Gmail vs Type Mail 

Since both the Gmail Android app and Gmail itself is made by Google, the app supports all features Gmail offers (like labeling/starring) and gets new features implemented early - usually as soon as they are announced.

Gmail brings much of the functionality and power of Google's search engine to the app's search. You can use operators such as label:, is:, OR, has: among others, define date ranges, limit search to specific groups and so on. And, you can do it all amazingly fast. The search will also try to predict what you're trying to search for before you've even finished your query and offer up those results.

The app allows inserting files from Drive straight to email or uploading attachments to Drive before sending them out. It will also notify if the person you're sending the file can open the file or if you should change the sharing settings for that file beforehand. Finally, you can choose which one of your Google accounts you want visible in the app.

Not only is the application free, it comes bundled with the Android OS by default so you don't even have to bother downloading it.

The app does not require a confirmation to show images as Google now hosts the images on their own servers making it safe. You can still disable the automatic displaying of images in the settings if you wish.

Gmail offers the ability to automatically organize your mail into specific categories:

• Primary
• Social
• Promotions
• Updates
• Priority

Each of the categories can be disabled and you can move your mail around from category to category or set your own rules which sender should be put in which category.

Type Mail has clearly put effort in to make their interface easy on the eyes by following Material Design style guidelines and easy to overview by color-coding messages and including details such as service logos and sender's profile to quickly understand where the message is coming from.

Users of Type Mail who own an Android Wear device can receive notifications of e-mails on the device as well as manage an read them.

Type Mail can scroll through messages in the inbox via the volume buttons. So you can avoid swiping on the screen if you don't want to.

It's possible to customize what actions are performed and what options for actions are presented via swipes as well as email view actions.

The app icon has unread badge that allows checking if there are any new messages without having to open the application.

It's possible to "hide" a message for a set amount of time, which gets the message out of your way until you're ready to deal with it.

Users are able to set timed lock screens for the app, protecting sensitive mail from anyone who would try to access it on the device.

Including LED, Do not Disturb times and customizable sounds.

Supports an unlimited number of accounts that can all be viewed from a single inbox.