2025-03-22
Great app
Helpful app for emails online
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Description
The official Gmail app brings the best of Gmail to your iPhone or iPad with robust security, real-time notifications, multiple account support and search that works across all your mail.
With the Gmail app, you can:
• Make Gmail your default email app on iOS
• Automatically block more than 99.9% of spam, phishing, malware and dangerous links from ever reaching your inbox
• Undo send, to prevent embarrassing mistakes
• Turn on Google Chat to connect, create and collaborate with others
• Get more done as a group in Spaces – a dedicated place for organising people, topics and projects
• Enjoy high-quality video calling with Google Meet
• Respond to emails quickly with Smart Reply suggestions
• Switch between multiple accounts
• Get notified of new mail fast, with notification centre, badge and lock screen options
• Search your mail faster with instant results, predictions as you type and spelling suggestions
• Organise your mail by labelling, starring, deleting and reporting spam
• Swipe to archive/delete, to quickly clear out your inbox
• Read your mail with threaded conversations
• Auto-complete contact names as you type from your Google contacts or your phone
• Respond to Google Calendar invites right from the app
Gmail is part of Google Workspace, allowing you and your team to easily connect, create and collaborate. You can:
• Connect with colleagues via Google Meet or Google Chat, send an invite in Calendar, add an action to your task list and more without leaving Gmail
• Use suggested actions – like Smart Reply, Smart Compose, grammar suggestions and nudges – to help you stay on top of work and take care of simple tasks, so you can be more efficient with your time
• Stay safe. Our machine-learning models block more than 99.9% of spam, phishing and malware from reaching our users
What's New in Version 6.0.250309
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Seller
Name
Google LLC
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
6.0.250309
Size
637.9 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 16.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16Plus, iPhone 16Pro, iPhone 16ProMax, iPhone 16e, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad A16, iPad A16Cellular, iPad Air11M3, iPad Air11M3Cellular, iPad Air13M3, iPad Air13M3Cellular, iPad MiniA17Pro, iPad MiniA17ProCellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Zulu
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.6 of 5 (112,162 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2025-03-19
So Annoying
I’ve been using Google Mail for years and never had a complaint until now. All of a sudden I can no longer attach and send photos through email. Lift your game Google!
2025-03-17
Important mail in promotion
I applied to a job and it has been sending me emails to keep me update in the primary section, but the most important email (which is the email that asked me to complete a digital interview and only lasts for 2 days) is in the PROMOTION section, not primary, not spam, not junk, PROMOTION! I didn’t know and have been checking the primary and spam emails, just to receive an email from recruiters saying that my chance expires and they won’t continue with my application… Things could have been better if people at Google did their job properly and not mess up with the emails… They said “organised email” in their ads and yes this is what happened. So disappointed and upset!
2025-03-16
Disappointed.
I don’t know what’s wrong with it, but I don’t get any emails. I’ll send an email to change a password or something, and nothing will come through. I thought the update would fix it, but it’s still not working.
2025-03-14
No notifications
No longer receiving notifications when I receive emails no mater what settings I turn off and on in both the app and my phone settings
2025-03-13
Gmail
very good but it needs reporting phishing in app
2025-03-06
If you had a select multiple or select all option with deleting mail it’d be 5 stars.
I hate spending hours deleting mail.
2025-03-03
further downhill
It would be wonderful if the email I copy from the header of one email could actually paste into the recipients field of another email. Try not to break basic OS functions! The bugs are affecting my productivity, F.
2025-03-02
Log in problem
Cannot even log in, it says “can’t open the page because server is not found”
2025-03-01
Please fix your app
Please fix your app
2025-02-28
Popcorn planet
Why is difficult to sign up
2025-02-26
House draft
Well presented and clear to read
2025-02-25
I give you one star
Google does not follow their own policy.
2025-02-25
Repeated updates
I am getting sick and tired of the repeated updates that show little change in functionality. Always the same - bug fixes and improvements that make no difference except to chew up more and more of our data more regularly. Seriously Google. Surely you can do better or is this just a money making exercise for you at users expense
2025-02-23
Font
Font can’t be increased on iPhone so I can’t use it
2025-02-23
Nice
The first one
2025-02-21
Love Gmail
So good 15gb is plenty for emails
Thanks google I love you
2025-02-21
Notifications but no email shows
I received an email from a company, & when I log into actual other Gmail, the email isn’t there??????
