However, given that the app is starting off with support for Gmail and Google Apps on Windows computers, Mailbird will probably get the chance to fly.
And now that Sparrow is Google-owned, it’s unclear to what extent Sparrow’s new owners will have an issue with the user interface inspiration. To the layperson who’s not a regular Sparrow user, the differences might be harder to spot, of course. They’re not exactly identical,” Loubier notes.
“We looked at different apps that have this modern, flat design and went with those. “It’s what we’re seeing as a trend in app design right now. “What we’re using right now – it’s not like it’s something that only Sparrow did,” she adds. “By no means are we copying Sparrow,” says Loubier of the two apps’ differences, besides the fact that one is for Mac and iOS users, while the other is for Windows. And those similarities are only skin deep. The similarity between the two clients is striking, but co-founder and CEO Andrea Loubier insists that Mailbird isn’t copying Sparrow – it’s using that mail client’s look and feel for inspirational purposes only. Mailbird, a very Sparrow-like email client for Windows users, is launching into beta this week with plans to take its email desktop app beyond where Sparrow left off before being acquired by Google last July.
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