Cleanfox vs Unroll.Me

Cleanfox is a free service for removing unwanted email and unsubscribing from newsletters. It identifies recurring senders and lets users decide what to keep before cleaning. For a newsletter, users can remove all its messages, delete received emails while staying subscribed, or keep it. Mail support includes Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, iCloud Mail, and most other providers. Card and list views help sort newsletters, with bulk actions in list view; users can add multiple mailboxes and sort them together. Automatic cleanup rules are available. An initial mailbox scan takes an average of 30 minutes to 3 hours. Deleted messages move to the mailbox trash and remain recoverable until the email provider empties it, typically after 5 to 30 days. Cleanfox says it uses end-to-end encryption, does not read or sell emails, and anonymizes newsletter and commercial-transaction data for market statistics. It says users are not targeted by advertising. Attachment downloading and deletion is marked “Soon.” Cleanfox is available on Android, iOS, and the web.

Unroll.Me manages subscription email by scanning messages and letting users block, roll up, or keep them. Selected messages move to an Unroll.Me folder and are gathered into a daily digest delivered at a time the user chooses. Blocked senders’ messages go to an Unroll.Me/Unsubscribed folder instead of appearing in the main inbox. The mobile apps provide a subscription list, bulk actions, subscription editing, and rich-text previews with a built-in browser. Supported providers include Gmail and Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, and Outlook.com addresses, including Hotmail, MSN, and Live Mail; Outlook 365 is not supported. It is free, but its stated model involves collecting commercial email information for measurement products and other uses. Mobile browsers lack some functions, including login and subscription editing. The service is unavailable to customers in the European Union and European Economic Area.