At a glance
Hide My Email is Apple doing what Apple does well: a polished alias generator woven into Safari, Mail and Sign in with Apple. The catch is the fine print — it requires a paid iCloud+ subscription, and creating and managing aliases happens through Apple's own surfaces. Outside the Apple ecosystem the experience thins out fast.
emailforward.xyz is the opposite bet: no subscription, no account, no preferred platform. Create an alias from any browser, use your own domain if you want, route each alias to up to six destinations — email inboxes, Telegram chats, or webhooks — and script it all over a REST API. None of that requires owning a single Apple device.
Feature comparison
| Feature | emailforward.xyz | Apple Hide My Email |
|---|---|---|
| Free to use Hide My Email requires a paid iCloud+ subscription. | ||
| Works outside one vendor's ecosystem Aliases are created and managed through Apple's UIs (Safari, iOS/macOS settings, iCloud). | ||
| Account required | ||
| Telegram delivery | ||
| Webhook delivery | ||
| Multiple recipients per alias | Up to 6 | 1 |
| Aliases on your own domain Hide My Email addresses live on Apple's domains; iCloud+ custom domains are for your mailbox, not per-site aliases. | ||
| Two-way reply from alias | ||
| Rules (sender blocklist, subject filters) | ||
| Public REST API | ||
| CSV/JSON export of aliases | ||
| PGP encryption of forwards |
Pricing · emailforward.xyz
Free. Unlimited aliases on @emailforward.xyz or your own domain, up to 6 destinations each, no account, no subscription.
Pricing · Apple Hide My Email
iCloud+ (from $0.99/month): Hide My Email is bundled with iCloud+ storage plans — there is no standalone or free version. As of this writing it's included at every iCloud+ tier.
Privacy · emailforward.xyz
No account means no profile to correlate. Alias data and message bodies are deleted when you delete the alias. We strip common tracking pixels and tracking query params from every forward, TLS on every hop, EU-operated under GDPR.
Privacy · Apple Hide My Email
Apple's privacy reputation is strong, and Hide My Email addresses are random by design. Everything is tied to your Apple Account, though — the same identity that runs your devices, purchases and iCloud data.
Choose emailforward.xyz if…
- You don't want to pay a subscription for email aliases.
- You use Windows, Linux or Android anywhere in your life — Apple's alias UX assumes Apple hardware.
- You want Telegram or webhook delivery, not just forwards to one inbox.
- You want aliases on your own domain.
- You want an API, exportable data, and rules like sender blocklists or subject filters.
- You route an alias to more than one destination.
Choose Apple Hide My Email if…
- You're all-in on Apple hardware and already pay for iCloud+ — the Safari and Sign in with Apple integration is genuinely seamless.
- You want aliases suggested automatically inside native signup forms on iPhone and Mac.
Verdict
If you live entirely on Apple devices and already pay for iCloud+, Hide My Email is a fine perk — nobody integrates into Apple's own signup flows better than Apple.
But it's a perk, not a product: paid, single-vendor, one recipient per alias, no custom domains for aliases, no API, no export, no delivery channel except your inbox. emailforward.xyz gives you the same core job for free, on any platform, with Telegram and webhook delivery, your own domain, rules, and a REST API Apple has never offered.
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