{
  "slug": "spark-mail",
  "category": "email-clients",
  "name": "Spark Mail",
  "description": "Email app for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android with a smart inbox, team sharing and AI features. Push notifications and several features run through its servers.",
  "website": "https://sparkmailapp.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "macos",
    "windows",
    "ios",
    "android"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "IE",
    "name": "Ireland",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 17,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Spark Mail scores 17 out of 100 (grade F) on the email clients criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales and works with any provider. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, OpenPGP support, connects directly and blocks remote content. It is based in Ireland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR).",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/spark-mail/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/spark-mail/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.readdle.spark/latest/",
      "note": "Exodus finds Amplitude, AppsFlyer, Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics in the Android app."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://sparkmailapp.com/legal/privacy-app",
      "note": "Funded by paid plans. The privacy policy states that personal information is not sold."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "openpgp": {
      "title": "OpenPGP support",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not supported."
    },
    "no_cloud_relay": {
      "title": "Connects directly",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://sparkmailapp.com/help/privacy-data/spark-email-privacy-everything-you-need-to-know",
      "note": "Login credentials or access tokens are stored on Spark servers to send notifications and run features such as send later and shared drafts."
    },
    "remote_content_blocked": {
      "title": "Blocks remote content",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No documented option to block remote images or tracking pixels."
    },
    "any_provider": {
      "title": "Works with any provider",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://sparkmailapp.com/help/add-manage-accounts/connect-to-your-email-account-in-spark",
      "note": "Works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, Exchange and custom IMAP accounts."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Amplitude",
        "host": "cdn.amplitude.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Meta Pixel",
        "host": "www.facebook.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:36.113Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}