2025-02-21
Gmail
Good communication and high quality work
2025-02-20
AB
Gmail is the de facto email environment for the world so reviewing it is like reviewing a facet of nature or something.
It works well and seldom goes down. That said navigation and searching is still hit and miss for me after decades of use. While I can usually find things in a timely way, I frequently can’t find email text or attachments, especially if the subject has been discussed at length without starting a new conversation.
If you consider Google Drive part of gmail then there is opportunity for praise and improvement. Google Drive is a really good way of publishing big files to one or more collaborators. However the permissions to look or download are more miss than hit. A box asks the identity (email) of recipients. You enter the intended destination(s) and most times (but not all) you (or at least I) receive an email or txt complaining about lack of access. I go back, try again and it might work.
You might think this odd, but such thoughts died with the 20th Century, thus my opening remark.
Cheers.
2025-02-20
SCAM
My worst experience of the day with PLUMBER SELECT: a young guy walked to my front yard without any tools just in time and asked for the jobs to be fixed. I showed him the toilet leaking and a tap requiring change of washer and a loose pipe. He immediately left stating that he would consult his boss for a quote. I don’t know where he went and returned after 25 minutes to tell me $1400 which I was about to scream. Then you have to pay the calling out fee of $69 if you don’t accept the verbal quote. I paid him the money to see him go away. I should have called a police officer to ask the young guy where his tools were?
I think this is a new type of scam which is going around nowadays. Please be careful not to engage people who drop their business cards in your mail boxes as they are sham and just go door to door to make easy money. Later on a man called me introducing himself as the boss of PLUMBER SELECT explaining that his company is expensive but does good work. I don’t recommend PLUMBER SELECT to any household.
2025-02-20
Sold out to fascists.
Deleted.
2025-02-20
Bad yellow arrows
I don’t need gmail deciding email importance, how to switch off
2025-02-20
Too much advertising
Too many scam, mails and advertising
2025-02-19
Just too many ads
This product now has too many ads. Paying for google products is not enough to help remove ads.
Thank you for listening to my TedX talk.
2025-02-19
Gmails
Great
2025-02-19
Gmail user
Gmail is by far the best service I use, and it’s free!
2025-02-19
Mr McCletti
Baka 👆😜
2025-02-19
Scam
Upset that I was fooled. Everything seemed legit however took my money & no product!
2025-02-12
MAGA tool
Terrible
2025-02-11
Doesn’t support iPhone 16 Pro Display resolution
It’s 2025 and can you imagine that this stupid app still doesn’t support the new resolution on iPhone 16 pro?
2025-02-10
‘Move’ to options
Great app, I just wish for those of us that have a lot of labels, that there was an option to type the name of the label we wanted to move an email into rather than having to scroll down the list until you find it. It would definitely save some time to press ‘move’ and then have a box to start typing the label and selecting from the options.
2025-02-07
Stop the spam!
Stop notifying me of sponsor emails aka "regulated" junk mail!
2025-02-05
Keeps crashing
The app opens then crashes and shuts down.
2025-02-04
Duplicate mails
For some reason many new emails I receive now are showing as 2 seperate emails, one read shown below and one unread shown above. Not sure why but I need to manually delete both if I want to delete them.
2025-02-03
Rhenish
It ate me
2025-01-30
I liked very much easy to get around
Dhoodimeernews Mr
2025-01-29
Skibidy gyat
Deku dop dom dem Daku dumb dumn iiigh wasta nightin shininamer in ur movie
2025-01-22
Login Difficulties
I am trying to get into my personal gmail account which is seemingly impossible after using my device to access an account of a group I belong to 😤
Looks like the clever people who have been doing the updates for Gmail have considered everything except the most important basic essentials 🤯
2025-01-21
Worst Service
They have started charging for gmails storage now!!!!! WOW
Better to change into yahoo or microsoft!
2025-01-20
It does what It should.
And It Looks Good Doing It.
2025-01-19
Would like a unsend feature
Would give more ratings if it had an unsend feature making it quick and easy to undo an email sent in error or with confidential information not meant to send.
2025-01-09
Terrible!!!! Shame on your services!
My gmail account has been hacked and there is nobody you can talk to about this.
2025-01-01
Another bad app by google
Not a very good app but it expected from google, more about getting access to your information than making good products.
