As an alternative to iOS' default mail client and Gmail's app, Mailbox lets you swipe, file, and even "snooze" your way to a cleaner, emptier inbox. Just be ready to wait in line until your number ...

Mailbox, which was bought by Dropbox for around $100 million in March, has a different take on dealing with e-mail overload, and today it's being released for the iPad.

Sorting mail using Mailbox on the iPhone, but what about when you go to use Gmail your laptop? It is up to you to try and duplicate the sorting scheme that Mailbox has created.

Instead of archiving or trashing email messages, the Export Mailbox feature allows you to remove messages entirely from Mail while still holding onto copies.