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What it is for

Spark Mail is a Focused Inbox desk: you pin Priority (Olga Marchenko / Ethan Bennett), keep Notifications / Newsletters in their own stacks, and Free stays $0. Use it when the job is an inbox you start at a public $, not when you need Shortwave’s 14-day trial + Business $30 agent.

Soft-note: Free $0; Plus US$10/user/mo or US$99/yr; Pro US$20/user/mo or US$199/yr; 7-day Plus/Pro trial. AI / Autopilot / collab extras are plan-gated. Distinct from Shortwave, Missive, and Front.

What makes it unique: the cover is Readdle’s official Mac App Store Focused Inbox (Love Your Email Again, Priority cards, Notifications / Newsletters, Spark Team) from Spark Mail’s Mac listing (id 6445813049, EN_mac_aw1.jpg) — not a wordmark. Soft-note: the listing also draws an AI Assistant card — that card is marketing chrome, not a Key-feature desk (AI is plan-gated). The Priority row itself is ops of Focused Inbox.

Key features

Focused Inbox / Priority — Olga / Ethan / View all on one desk (cover still; inbox help). One desk. Cover Priority sits here.
Notifications + Newsletters — stacked groups on the cover (cover). A group, not a Plus tile.
Unified inbox — several accounts in one list (pricing; Mac shot EN_mac_aw2). A list, not a $10 meter.
Pin — keep a thread at the top (inbox help). A pin, not Get Plus.
Done — archive a finished thread (inbox help). A done, not Enterprise.
Inbox views — Classic / Unread Cards / Focused List (inbox help). A view, not SSO.

Download / Go Plus are CTAs (not desks). Free / Plus / Pro $ stay in Pricing. Spark +AI / Autopilot / Gatekeeper / shared drafts stay out of Key features (plan-gated extras).

Who it's for

Best fit: teams who will stay on Free while they clear a first Focused Inbox — then Plus at US$10/user/mo (or US$99/yr) when they want Gatekeeper / extra productivity, not Missive Starter $14 first unless they want a shared inbox as the default, and not if they need PGP (that’s Canary’s Pro+ desk).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from sparkmailapp.com/pricing (Free $0; Plus $10/mo or $99/yr; Pro $20/mo or $199/yr; FAQ: seven-day Plus/Pro trial). Soft-note: per-user; yearly prints $8.25 / $16.58 as the monthly equivalent of $99 / $199.

Free — $0. Essential inbox (Focused List / cards / pins).
Plus — US$10/user/mo or US$99/yr.
Pro — US$20/user/mo or US$199/yr.
Trial — 7 days of Plus or Pro.
Higher coaching / enterprise rows exist on the page. Do not invent a coaching $ if the card does not print one.

Limitations / costs

AI / Autopilot / collaboration extras are plan-gated. Free is a Focused Inbox, not the AI Assistant on the cover card.
A team client, not Canary’s PGP desk. For encryption / SecureSend see Canary Mail.
Plus/Pro are per-user subscriptions after the 7-day trial.
The product is not OSS. We omit a GitHub CTA rather than invent a product repo.

Alternatives

Official tutorial

We searched @SparkMail (404), @sparkmail (404), @Readdle (200), and @ReaddleLive (200 — oEmbed for hUfTfSkGtU4 is Meet Spark for Android [Google Play Preview], author Readdle Live; the channel RSS we fetched is now Fluix / field-ops, not a Spark Desktop how-to). We do not embed that Android preview, and we do not embed third-party Spark tours. No current official Spark Desktop how-to to embed. Written path: sparkmailapp.com plus pricing and Customize your Inbox.

Website

https://sparkmailapp.com/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Readdle’s official Mac App Store Focused Inbox still (Love Your Email Again / Priority / Notifications / Newsletters) from listing 6445813049 EN_mac_aw1.jpg. Dollars checked on sparkmailapp.com/pricing (Free $0; Plus US$10/mo or US$99/yr; Pro US$20/mo or US$199/yr; 7-day trial). AI/Autopilot dropped from Key features. No invented GitHub. No Spark Desktop YouTube embed.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.