2024-12-21
Great products but...
I am liking the products available through google tho BACK OFF with the constant monitoring of a person's activity!!!!
2024-12-21
You suck
If I could give you -10 stars I would
2024-12-20
Bad
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2024-12-20
gmail
noice¡
2024-12-12
Time display
It would be handy if you could see the time an email was received in the primary inbox at a glance without having to click into each individual email.
2024-12-09
P
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2024-12-06
Decent App, side menu could use some changes
The app is mostly pretty good, but the side menu is very cluttered and could use some changes. Firstly, I don’t need access to all of those folders all the time. The option to have folders like Snoozed, Scheduled, Outbox, Drafts, etc. be hidden when they’re empty would make this menu a lot less cluttered.
Also, nested labels should be collapsible like they are on desktop, and should also be able to be hidden when there’s no unread emails, again, like on the desktop version.
These changes would make this app significantly more usable, and would definitely get you five stars from me 😊
2024-09-20
Google will merge all your Gmail accounts into one without asking you.
Google like to do a lot of things without asking you, forcing terrible/unwanted features and making it impossible to revert. Google has merged my work email, personal email, and another email I use for games. I have seperate emails for a very good reason. Recently Google has decided to merge all messages from all signed in accounts into the one inbox, and you can’t turn it off, making Gmail very unproductive and unprofessional. I’m switching to anyone else, this isn’t the first time Google has imposed drastic unchangeable changes that alter the entire use of the app. You can’t disable this btw, you’re stuck with all your gmails inboxes being merged into one. What a joke
2024-09-10
Gmail has problems in 2024, starring junk mail, preventing primary view working properly
I’ve been using Gmail as my go to for many years and am seriously considering changing. Gmail now seems to be starring all emails including updates, which makes the primary inbox feature unusable. The support arrangements have workarounds from 2019 and 2022 that don’t work for iPhone or indeed windows. I’m thinking that the combination of advertising now integrated into Gmail, sharing of Gmail data with other applications, has violated the integrity of Gmail. I’m looking at switching to another app which will enable me to cleanly display my emails without cluttering the primary review With low qualities stuff.
2024-07-26
Incorrect notification numbers
Hi team,
Despite living off & on again, I continue to have incorrect notification numbers in the badge on the app…..and it can increase & decrease whilst using the app & not receiving a single email during the time I was in it.
I have painstakingly gone through ALL my emails & there are 0 outstanding emails to be reviewed, yet the notification badge has a variable number.
Otherwise it’s a great experience.
2024-02-28
Latest Update has a bug? Feb 24
The latest update at the end of Feb 24 has the iPad version at least going strange. I can open a message as normal, but if I go to another app and then come back, the message is full screen and I can’t get out of it unless I close, then reopen the app.
Google responded quickly - which was nice - but sent me to a help screen that had nothing to do with the issue of not being able to get out of a message that has gone full screen. The back arrow is non-responsive and “revert auto-sizing” does nothing helpful. The only thing that fixes it, is to close and then re-open the app.
I can’t see a setting that fixes this.
2024-02-16
Absolutely amazing but slight issue
I’m not sure if this is supposed to happen but when I was trying to sign in to Gmail I clicked sign in with google so I did but then it showed up with something that said something like..
“Just to make sure it’s you google has sent an email to Gmail, when you get that email we would like you to click yes.”
But the thing is I was signing in to Gmail. Thank you so much google if you read this and I’d just like to say your apps are amazing!
2024-02-06
Will make sure you are charged extra
The system does not recognise my id in my country of origin. It just pick a random country and disallow you to use google giftcard purchased from the local supermarket. Their customer service is equally as bad. Contact them 3 times for different matters and they have never resolved any of the issues I raised. They are good at passing you around and non will take responsibility. The worst part is that when they cannot solve your issue, they will make up story that you didn’t buy the giftcard legally and absolve to sweep the problem away. They are only good at upsetting you and drive up your blood pressure.
2023-11-15
No notification badge on my Gmail app suddenly
I’ve always been so pleased with prompt and quick notification on my Gmail App. Now I get it on my Mail App on my iPhone 15 pro but not on my Gmail app. I’m losing money on my business as it relies on my gmails. It started suddenly yesterday. Talked to Apple support , did any type of trouble shooting related to app or iPhone even Network resetting but to no avail. Even when I delete an email the number on my Gmail app on my phone screen shows it & when I click on empty bin then it takes a while for the number of emails disappear from my app - help please thx
2023-08-04
Flawed basic features
I used to set emails sent to gmail account to be automatically forwarded to another email account. These emails pile up in gmail inbox and are still marked as unread. Recently wanted to separate the two mailboxes due to clutter, hence downloaded gmail.
