Other times, I don’t need that full signature.
This is a particular gripe when working in my professional inboxes. It’s too much of a pain to go into settings each time. I’d love to have the choice to include it or not include it based on the kinds of emails I’m sending WHILE they are being composed.
One request - please allow me to choose whether or not to include a signature while typing an email. I need something reliable for multiple accounts that will help me stay up to speed for personal and professional email. It’s fun to use! The layout is minimal and it’s easy to work quickly through the inbox. Email works at lightening speed where other apps (even native apps) are sluggish and cumbersome. I’m giving 5 stars because this app does what I need it to do - and it’s fast, fun, and functional. I was experiencing difficulty with my iCloud account syncing, but that has been resolved. I’ll give it a few stars because it seemed like a decent app, but I have no idea how much value comes with the cost. So, I guess I’m deleting Spike and will never discover if it's even worth $12/month. (Didn’t a large video game company recently get taken down for doing just that?) I was under the impression that Apple did not allow apps with subscriptions that didn’t use in-app purchases. That is a ridiculous price and a suspect way to implement it. I won’t even pay $12/month for a video streaming service that I’d use every day. I’m taken to a page that tells me it’ll be $12/month to keep using it for my “Business email” that I use like once or twice each week. What?Ĭonsidering some of the paid email apps that I passed on because they required a subscription, I figured maybe it would be only a couple of bucks per month. I had barely used it enough to really get a feel for it yet when I started getting notices about my “Free Trial” coming to an end. After looking at a few options, I decided to try Spike-partly because there were no “in-app purchases” listed. I work at a very small business and only recently was given an email address there. My wishes include the ability to create signatures for alias email addresses, add or change avatars of contacts, select event logistics and create an event in the Spike calendar. It works similar to Slack, so it should be useful. And finally, I can't wait to use the group chat feature for a project or ongoing discussion. Spike's Search seems to work, so there's less need to file away emails.
These features cause me to archive emails more instead of moving them to folders. I also like the Snooze, Search, Tag, and Pin functions. The chat layout of emails also hides cluttered subject lines, and you don't have to open emails in a separate window unless you choose to. The Priority and Other sections are a good idea, but I prefer the Recent and Unread display. That means I'm processing emails faster and efficiently. And best of all, the Unread section makes it easy to achieve Inbox zero because it only presents unread emails and hides my previously read emails. As much as I liked Spark, Spike's UI is less cultured because it doesn't have the Sent, Trash, Archive, and other folders visible in the left column like most email clients do.