CloudMagic for Mac - Simple, beautiful & blazing fast email app now on Mac.

I was on the CloudMagic beta for about three weeks before they launched the public version. I consider myself a power user: inbox zero, can navigate Gmail completely on keyboard, use a bunch of extensions, have also been alpha testing Polymail, prefer Slack over email, etc. I've been using CloudMagic as my primary desktop client for several weeks. My thoughts below. Pros: — UI: The UI truly is a zenlike experience. After just a few minutes of using it, both the Gmail and Polymail interfaces felt visually stressful in comparison. The "message list" view is nice and clean, and the "compose message" experience in particular really lends itself to focus. Really nice. — UX: *Some* of the UX features are super slick: for multiple inboxes, being able to ⌘+1, ⌘+2, etc. to go to each of my different inboxes, and ⌘+0 to show messages from all inboxes, is awesome; sending attachments is also remarkably fast. — Speed: Super fast app. Cons: — Navigation: The number one thing for me, the one that will end up being a dealbreaker if it's not resolved, is that the keyboard shortcuts are (1) completely different from Gmail's for the most part, and (2) not as comprehensive as I'd like (e.g. can't easily switch between composing a message and the inbox view; can't use "n" and "p" to move in between messages within a thread, so on several occasions now I have replied to the wrong person). Given the app's wonderfully minimalist UI, this is a real shame, because if one *could* navigate the app entirely by keyboard, it would really complete the uniqueness of this user experience. A further note: This didn't bother me as much when I first started using the app over the holidays, but since I've returned to fast-paced work mode, it's been a real pain point (e.g. hitting "A" to reply all but instead archiving the message) and I've already sent several messages to the wrong people, or prematurely. I imagine this will be a similar point of friction for other Gmail power users. — UI: The UI is awesome, but as others have mentioned, customization is fairly rudimentary at this point. I'd like to be able to condense spacing, for example, the same way Gmail allows for a "compact" display vs. "comfortable." — Search speed: For the most part, navigating the app is super fast. The exception is the search feature, which comes nowhere close to Gmail's. Not sure how much can be done about that given that it's working off of IMAP. (And CloudMagic search thankfully uses the same search operators as Gmail.) A few other minor limitations, that I believe the team is already planning to resolve in future app updates: — Limited formatting within messages: Currently, there's no way to include an image within the email body as opposed to attaching the file separately. And copying and pasting things like spreadsheet excerpts doesn't convert well. — No extensions or special Gmail features, like Full Contact, Sidekick, Undo Send. I'm told these are on the way as well. Bottom line: This app has *enormous* potential to streamline my workflow, and I would fully switch over to it and fork over the $20, IF the limited pro user functionality (i.e. having to click around way too much) wasn't such an impediment.

Would be nice to have a trial version to test out before committing to purchasing

Is it me or the design looks very similar to @Medium ?😒 Looks nice thought! But 19.99$ is a bit to much! And there is no trial!

Congrats on your Mac App Store launch. I love CloudMagic on my iPad.

"Our 3M mobile users have been asking for a native Mac app. This is by far the #1 feature request." So why not gouge $20 out of those requesters? I know that desktop email clients are very difficult to monetise, but seriously, $20 and no trial? Lots of people provide trial versions of apps, and sell through the Mac App store, it's not rocket science. Saying it's difficult is not a valid response. Some might say the lack of a trial is a cynical ploy to grab as much revenue as possible.

@rohitnadhani Hi there. Good to see all the PR on the launch. Two questions, both related 1. Why should I buy this when Spark is due out anytime for free. 2. What is the reason for the price? Is it because you don't farm people 'be aware of geeks with free gifts etc'?

How about we get some feedback from someone who has paid for it and is actually using it? Worth the money? Anyone?

CloudMagic on iOS has been a sublime experience. Unfortunately it's now competing with rather excellent Spark by Readdle. It would be great to see some of the iOS functionality on desktop. I am guessing this may be an early release and we will be seeing more magic coming. Creating a app for email is tough and one that works across platforms doubly so. Apart from the general malaise and challenges with email itself it’s apps like CloudMagic that will hopefully help pave the way to a more succinct and seamless experience. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.

Awesome job on this guys! cc @JohnOsborne

CloudMagic IOS has been my preferred app for a long time and I too was keen to try the Mac version. I have tried all the other apps and and had settled on Airmail 2 (using it with 10 accounts) although I did prefer Mail Pilot for moving emails into folders. CloudMagic has a very clean and simple look. I think people might just need to learn the keyboard shortcuts that it offers to get the most from it. Maybe a good youtube video would help. I managed to get to "inbox Zero" after installing so I was very impressed with that. I have no problem with paying a fair amount for a good app. That way the company hopefully stays in business and continues to develop new features. For those that are worried about the cost do you realise you can always ask Apple for a refund if the app does not do what you expected it to do. I have never had problem receiving a refund. I am looking forward to seeing the cards feature added soon. Keep up the great work CloudMagic.