Newsletter Reader by Meco 4+

I’ve tried numerous newsletter apps (Matter, Readwise Reader, Slick Inbox, Stoop Inbox) and web services (Mailscribe, Subscrib) and Meco is my favorite. It has the most seamless user interface workflow—from adding newsletters to moving on to the next ones to searching and filtering—and feels polished all around.

Like many people these days I try to stay away from Gmail and think twice before granting apps access to my email accounts. That's why I tried all the other apps mentioned above before Meco. I read the privacy policy and FAQ, and the developer seems uninterested in the shady business of selling customer data, which is great, but you never know these days.

So I ended up creating a new Gmail dedicated to Meco and newsletters. I'm glad I did. A new Gmail for Meco is a good idea even if you aren't concerned about privacy, because Meco creates many Gmail labels and filters for its functionality. One idea I have for the developer is to at least nest those labels under an umbrella label "Meco" so the UUID messiness can be hidden from view. I noticed that Meco-created labels are hidden by default, but it still creates a mess on the sidebar when the label list is expanded.

Other than that, I highly recommend this well-designed app. Kudos to the development team!

I’m genuinely loving Meco so far. The interface is clean, my inbox is free, and my newsletters look great.

I love that my newsletters all keep their proper formatting, and being able to open links in the app is so nice. No more opening 50 browser tabs when I just want to check what a link is.

Meco is an absolute game-changer.

My gmail inbox is largely newsletters of assorted types and Meco on the iPhone really helps to organize them. I wanted to give it 4.5 stars as there are a couple of issues, that I have discussed with the developers. It’s odd that it doesn’t work as well on the iPad as that is a better reading environment. A couple of times I had a situation of the iPhone app constantly crashing. Deleting and reinstalling was a work around. I do have a few suggestions for enhancements but would like to get the small defects fixed first.