Boxy Suite gives Gmail and Google Calendar a home outside the browser, with several Google accounts signed in. It's a set of Mac apps for Google's services, restyled to look at home on macOS.
Singlebox runs Google's apps as Google builds them, on Mac and Windows, next to every other web app you use.
At a glance
| Singlebox | Boxy Suite | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A dedicated desktop app for your messaging, email, and work apps | A suite of Mac apps for Google services |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows | macOS |
| Your email provider's own web app, with all its features | Gmail, restyled to match macOS, with Reader Mode and email tracking detection | |
| Multiple accounts | Every app or account is its own profile with an isolated session | Several accounts with instant switching |
| Adding apps | Pick from 65,000+ apps in the catalog or add any website | Gmail, Calendar, Keep, and Contacts |
| Notifications and badges | Unread badges on each app and on the Dock or taskbar; mute any app | Notifications and a status bar icon |
What is Singlebox?
Singlebox is a dedicated desktop app for your messaging, email, and work apps. Every app or account is its own profile with an isolated session, so each Google account stays signed in next to the rest of your tools. Links open in your default browser, or follow rules that send them to a specific profile.
What is Boxy Suite?
Boxy Suite is a suite of Mac apps for Gmail, Google Calendar, Keep, and Contacts, restyled to match macOS. It offers instant account switching, a Minimal Mode, a Reader Mode, and email tracking detection. This comparison is based on Boxy Suite 2.
1. Mac and Windows
Boxy Suite is built for the Mac. If you also use a Windows PC at the office, your Google apps stay behind.
Singlebox runs on both macOS and Windows. Add your apps once, and your profiles, bookmarks, and settings sync across your computers.
2. Every account in view
Boxy Suite pre-loads your accounts so switching is instant. Singlebox keeps them all in view: every Google account sits side by side in the profile bar with its own unread badge, so you can see at a glance which inbox needs you. Mute any profile that can wait.
3. Beyond Google
Most workdays don't stop at Gmail and Calendar. In Singlebox, Slack, Notion, Trello, and any of the 65,000+ apps in the catalog sit in the same window, or add any website by its address.
4. More inside each app
Every app has tabs and tab groups, link rules that send links to the right profile, and your password manager, with the 1Password, Bitwarden, and LastPass extensions built in.
Moving from Boxy Suite
- Download Singlebox on your Mac or PC.
- Add Gmail, Google Calendar, Keep, and Contacts from the catalog, plus the other apps you use.
- Add a profile for each of your Google accounts. Your mail and calendars live in Google, so there's nothing to export.
Which one should you choose?
Boxy Suite is still a good fit if you:
- Only use a Mac and want Gmail and Calendar restyled to look like native Mac apps
- Want built-in Reader Mode and email tracking detection for Gmail
Singlebox is the better fit if you:
- Also use Windows
- Want every Google account visible at once, each with its own unread badge
- Work in more than Google's apps
Keep Google's apps and everything else in one window, on Mac and Windows: try Singlebox for free.
