Mail App for Gmail vs Thought Processor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mail App for Gmail
This app offers a streamlined experience for managing your Gmail inbox, focusing on quick triage and instant message sending/receiving. It boasts a fast, reliable performance, especially on VPNs, and a beautiful, animated interface.
- Fast email management tools
- Multiple actions for inbox tasks
- Reliable VPN performance
- Instant sync via HTTPS
- Beautiful custom animation engine
- Real-time inbox monitoring
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Mail App for Gmail is a brand new app for the next generation of Gmail. It’s perfect for quickly triaging your inbox and uses Gmail’s blazing fast new platform to instantly send and receive messages. Mail App for Gmail features: - Fast tools for managing your email - Multiple Actions - A brand new, rock-solid codebase written entirely in Swift - Zero wait time for launch - Much more reliable performance on Virtual Private Networks (VPN) since it does not use IMAP or POP connections - A beautiful interface built on a custom new animation engine - Instant sync thanks to secure, all-HTTPS communications Note that Mail app for Gmail a native Gmail app for triaging recent email, but not currently an archival utility for searching your entire history. We’d love to hear what you think about Mail app for Gmail. To reach us, use the in-app support option in settings. Mail app for Gmail is an auto renewable subscription: - Badge removal - Realtime Inbox Monitoring for Notifications - Themes ------- Price may vary by location and active promotion. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ------- Privacy Policy: https://mailappforgmail.com/privacypolicy.html Terms of Service: https://mailappforgmail.com/eula.html
Thought Processor
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Thought Processor turns the thoughts you'd lose into ones you can actually use. Tap once, talk, and it transcribes and organizes what you said — right on your device. No account. No cloud. No subscription. Everything stays on your iPhone. CAPTURE IN ONE TAP • Start recording from the app, a Home Screen widget, or the Lock Screen • Keep talking even while your phone is locked • Type or paste notes too — it all lives in one place MADE SENSE OF, AUTOMATICALLY • On-device transcription (Apple's speech engine) — fast and private • Your rambling becomes a clean, readable note • Tasks and to-dos are pulled out for you, with due dates • Tag and group thoughts into Projects with living summaries FIND ANYTHING • Full-text search across every note • Spotlight search from your Home Screen • A map of where you captured each thought YOURS, AND PRIVATE • 100% on-device — we never see your recordings, transcripts, or notes • Works with no internet connection • A locked Private area (Face ID) for sensitive thoughts, kept out of search and widgets • Seven themes, each with a matching app icon PAY ONCE • Try it free for 7 days • Then a single $6.99 purchase unlocks it forever — no subscription, ever Thought Processor is for anyone who thinks out loud: capturing ideas on a walk, turning a voice memo into a task list, journaling, or just getting a noisy head onto the page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thought Processor at every 2 days against Mail App for Gmail's every 5 weeks. Mail App for Gmail's advantage is chart position (#180 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mail App for Gmail sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Thought Processor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mail App for Gmail ships an update every 5 weeks, Thought Processor every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mail App for Gmail | Thought Processor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Best chart rank | #180 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bloop LTD | Brandon Gould |
Bugs and requests
Mail App for Gmail
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and account authentication problems
- Syncing and email loading delays
- Inability to send emails in some cases
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notification system
- Better integration with other email services
- Bulk email management tools
Thought Processor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mail App for Gmail
- Premium$2.997 Days
- Weekly Pro3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Yearly14 Days trial$79.991 Year
Thought Processor
- Thought Processor — Lifetime$6.99
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