Faced with many usability issues that should not exist for a service of this scale.
- No way of quickly selecting a group of emails other than tapping them one by one
- No way of selecting all emails in a folder/inbox
- No way of marking all emails in inbox as read
- By default swiping both left and right on an email archives it, setting to change this is hard to find.
- Poor sync with desktop/website (I’ve selected all 2000+ emails as read from desktop yet they still remain unread in app)
- No log out button, had to go through “manage accounts on this device -> delete account from device”
Why bother adding other more complicated features when the basic ones are so flawed.
2023-01-31
Frustrating
I have 3 devices I use for gmail. Two are Apples and one is Samsung. When I swap between devices Google sometimes what’s me to verify the device as a trusted one..as a one off verification. I do so and have to keep doing this even if I tick the box that it’s a trusted device.
Secondly I have two different gmail accounts for different purposes when I swap between these accounts I am forced to continually log in to the least used account as if it’s a new account. Then I get an email saying someone has tried to login to this account from a new location or device ‘was it me’. I confirm it was me then get a message that I already has an account with that user name. Very frustrating. Often the message is that it’s a one off verification…which it is not.
2023-01-25
Tired of being signed out of my accounts!
Seriously Google, so tired of being signed out of my email! Having to sign back in & not being allowed to use the same password as the last few times when I forget it!!! Making a new password means I forget it all the time! You’re such hard work 😓
Also why can’t I do a search on all emails from a particular source & delete them all at once from the app? I get multiple junk mail/spam in my inbox & when I delete them or move them to my junk folder, I want to choose to do this with all future messages from the same source.
2022-06-24
Select All
Hi google,
Can you please add a select all option to the app? It’s almost to the point of having RSI having to tap the emails I have to delete in group lots after being out of internet service and then coming back into a service area to then have to delete so many emails without the option of selecting all.
Other then that, great job, well done, amazing work google mail team, you’re all fabulous! Have a great day where ever you are ;)
2022-02-08
Doesn't sync properly and that annoying bunch up of emails....
Firstly, it never syncs properly! I have a nice tidy filing system when I log in on the computer so the inbox itself is usually clear... but the files always remain in my inbox when using the app! Really annoying when you're OCD about filing!
The emails weird order is just annoying.. I can't make sense of the order and sometimes I have to wait until I get onto a computer as I can't reply to the latest email in the thread but some random one from the middle... Why? Is it that hard to just make it show the latest email up front and work backwards in a timeline order?
It's too hard to use properly... Theses bugs have been going on for years!
2021-11-29
Snoozing
I have GMail on an iPhone, iPad and PC.
I get a lot of email, and I often use snooze as part of how I organise items, such as diarising certain items for an office day, or a hobby day or whatever.
The whole idea of snoozing is often about moving an item out of the inbox as much as it is about re-diarising an item.
It is so annoying that snooze doesn’t remove it from other devices. The item is shown on other devices in the primary box telling me it was snoozed (der.. that would be right I just did it!), and you then have to go through and use ‘archive’ to clear snoozed items from the inbox.
It is like GMail is device centric instead of being person centric.
The other thing that is annoying is how the interface diverges depending on what device you are using - you would think that something as simple as the ‘send’ button as just one example, would be in the same place no matter what device you are using. But it’s not.
It’s like there are different teams writing the app for the different operating systems without any overall interface standards.
2021-11-11
Issues with attachments on work email account
I can’t for the life of me figure how to attach any actual documents to emails when using my work account on my iPhone. Works without any issues on my personal account, but as soon as I switch accounts I can only attach photos. It really shouldn’t be this difficult. I’ve wasted hours trying to find an online solution, and the best I’ve found is that some settings must be changed on a computer. I’ve been happy with gmail preciously, but am now starting to look for other email solutions.
