Dusk side by side with every popular Mac mail app: price, privacy, AI and speed.
Price, AI, privacy and features compared, and where each one is the better choice.
Dusk and Mimestream compared. Both are native Mac apps for Gmail. Mimestream is $49.99 a year with no AI. Dusk is $49 once with on-device AI and iCloud support.
Dusk and Apple Mail compared. Apple Mail is free and has Apple Intelligence. Dusk sorts by what you need to do, summarises every email and is built for the keyboard.
Dusk and Spark compared. Spark is free with AI on paid plans that sends email to Azure OpenAI. Dusk is $49 once with AI that stays on your Mac.
Dusk and Shortwave compared. Shortwave is an AI-first Gmail app from $30 a month using cloud Claude models. Dusk is $49 once with AI on your Mac.
Dusk and Canary Mail compared. Canary sorts on your device but uses cloud models for writing. Dusk does all of its AI on your Mac for $49 once.