Microsoft Outlook
★ 5.0What it actually doesMicrosoft Outlook is a full-featured email client with support for multiple services, smart filtering, calendar, and Microsoft 365 integration, but suffers from notification synchronization issues and periodic access failures.
Actually does
- ✓Email client85% of reviews
- ✓Calendar15% of reviews
- ✓Task management5% of reviews
- ✓Ad-free12% of reviews
- ✓Multi-account5% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Grammar check
- ⚠File sharing
- ⚠Video calls
- ⚠Voice calls
- ⚠Anti-phishing
- ⚠AI assistant
- ⚠Sync across devices
- ⚠Wear OS support
Common complaints
- ✗Notifications delayed or not arriving at all24% of mentions
«notifications about incoming emails arrive the next day, or even a day later, in batches of several at a time»
- ✗Unable to pass CAPTCHA verification when signing in/creating account12% of mentions
«Can't pass the verification that I'm human, every time I click and hold the button»
- ✗Sync issues between devices (read messages remain unread)12% of mentions
«Messages read on desktop remain unread in the Android client»
- ✗Account recovery issues8% of mentions
«I haven't been able to recover access to my accounts for over a month»
- ✗Missing built-in translator, auto-replies, and forwarding4% of mentions
«There's no built-in translator and never was»
What people praise
- ★Convenient interface, easy to use
«convenient and nice»
- ★No ads (unlike competitors)
«no ads, easy to set up»
- ★Support for multiple email services in one app
«Everything is well thought out and well integrated with iOS»
- ★Reliable and stable app
«Good reliable email app»
- ★When working, notifications arrive correctly
«I had a problem with Gmail notifications, so I started using this. Now notifications come as they should»