Vela

Calm email,
without
the cloud.

Vela connects directly to your mailbox. Mail never touches our servers — it stays on your device, encrypted at rest. One subscription, every mailbox, every calendar, every task list, in one calm app.

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Send investor follow-up
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Morgan Lee
Coffee Friday?
I'm in the city until Friday — want to grab a coffee?
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Sarah Chen
Friday design review
Looks good. The hero treatment on the second screen reads better…
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Alex Rivera
Q2 Planning · Tomorrow 10am
Conference Room B. Please bring updated charts.
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Loop Coffee
Your order is on its way
Track your package · ETA May 6th
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GitHub
PR #482 · INBOX delta sync
@you opened a pull request
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The privacy promise

Vela is not a server.

Most email apps route your mail through their own infrastructure — to scan it for ads, to train models, to sell metadata. Vela doesn't. The app on your phone talks directly to Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, or IMAP. Your mail is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM. AI runs on your device. We have no servers that hold your mail. There's nothing for us to leak, sell, or monetize. Ever.

What's in the app

Mail, calendar, tasks — in one calm place.

Three apps Apple ships separately, redesigned around a single rhythm. Real provider sync. Real local AI. No relays.

Every mailbox in one app

Gmail, Outlook, iCloud Mail, and any standards-compliant IMAP / SMTP server. Vela+ unlocks unlimited accounts and All Inboxes — every mailbox merged into one chronological view.

Calendar & tasks, finally connected

Day, week, month, agenda. Recurring events, alerts, subtasks. Two-way sync with Apple Calendar and Reminders so the rest of your devices stay in step.

On-device AI

Summary chip on every thread, smart-reply drafts, and a tone meter while you compose. Powered by Apple Foundation Models on iOS 18+. No keys, no relays, nothing leaves the device.

Widgets that earn the screen

Inbox, tasks, and calendar widgets in every size — plus the Vela Today combined widget that stacks them in one tile. All running off the same on-device store.

Aliases & Hide My Email

Sign up for things without giving out your real address. Hide My Email when you're on iCloud; plus-addressing on Gmail, Outlook, Fastmail, and IMAP for everyone else.

VIPs & quiet hours

Mark senders as VIPs so they're the only ones who ping during quiet hours. Snooze threads with wake-on-reply. Triage Mode clears 200 emails in under 10 minutes.

Pricing

Free is genuinely useful. Vela+ unlocks the rest.

One simple subscription. Cancel any time through your Apple ID. No ads, ever.

Free

$0 forever
No card required
  • One mailbox (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, IMAP)
  • Full mail · swipes · VIPs · quiet hours
  • Calendar (Day, Month, Agenda)
  • Tasks (Today + All)
  • 3 aliases per month
  • Inbox / Tasks / Calendar widgets
Coming soon

Bring the calm back to your inbox.

Vela is in private beta on TestFlight. Email support@velamail.app with the subject "TestFlight" and your Apple ID's email — we'll add you to the next round.

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