Inbox Clarity vs InboxSweeper
Inbox Clarity
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| Figure | Inbox Clarity | InboxSweeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | A$0.83/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Email Cleanup Software | 7.5 (#20) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Email providers | The site says Gmail and Microsoft Outlook support are available, including Outlook and Hotmail accounts. | Gmail is fully supported; Yahoo and other IMAP inboxes are experimental. |
| Integrations | The site lists Gmail OAuth integration and Microsoft Outlook support as done; it lists Apple Mail and iCloud support as planned. | Documented integrations include Gmail, Yahoo, generic IMAP providers, Claude Code, Codex, Jules, Cursor, and Gemini CLI workflows. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says the service does not store full email body content and does not use user data to train machine-learning models, serve advertising, or conduct market research. | The tool runs on the user's computer and says mail, credentials, and tokens are not uploaded; anonymous usage counters can be disabled with INBOXSWEEPER_NO_TELEMETRY=1. |
| Purpose | Inbox Clarity finds newsletters and marketing emails and can unsubscribe from them with a single click. | InboxSweeper bulk deletes old promotions and newsletters and unsubscribes from mailing lists. |
| Support | The yearly plan includes email support. | The project directs users who encounter an unlisted issue to open a GitHub issue with their OS, browser, and the exact wording of the problem. |
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In their own words
Inbox Clarity
Inbox Clarity has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
InboxSweeper
InboxSweeper is a free, open-source tool for clearing old promotional mail and newsletters and unsubscribing from mailing lists. It supports Gmail fully; Yahoo and other IMAP inboxes are experimental. Choose among three sweep modes: Sloth targets mail older than two years, Normal mail older than one year, and MadMax includes recent promotional mail. Their respective run caps are 25, 50, and 100 senders. Before moving messages, sweeps show counts; financial, security, payment, receipt, and government mail is protected. You can unsubscribe, move selected messages to Trash, or report senders as spam. Trash messages are described as recoverable for about 30 days. One-click and mailto unsubscribe options are supported; web-link-only options are flagged for manual handling. The tool runs on your computer and says it does not upload mail, credentials, or tokens. It offers a local browser interface, Windows executable, terminal CLI, and AI-agent instructions. It uses a scoped app password rather than Google OAuth, with credentials stored in macOS Keychain or a locked file.