Google&#x27;s apps for iOS are subpar compared to its Android counterparts, or even to other iOS apps. I&#x27;m a heavy Android user, but on my new iPhone I actually prefer the native email app, because it is simple, effective, more standards complaint than Gmail and has quick swipe actions for both delete and archive, which is all I need.<p>On push, Google Apps gives you ActiveSync as a protocol, as an alternative to IMAP. But the integration with iOS Mail is weird and I could not use it.<p>But FastMail on the other hand, in a twisted turn of events supports push through Apple&#x27;s own APN, getting the same treatment as iCloud: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.fastmail.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;17&#x2F;push-email-now-available-in-ios-mail&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.fastmail.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;17&#x2F;push-email-now-availabl...</a><p>FastMail also has a native app that does push notifications, but it&#x27;s just the packaged web interacts with push notifications added. This is both good and bad. It&#x27;s good because the mobile web interface is very decent, compared to Gmail, and this means you always have a decent UI on whatever OS you have. It&#x27;s bad because it doesn&#x27;t feel native, but then there&#x27;s nothing more native than the iOS Mail app.