As such, fast and efficient email search can mean the difference between finding an important yet buried email before heading into a meeting, and going in unprepared, or locating directions to your dinner date when Internet access is unavailable. And yet, the iPhone's native email search leaves much to be desired.
reMail, a new iPhone app launching today, plans to bring the power back to email search on your phone. The email search app downloads all your email to your iPhone and then lets you search the full text of your emails, whether you're online or off, at a much speedier rate than the native mail app.
reMail is built with the power email searcher in mind, and works with Gmail and IMAP email accounts. Though the app will set you back $4.99, the investment could save you minutes for each use.
As you type, the app is able to instantly search important email parameters like to-from fields, subject lines, full text in email body. It even auto-completes names, keeps your search history on hand, saves attachments to your phone, supports advanced search operators, and highlights matched text. It really is as impressive as Gmail search on the web, with the best part being that searches are conducted at lightening speeds 5x faster than the typical iPhone mail search.
Also of note is that reMail downloads all your email to your phone. The initial download will take a significant length of time — it's painfully long — but you can search during the download process, and eventually you'll have offline access to all of your emails. And according to the app maker, email storage won't suck up your available space, as 100,000 emails takes up less than 500 MB.
Bottom line, reMail delivers on its promise to bring a better email search experience to your iPhone.
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