2021-09-04
Good until security writting thing
I use gmail for everything and have multiple accounts already logged in i recently tried logging into one my accounts that i rarely use and cant get into it cause of the 'type the text' i type it perfectly and it refuses to let me in even after more then 5 attempts i even double check to make sure its correct the speech thing didnt work for me it was silent even after clicking the speaker button all that would happen was a blue bar. I should be able to get into my account in different ways if there needs to be a security thing if that 'type the text' doesnt work as in tended another option would be nice like the 'select ...' captures or something.
2021-08-27
Not working
Love Google and have had gmail account for years not too many issues, HOWEVER…… for some reason search function not working in gmail on iPad, works on phone, tried everything but still not working, not sure what has changed, is a function I use a lot of, now have to use safari which is not my first choice, Sent request still waiting, tried several google options but to no avail…Not Happy
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Tried shutting down and deleting restarting ..sort of works but is spasmodic, not sure what is happening but is really annoying
2021-07-29
Weird behaviours
The app is very basic on iPad, which if fine, but has a bug that is really annoying. Sometimes I select multiple emails and the action bar doesn’t appear (to move or mark as read). The only way I found is to kill the app and open again. Then eventually it will happen again, and I have to repeat the procedure.
Also, it is really bad with an external keyboard, basically no support for it. It would be great if it worked similarly as the web version, where you can navigate, archive or move just with keyboard shortcuts. That would also provide a workaround for the bug mentioned before.
2021-06-21
Good app, but there’s a bug with “mark as unread”
I like this app, but there’s an annoying bug that appeared a few updates back. I’ve just updated to the most recent version, and it’s still there.
I always leave my app set to show unread messages. When I view a message for the first time, and then mark it as unread to keep it in view, it works fine. However, the second time and onward that I view the email and try again to mark it as unread, it doesn’t work. I have to either do a keyword search or switch to the full inbox view and scan it for the message to again mark it as unread before it finally works. This really needs to be fixed.
2021-03-13
Unable to mark email as unread
After the app update, now: when a new email comes in, I open it and I mark it as unread, it switches back to the main screen and no longer keeps the email unread as some of the emails are important that I usually keep them unread for me to have a look at them later after having a first glance.
I again then have to open that read email again and mark it unread, only then it works. Not in the first instance when the email is opened. This wasn’t used to be previously. Annoying!
2021-03-11
No light mode option
I have my phone in dark mode... but I want my emails in light mode because then I can see it the way it was actually sent without having gmail apply it’s own broken dark mode adjustments to my email...
What’s the harm in having a setting to force light mode for us users who have our phone in dark mode but want light mode for emails?!! What’s the harm??? Please bring the option back!!!!
2020-11-26
Unable to add photos glitch
Normally the gmail app is really good and always works. Just lately it has been frustrating because when you try to click any attachment to add it wont go to the next screen and your forever trying to select a photo. The only way to add a photo is by selecting it one by one through the photos app. If you also, try to do more than one photo through the photos app then it also is unable to complete the process. Other than that its a great app, if you guys could just fix this glitch
2020-11-22
Learn the importance of visual language
The new icons are terrible - at a quick glance they all look the same, and it is very easy to click on the wrong one. Your designers would do well to understand the importance of visual iconography and context mapping. This is clearly the result of some overpaid execs trying to justify their existence, and it shows. Unification of a software suite does not mean every icon has to match, and your brand could have been streamlined without sacrificing usability.
Three stars for the fact that the app itself still works fine, though the number of times I’ve misclicked into maps (which sits next to my gmail icon) is frankly astounding.
2020-09-03
Notifications, & Meet
Firstly I have found a bug with your Notifications on my iPhone. If I see an email listed I obviously don’t want and delete it straight away, the Notifications number often doesn’t reduce (or go away). I think this is because I deleted it before my phone had time to fully recognise it. So I have to go to my deleted file and open the file (but leave it there) and the Notifications number is then updated.
Secondly, I am not interested in the Meet tab. Where is the option to remove this tab as I would prefer to have my extra line back. Gmail is for email. I don’t want to have a conference call, I am a self funded retiree and don’t want to have office meetings. You are just forcing me to take on your rubbish. This is as annoying as having unsolicited adds at the bottom of the screen that other apps sometimes have. Put the Meet option in the settings so I can flag it ‘not’ to appear.
