Emailyst vs AlbumRescue

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Emailyst compared with AlbumRescue
Detail	Emailyst	AlbumRescue
What it does	Clean up Apple Mail on your Mac using built-in AI, nothing uploaded	Mac app that reads Photos libraries from external drives, old Macs, damaged copies or Time Machine backups, and saves albums as folders
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Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: up to 1,000 emails per mail account with full message grouping and review. Full version: $29 once, covering up to three Macs and all version 1 updates, with no email limit and automatic sorting on a schedule.	Free: scan, all lists, comparison, and 10 photos saved. Full export: USD 34 once for 2 Macs, with one year of updates.
Key features	Groups emails by type: newsletters, promotions, notifications and other categories Local processing with no uploads using macOS built-in AI Reversible email moves with full history Works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and Fastmail Automatic scheduled sorting in full version Custom rules available Can process multiple mailboxes Learns from user preferences Supports up to three Macs with one licence	Finds Photos libraries on external drives (APFS, encrypted APFS, HFS+, exFAT) and in Time Machine backups Reads library database without modifying original library or backup Shows which originals are on disk and which cannot be saved Compares albums, folders and items between two libraries Saves folders with original files, XMP sidecars and CSV report Works offline with no account or cloud upload required Reads change journals when database is damaged or missing
What makes it different	Runs entirely on your Mac with no email uploads to servers Never deletes emails, only moves them with reversible operations Uses macOS native language model, signed and notarized by Apple Free version with no account required	Reads Photos libraries from damaged backups and Time Machine copies that Photos itself cannot open Shows exactly what photos are stored locally versus in iCloud before exporting Exports as plain folders with XMP metadata that any app can use, not locked into Photos Completely private and offline with no account, no upload, no AI
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
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Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	3 +2 (up) since last check	36 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	14	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	14	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	3	16

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