Delta Chat vs SimpleEmail
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Delta Chat
Delta Chat is a reliable decentralized instant messenger that is easy and fun to use for friends, family, groups and organizations. Delta Chat is developed by a dedicated FOSS contributor community that jointly releases refinements and new features several times a year, across many stores and platforms world-wide. Features at a glance: • Anonymous. Instant onboarding without a phone number, e-mail or other private data. • Flexible. Supports multiple chat profiles and is easy to setup on multiple devices. • Extensible. Add tools like shopping lists, calendars or gaming apps to any chat. • Reliable. Works under bad and adversarial network conditions. • Secure. Audited End-to-End encryption safe against network and server attacks. • Sovereign. Can be run with your own e-mail address or server. • FOSS. Fully Open Source/Free Software, built on Internet Standards.
SimpleEmail
A Free Software, minimalistic and privacy friendly email app. Highlights * Easy navigation * No unnecessary settings * No bells and whistles * Privacy friendly * Simple design Why? The focus of SimpleEmail is be a privacy-friendly email app with a good UX/UI and with a community development model. SimpleEmail is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages, it starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss a new email. Features * 100% Free Software * Multiple accounts (inboxes) * Multiple identities (outboxes) * Unified inbox * Conversation view * Two way synchronization * Offline storage and operations * Battery friendly * Low data usage * Folder management * Signatures * Dark theme * Account colors * Search on server * Encryption/decryption * Export settings Secure: * Allow encrypted connections only * Accept valid security certificates only * Authentication required * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed) * No special permissions required * No advertisements * No analytics and no tracking
| Feature | Delta Chat | SimpleEmail |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | EmailMessagingBrowser | EmailBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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