2020-05-14
Loses files
I have used gmail for a number of years and have no problem with the general operation for what I use it for. When I want to keep a series of emails and the attachments I create a folder and move the email into that folder. However on three occasions over the last 18 months I have gone to one of the folders to look at something and the file has been empty. Not only that folder but every folder has been cleaned out and I have lost everything I have saved. I am now having to look at alternative methods to save emails and the attachments. Some of the data I have lost has given me real problems. I don’t want to go back to the old method of printing everything. How can this happen?
2020-04-30
Extremely disappointed with Google services
This is the 4th Google app I have written a review for. Maps, Assistant, Google and now Gmail. Appears to be a trend.
Gmail only allows for you to upload and attach files that are located within Gmail or Google Drive. Requiring me to have duplicates of files from Google drive to my devices own storage. This isn’t the case for images where I can directly upload an image from my device without having to go through google photos.
Could you please remedy this? I have found there are other complaints regarding this discrepancy that are over a year old.
2020-04-02
App is not up to par
I love gmail on the desktop so it’s a real shame the app functionality is just a basic replica. I run my business through gmail and my job doesn’t allow me to be at me desk. Thought buying an iPad and downloading the app would help me keep up with my business needs but my business signature is not translated properly, I can’t attach any forms via file search nor via google drive in PDF format (can only send a link), or you can attach a PDF file ONLY if it’s been sent to you previously, I can’t use canned responses...list goes on it’s very frustrating. I’m feeling so technologically illiterate every time I use this app and sending wrong emails to clients that have attachments that are drive links instead of PDFs and looks unprofessional with my marred signature. Completely different interface and user experience compared to desktop version.
2020-02-14
No response since IOS 13 released
I used to rely on gmail app a lot coz my personal email and company emails are all gmails. However, since IOS 13 upgrade, my app stopped working each time I attempt to open the gmail app. It just doesn’t respond at all and stuck on the page no matter how I slide on the screen. I close the app and open again it still doesn’t work. Only way to make it work is to switch my iPhone 7 off and restart. It then works for the first day ad return back to “normal” again as no response. The notification is working tho. Very strange. Now I can only use gmail by opening my account on web page and it asked me to install the app each time I login, which is very annoying. I wish I could use the app version.
Piece of rubbish. Either fix it or I’ll stop using gmails and turn to Microsoft mail system
2020-01-30
Works as it should for my use, but where is Dark Mode?
So far my experience with the app has been fine. My general use is receiving emails, which it does perfectly. Had never had an issue with opening attachments or the like.
However, for me, where this app falls is with it’s lack of Dark Mode. I like to go through my emails either first thing in the morning or of a night, and it can be quite harsh coming from a DM app.
Lack of Dark Mode support seems to be a common theme among Google apps and it is definitely something that needs to be addressed and updated.
2019-12-13
Fabulous app, however there’s a few minor bugs
I have been using the Gmail app for as long as I can remember, and it is absolutely great. I could never switch to another E-mail service provider, because Gmail is just perfect for me.
However, yesterday I noticed a small bug when I tried to reply to emails. I would click the reply button and begin typing, but after typing only a few words, it would begin to lag, and the keyboard would eventually disappear and I couldn’t type anything.
I tried closing the app and opening it again, and I tried turning my phone off and on again, but it still didn’t work.
As there were no updates for the Gmail app, I decided to delete and then reinstall the app.
I tried to reply to the email again, however, this time, the keyboard won’t appear at all.
This only seems to be an issue on the Gmail app, because I can use it on my laptop perfectly fine.
Apart from this, the Gmail app is amazing, and I’ve never had any other issues with it over all the years I have used it
2019-11-20
Great app but can you look into this
Been using the app for years and it’s been great. One thing always baffles me is that I can’t seem to search emails in the folder I just clicked on, so it always defaults back to ‘all mails’ when I search and I have to manually type in the name of the folder first to make sure it’s only searching in that folder. Any chance you could improve that functionality by not requiring a manual input?? That would make search much easier. Unless I missed something obvious. Thanks.
2019-11-13
Heart is there, but it’s fading fast
I really, really, really want to like Gmail for iOS. I do. My employer uses the commercial G Suite for our email and cloud services and broadly speaking it runs well.
But there are a few rudimentary functions that are just.. lacking.
-Attachments. Guys. Come on. 2019, still can’t attach a file directly, or select a Drive file to be sent as a discrete file instead of a Drive link.
-Signature insertion. Again, Google - this isn’t hard. Put it in above the quoted text, and below the new message. It works in the web client so why is it still bugged here?
