Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Gmail stars and labels
easily mark certain messages as important
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Gmail stars and labels launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I got frustrated with Gmail's lack of customization, and built an extension for myself. It doesn't do much other than modify how Gmail is displayed in Chrome. Does it as minimally as possible (that I can engineer). Done locally, zero remote processing. Currently built the following settings (want to add more soon): Conversations: * Show newest message first * Show every message in a thread (sometimes they're collapsed into numbered bubbles) * Remove AI overviews (retches) Layout/UI: * Minimize the search & top bar * Minimize the far left "rail" (Mail/Chat/Meet) * Hide a bunch…
Mar 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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No more long and annoying lines of text in Gmail
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Gmail Offline▲144Use Gmail offline, freaking fast
2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Sign, fill out & send documents without leaving Gmail
2015 · getsigneasy.com · its alternatives →
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Hey guys, so I've been building my own Gmail for the past few weeks and would like your feedback. Find a preview here: http://i.imgur.com/UDz2y.png (Mouse cursor is over the "REPLY" button, to show the hover-effect) The app you see in the screenshot is what I've been using in the past week and it starts to feel better than the gmail interface. Just a quick explanation: - It's conversation-based like Gmail. - Conversations with new emails are on the left. - Conversations may be labeled ... based on predefined filters or manually. - Every conversation stays in the left sidebar until marked…
2012 · i.imgur.com · its alternatives →
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Know the sender's company by adding favicons to Gmail
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Beautiful & editable templates right in your Gmail account
2018 · beefree.io · its alternatives →
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Extracting the most important sentences from an email thread
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Quick suggested responses for emails, using machine learning
2017 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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GrexIt▲74Simple, Powerful Collaboration with Shared Gmail Labels.
2014 · hiverhq.com · its alternatives →
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A tool to automatically add social niceties to your emails
2017 · emotional-labor.email · its alternatives →
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Never let a thread die, never forget a follow up
2014 · boomeranggmail.com · its alternatives →
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You've Got Gmail▲109Old school AOL "you've got mail" sound for Gmail
2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Big Android update introducing a unified inbox
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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