No ads, no clutter
Peep has no ads and no news feed. AOL's free webmail shows ads, and AOL sells a paid plan to remove them.
AOL and Verizon mail
Keep your AOL address. Lose the AOL webmail.
Peep reads your AOL or Verizon mailbox directly, so your address, your folders and your old mail all stay exactly where they are. You just stop opening the slow, ad-filled web page to get to them.
Why people switch
Same mailbox, better window
Nothing about your account changes. Peep signs in to AOL's mail servers with an app password and shows your mail in its own fast, clean window, on Windows or on a web server you own.
All your mailboxes together
Your AOL address next to Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook.com and your own domains, each in its own color.
Gentle on AOL's login limits
AOL blocks mail programs that sign in too often. With Peep Web's push service, your server keeps one connection open and everything else works through it.
Calendar, tasks and notes
Answer meeting invites from the message, keep a task list and write notes, in the same app as your mail.
Your passwords stay with you
The app password is encrypted on your own PC or server. Peep has no accounts and nothing goes through peep.moe.
Verizon addresses too
Verizon moved its email to AOL. verizon.net addresses work the same way, with an AOL app password.
Side by side
AOL webmail or Peep
Both read the same AOL mailbox. The difference is everything around it.
| AOL webmail (free) | Peep | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads in the inbox | Yes, unless you pay for ad-free | No |
| Other providers in the same window | No | Yes |
| Windows app | No | Yes, one 5 MB program |
| Calendar that answers invites | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on your own server | No | Yes, with Peep Web |
| Keep your AOL address and mail | Yes | Yes, nothing moves |
To be fair: AOL webmail works from any browser with nothing to set up, and its own phone app is the easiest way to read AOL on a phone. Peep for Windows needs a PC, and Peep Web needs a Linux web server.
Free
Read your AOL mail without AOL's webmail
Make an AOL app password, add it to Peep, and your mail is there in seconds. The provider settings page has the exact steps.