-Split View (and this is my dealbreaker) is a brilliant iPad feature that has been around for literally YEARS. Tablet screens are getting bigger and yet I’m forced to burn all that real estate on firing white pixels while I frantically tab between apps because I can’t split the screen in the native Gmail app. I moved my personal email into Outlook because of missing features at the time (now since added to Gmail, so thanks guys), but I’m exploring Airmail or other apps now to do the same with my work comms.
If you’re a ‘domestic’ iPad user the Gmail app is probably fine for you, and does have plenty of features. But if you’re using your tablet professionally or consider yourself a power user, be ready for frustration.
2019-10-26
Annoyed
I’d like to start by saying gmail needs a few improvements. They need to make it so that we can mark all our emails as read so that we don’t have thousands of emails that we haven’t read because they are promotions or social that we don’t want to see or deal with and it’s just generally annoying having the notification there. Someone might suggest to just turn notifications off but I need my notifications on when important emails come through and I need to reply to them straightaway or see what they say because I can’t just keep checking the app I need to have the notification. They also need to rearrange their app and make it more user friendly it’s too confusing
2019-04-27
Stop pushing me to download Chrome
I’d probably give this app four stars otherwise, as it works fine, except for the infuriating message that comes up every time you click on a link to an external website, asking you if you want to use Safari or Chrome to open it. This wouldn’t be so bad except that if you deselect the switch saying “Ask me every time” it makes no difference. Why bother having a switch there if you’re not going to honour what you set it to? I’m sure this is deliberate and not a bug. Google, stop trying to push your own browser on me so you can collect more data. I’m not interested. At least fix the switch so if you want to use Safari every time, you can without that message coming up. I’ve switched to another mail app because of this “feature”
2019-04-04
Dated way to use email
After using Google Inbox, being forced to return to GMail is slated stressful step backwards that makes me question whether Google email systems are really still best of breed. The lack of features is astonishing, even for simple things I took for granted - segmentation of e-mail from today, yesterday and this month, inline pictures, inline email view and edit, bundling, profile pictures beside emails, tick and flick of large numbers of bundles of emails at once...it really feels like a dated, legacy way to do mail. Uninstalling, will try Spark instead. First step away from GApps has begun...I can't believe how integral Google Inbox was to my enjoyment of their ecosystem.
2019-03-28
Broken and not worth your time
I previously had all of my emails set up on this, and out of nowhere, all of the “@outlook” ones got removed. So I tried adding them back. Immediately I was met with a question, “Would you like to try Gmailify”, which I answered no, but it wouldn’t let me pass. Tried everything, restarting, updating, and it just wouldn’t let me. So after being forced to answer yes, I had to resign in and after that, I also hit another barrier; it wouldn’t let me continue after choosing to receive my Outlook account’s emails on my one of my Gmail accounts. So now I’ve wasted my time and effort only to be unable to use this app for its sole purpose. Switching to another mail service, I suggest you do too.
2019-02-06
Needs basic improvements
Google, when are you going to allow an image to be included in the signature? This is essential for anyone using the app in a business manner.
And also allowing to connect to iCloud files when attaching?
And button to ‘move to’ across the top of the main body of an email without having to hit the three dots then choose (like you have on your web based gmail), there’s space and it would save a click.
Please update all the above soon!! I don’t want to have to keep using the Apple mail app!!
2019-01-15
Can’t attach anything
It bothers me a lot that in order to attach a file to my email I have to find a computer or possibly go to another application which allows me to attach files from my mobile’s storage directly.
It has happened several times that I am actually in a hurry and have to attach some files and send some documents over, but due to Gmail’s inability to upload a file without it being in google drive slowed me down.
This is one of the apps that I use the most, and will keep on using, just would like to see the option of being able to attach files from my device.
2018-12-14
Fantastic Application !
I’ve been using the gmail app on my iOS device for years and frankly it’s one the most amazing email apps I’ve used to date, even more so than the vanilla mail app on the iPhone. The bundling system helps keep my emails organised as I’m so used to it now I can predict which category my emails are being bundled into. I do however have one request. Being a user of several mail applications and accounts for both work and personal use, id like to see the developers introduce a method to name and perhaps add profile photos to the non-gmail accounts. If there is however a pre existing method to do so please let me know.
