free. Growth and Pro+ support up to five devices, and Growth includes app integrations. Pro+ includes PGP Encryption and SecureSend Encryption for HIPAA compliance. Canary Mail states that it is HIPAA and GDPR compliant and that email is not used to train AI models or shared with third-party AI providers for training. Licenses are single-user, not for teams or organizations. Free is free; Growth is $3 a month, billed yearly at $36/year; and Pro+ is $10 a month, billed yearly at $100/year.

Dove is an AI-powered email app that sorts incoming mail and brings messages needing action into view. Its inbox separates mail into Focus, Feed and Noise, prioritizing requests, retaining useful updates and moving lower-priority messages out of Today. Today summarizes incoming email and highlights tasks, upcoming events and people the user is waiting on. Ask Dove can answer questions about inbox conversations, and AI can draft replies for the user to review. Dove supports Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Yahoo and any IMAP account; every plan allows unlimited connected accounts. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows, with offline access and calendar tools. Dove says it scores email risks and quarantines messages it identifies as dangerous, including phishing, malware and impersonation attempts. The Free plan costs nothing and includes core inbox features and 10 AI actions per day; Compose, Wingman, Summaries and Ask AI each use one action. Pro costs $20 a month or $200 a year, with unlimited AI and all features. A 7-day trial requires a card, with subscription beginning on day 8 unless canceled first. Dove is headquartered in Singapore.