Newton Mail is shutting down in September

Newton Mail is shutting down on September 25th, marking the formal end of the subscription-based premium email app.

Newton is the latest third-party email app casualty. It joins the ranks of gone-but-not-forgotten (by me, at least) apps like Sparrow and Mailbox as yet another victim of the fact that it’s really hard to come up with a viable business model for email apps.

As founder Rohit Nadhani explained in a Medium post, the company “explored various business models but couldn’t successfully figure out profitability & growth over the long term.” He cited the competition of free apps from Apple, Google, and Microsoft as too much to overcome.

Newton Mail…

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17661488/newton-mail-email-app-shutting-down-september-2018