2018-11-22
Signature block
This is a great app except that the business version used to automatically insert my company’s signature block at the bottom of each email. This was very convenient when I was on the road and not in front of my computer. Now it doesn’t have that functionality- I don’t know why nor how to reinsert it. Please let me know if it’s available or reinstall it as a feature if it’s not. I’m paying $$$ to have my business account through this and it is an essential feature for looking professional to clients.
2018-09-26
Can’t attach files
It’s pretty irritating that I have to use another email app just to attach files properly. Gmail only allows you to attach a link to a file in google drive, which isn’t acknowledged by most email support systems. It’s also irritating having to change the permissions of files in google drive to be accessible by anyone with the link because not everyone has a gmail account.
You can’t even attach files from local files, iCloud, Dropbox or any other cloud storage. And yeah, I’m aware you can go to the file on iCloud and share via email, but that doesn’t allow you to reply to an existing email or send multiple attachments.
Pretty crappy experience for the most basic of email functions.
The main reason I continue to use the app as my primary personal email client is that it sorts my incoming email into three folders very well and this is consistent with the gmail web version (which isn’t the case when you use a third party app, like spark).
2018-08-23
Insert signature before quoted text and remove “—“
I love that Google has finally given us the ability to turn conversation view off, like we have been able to in the desktop version of Gmail. Having the ability to use our web signature is a must for me for work, however not having it follow my web setting of inserting it before quoted text is a deal breaker, as it looks like I don’t have a signature at all, until you scroll down and see them all collected at the bottom.
When this is fixed, I can finally use the Gmail app for my work email.
2018-08-11
Great MUA but flawed implementation in iPhone
I have been using GMAIL on multiple platforms for at least 15 years. It is one of my favourite mail user agents (MUA).
There are many features in the desktop application that have failed to be included in the iPhone application, including font selections and formatting options.
Some bugs remain unfixed. For example, using the DELETE key while editing a reply often causes the editing function to freeze. You can not edit or compose any reply until you force quit and restart. Makes gmail kind of pointless, or at least incredibly irritating.
2018-04-22
Thoughts on Gmail App
I have only started using this app 2weeks ago, so this particular review is just thoughts on the setup and ease of use for beginner users. When I have used it for a decent length, I will submit another review.
Firstly, I personally found the setup to be a little confusing and lengthy. I do understand that the app has a ‘How-to-Use’ section as part of the setup, which is a positive addition, however, I haven’t even began to use the tutorial as I just want to use this app as a quick way to use a simple and basic email function. I think this criticism is more of a reflection of myself rather than the app itself.
The way that I am able to categorise my emails is fairly simple and easy. I like the way I can log in to different accounts quickly and easily- that is a great tool.
So far, I am still going to use this app and I assume that over time I will see more of the unique benefits that it offers, and will give a more in-depth review then.
2018-04-10
Insert this signature before quoted text in replies and remove the "--" line that precedes it.
I currently use Gmail for my personal and work email. The web-based version on my desktop is excellent and I have no complaints. When I downloaded the Gmail mobile app for my Iphone 7 & iPad everything seemed to be perfect until I noticed that my signature was ending up at the bottom of the email chain ( I stopped this on the web side by selecting Insert this signature before quoted text in replies and remove the "--" line that precedes it.
My question is, when is Google going to fix this signature issue on Gmail app. Is there a way to have my signature inserted before the quoted text in my Gmail mobile app? It doesn't look professional when I write an email without a signature right after saying "thanks, or sincerely" as there is no signature after that.
2017-11-17
Great app - needs iOS11 Optimisation
I use this app for work all day every day, and it works great, there are a few things that, now iOS11 is here, could be better to increase productivity.
- split view support: you cant use this app in split view, and its quite frustrating as i have my calendar or browser open at the same time and it would be fantastic to use split view.
- mobile signature: I use a dynamic signature for work which includes images and hyper links, when you use the app you cannot set this up, you need to have done it on a computer first.
Apart from that, its great!
2017-10-01
Love The App! Push Notification Problem in iOS11
I’ve used the Gmail App for ages and think it’s awesome. In the update to iOS 11 something has broken and Push Notifications come up but don’t go away when you’ve viewed the email. I followed some steps online which involved deleting the App, doing a soft reset and re-installing which worked for about 1 Day and then the problem happened again. Would love to get this fixed as having good lingering notifications on my home screen is starting to do my head in. Thanks for the great work!