Yorba vs. Leave Me Alone
Raise your hand if you’re scared to open your email. The endless dings, constant disruption, and hundreds of messages are piling on. So if you’re like us, you might be familiar with unsubscribe tools like Leave Me Alone–a platform that lets you see all your newsletters in one place. But how does it compare to Yorba?
Read on to find out.
Yorba
Year started: 2020
Founded by: Chris Zeunstrom, Nolan Cabeje, David Schmudde
Trustpilot Rating: 4.5
Mission: to make life online a little less annoying
Features: unsubscribe from mailing lists; find and delete accounts; find and cancel subscriptions; analyze privacy policies; monitor your digital footprint; Smart Suggestions; monitor data breaches; Account Deletion Directory.
What you get
Easy unsubscribe: Once you've connected your accounts you'll see how many mailing lists each account has you on, how many emails they send you, and how often you open them (ahem: if you open them). After you get a good look at the stats, just click unsubscribe to get off the mailing lists or click “keep” to stay on their list.
Smart suggestions: Not sure where to start? Follow the suggestions based on email frequency, open rate, and the sending company’s privacy policies.
Find and delete accounts: Filter services by deletion difficulty, domain name, whether they have a direct deletion link, and more.
Find and cancel subscriptions: Find your paid accounts, get alerts about upcoming payments, and cancel unwanted subscriptions.
Analyze privacy policies: Grading that actually matters. See how privacy policies stack up. We grade vendors based on how much data they collect and what they do with it. Check out the A-F ratings and get insights on how these vendors treat your data.
Monitor your digital footprint: Find the accounts you forgot about or never realized were created. Check and manage the volume of automated emails you receive, newly created accounts or increases in your subscription fees.
Monitor data breaches: see when, and how any accounts may have been compromised. If you ever are involved in a breach, learn what to do next – and how to avoid the next one.
Account Deletion Directory: Yorba’s Account Deletion Directory has over 10.7K records, covering over 75% of all online website traffic.
Pricing
Yorba offers a free Basic plan that allows you to take up to 5 actions per month and gain insight into your digital footprint and see which companies hold your data. The Premium plan for $8/month ($6 if billed annually) offers unlimited actions and gives the opportunity to find, organize, and actively monitor paid subscriptions you have.
Leave Me Alone
Year started: 2018
Founded by: Danielle Johnson and James Ivings
Trustpilot Rating: 3.8
Mission: to reduce the impact of unwanted emails on the world
Features: unsubcribe from mailing lists; create a Rollup digest; set an Inbox Shield.
What you get
Unsubscribing from emails: Once you've connected your accounts you'll see your subscription emails on the platform and how many emails you receive from the specific sender monthly. Click an unsubscribe button to unsubscribe from the emails you don't want.
Rollup digest: Combine subscriptions you want to keep following into digests delivered on your schedule.
Inbox shield: Inbox Screener that shows a list of senders who emailed you for the first time, so you can take action (allow, rollup, or block).
Do-not-disturb mode: Hold onto your emails and get them delivered when your time block is up.
Curated blocklists: Priority senders list that skips your Screener or Blocklists.
Pricing
Leave Me Alone allows you to unsubscribe from 5 emails for free and requires a paid subscription for other options. You can choose between a Seven-Day Pass (€6 for 7 days of full access); a Casual Emailer plan for €8/month (€6.7 if billed annually) that allows limited Rollups and a partial Inbox Shield; and an Inbox Zero Hero plan for €14/month (€11.7 if billed annually).
Bottom Line
Leave Me Alone is a good solution if you’re just looking to unsubscribe from unwanted emails. If you’re looking for a more comprehensive (and cheaper) way to manage your entire digital footprint–from email and subscriptions to privacy policies and more), Yorba is the way to go.
Ready to take control of your accounts? Check out Yorba’s Account Deletion Directory (no registration required) or sign up for Yorba today.
