If you have a Gmail app on Android, you will find yourself at home with the iOS variant. Apple Mail supports the iOS 13 dark theme, which looks great on the AMOLED devices. The compose button is at the bottom, and the search bar is at the top. Apple has kept the Inbox UI simple and functional. You can either open the All Inboxes or go with individual accounts. The home screen displays the accounts that you have added from the iPhone Settings menu. User InterfaceĪpple hasn’t changed much of the UI for the default Email app on iPhone. You can use the Gmail app on Android, iOS, iPad OS, and Web. Gmail doesn’t offer native apps on desktop platforms.

You can access the app on iOS, macOS, and iPad OS. Cross-Platform AvailabilityĪs expected, the Apple Mail app is only available on Apple devices.

Note: For this post, our iPhone X runs the latest Gmail app v6.0.2 on the App Store and Apple Email app from the iOS 14 Developer beta update. The comparison will be based on UI, features, composting options, cross-platform availability, and more. The comparison makes more sense now as starting with iOS 14, and Apple is finally allowing users to change the default Mail and Browser app on the iPhone. In this post, we are going to compare the default Apple Mail to Gmail. So does it make sense for people to have two email apps on their iPhones or iPads? Will Gmail’s app serve better than Appel Mail app? Google has been aggressive with Gmail updates and improvements on iOS.

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