Ocean: Intelligence for Gmail
Find the emails that matter
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
Your Gmail inbox wasn't built for the way you work. Ocean was.
Ocean brings Beacon Intelligence to your Gmail.
On-demand intelligence that classifies your inbox into what actually matters, so you spend less time sorting and more time doing.
Designed exclusively for Gmail and Google Workspace.
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BEACON INTELLIGENCE
Beacon analyses your inbox and classifies what matters into 3 swim lanes: Action, Review, and Cleanup.
Each lane contains a list of emails that you need to act on.
- For the Action lane, you can quickly reply, dock an email on a specific date or send a meeting invitation.
- For the Review lane, you can swipe to archive or discard the email.
- For the Cleanup lane, you can leverage our powerful bulk Cleanup functionality to clear hundreds of emails in seconds.
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DROPS: INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT
Every new account gets 30 free Drops. Enough for about 12 to 14 days of active use.
Drops never expire and are only consumed when you use them.
Skip a day, skip a week. You don't pay for days you're not working.
Once your free Drops are used, Ocean's core features remain free forever.
Need more? Drop packs are available for quick top-ups. Or go Ocean Blue for 50 Drops every day, refreshing at midnight.
No subscription required. No rush hitting cancel.
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CORE FEATURES: ALWAYS FREE
Email: Compose, reply, forward, and manage your Gmail. Full email client, always free.
Clean Up: Filter and clear your inbox in seconds.
- First Timers, Persistent Pingers, Subscriptions, and more.
- Archive entire categories with one tap.
Dock: Dock emails you want to action later.
- Swipe into time-based buckets: Today, This Weekend, This Week, This Month, Whenever.
- Never lose what needs your attention.
Invites: Direct Google Calendar integration.
- Share your availability, block last-minute bookings, and automatically add confirmed meetings to your calendar.
Global Search: Search across emails and invites from one place.
VIP Contacts: Mark important senders as VIP. Never miss their emails.
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PRIVACY-FIRST
Your emails are never stored on our servers.
When you invoke Beacon Intelligence, we ask your consent to use our intelligence provider to analyze your email conversations.
Only when you ask, never in the background. Not sneaky.
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BEAUTIFULLY NATIVE
Dark mode, clean design, built for iPhone. Not a web wrapper.
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Built in Canada by a small team who actually use this thing every day.
Privacy Policy: https://ocean.app/privacy-policy
Terms and Conditions: https://ocean.app/terms-of-use
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This is a maintenance release for Ocean for iPhone.
Summary of new functionality and fixes:
- Surfacing now syncs across your devices through iCloud
- Redesigned Insights view with live analysis progress
- Inline images and attachments now display and share properly
- Simpler, less cluttered Cleanup lane
- More reliable inbox syncing that resumes where it left off
2026.4.8 Aug 31
This release is a maintenance release:
- During onboarding, your inbox now loads in two quick phases
- Cleanup Summary has a fresh card-based look that's easier to scan
- The Surface button now shows both conversation and email counts
- Beacon now says when you're offline instead of endlessly syncing
- Fixed send failures that could leave the compose screen stuck
- Small bugs are improvements included as a bonus
2026.4.7 Aug 5
This is a maintenance release of Ocean for iPhone.
In this 2026.4.5 release:
- Fixed a bug where cleaning up very large batches of email silently failed
- Purchases now sync more reliably across your devices via iCloud
- Clearer Cleanup categories: Forgotten and The Abyss now explain their timelines
2026.4.6 Jul 22
This version is a maintenance release.
What's updated:
- Load more email history anytime from the new Settings → Inbox sync view.
- Faster first-time setup; Ocean now loads your recent email first.
- Beacon highlights new emails and surfaced insights more clearly.
- Cleaner Surface Insights button and results inside conversations.
- Polished the Gmail sign-in screen and refined swipe actions.
- Other stability fixes and improvements
Let us know comments / feedback at hello@ocean.app
Thanks
2026.4.5 Jul 16
This is a maintenance release for Ocean for iPhone.
In this release:
• Refreshed onboarding with clearer Drops pricing cards.
• Fixed sign-in text getting cut off on smaller iPhones.
• More reliable inbox sync when Gmail returns errors.
2026.4.4 Jul 8
This is a maintenance release of Ocean for iPhone.
In this release:
• Smoother and enhanced onboarding experience
• More reliable sync with improved stall detection and recovery.
• Better recovery when your mailbox history falls out of date.
2026.4.3 Jul 3
This update refines surfacing and update prompts:
• Beacon now shows a card as soon as a new version of Ocean is ready to update.
• The Surface prompt only appears when you have genuinely unread new mail — not conversations you've already read.
• Fixed docked email due dates that could shift across time zones.
• Various stability and reliability improvements.
Thanks for using Ocean!
2026.4.2 Jun 30
A smarter Beacon for staying on top of your inbox.
- Beacon now surfaces the conversations that matter and sorts them into three lanes
- Action, Review, and Cleanup
- You instantly see what to do, what's worth a look, and what to clear.
- Tap into any lane to act on its emails, and clear clutter in bulk in a single pass.
- Reschedule docked emails to a specific date or a time bucket, with cleaner date grouping.
- Stability and reliability improvements, including a fix for a rare launch crash when an account needed to be re-authenticated.
Thanks for using Ocean! We read every piece of feedback.
2026.4.1 Jun 22
In this release of Ocean for iPhone, we made enhancements to the user experience and got rid of bugs.
Here's a summary:
- Dock rows now show insight titles and due dates at a glance
- Long-press any Dock item to preview it and access quick actions
- Today view sections are collapsible and display item counts
- Swipe actions use native iOS interactions for a smoother feel
- Google sign-in cancellation no longer shows a spurious error
2026.3.5 Jun 4
This version 2026.3.4 is primarily a maintenance release but we added a few neat little things.
- Beacon now properly warns you when an account needs re-authentication (Error 403).
- Long-press an email in the Dock to get more details about you dock entry
- Long-press an email in the email list view to mark it "read" or "unread"
- A card will be displayed in the dock when a new version is available of the AppStore
- Fix some dock items staying in 'Today' instead of moving to past groups
- Plus other small fixes.
2026.3.4 May 12
Dock & Today
• New "Today" filter in the Dock surfaces what you've scheduled for today.
• Today-scheduled emails now also appear in Today view alongside meetings and tasks.
• Today view now uses your local time zone when picking which events belong to "today"
• Dock sections auto-expand as items accumulate, and counts stay in sync across the day.
Sync & Reliability
• Adding a secondary account triggers a full CloudKit sync so your other devices catch up immediately.
• Resolves a case where initial sync could stop short of the full 12-month window for some accounts.
• Smoother swipe gestures on Dock and Beacon rows.
Stability
• Fixes a background-suspension crash when iOS reclaims the app.
• Fixes a crash when opening a Dock item whose email hasn't been synced yet.
• Fixes an issue with Cleanup that could result in a crash
• Various smaller layout and rendering fixes in the email view.
2026.3.3 Apr 29
- New Look and iOS 26 Support
Redesigned for iOS 26. New look, new behaviour, new Beacon Intelligence.
- Beacon Intelligence
Beacon Intelligence surfaces important emails, knows your calendar, and tells you exactly what needs your attention right now. Four on-demand intelligence actions power your experience:
- Surface: Scans your inbox and builds your priority view.
- Email: Deep insights on any email, plus conversation timelines that summarise long threads at a glance.
- Capture: Turn emails into Dock items with one tap.
- Invite: Schedule meetings without the back-and-forth.
- Drops
Drops power Ocean's on-demand Intelligence. It only works when you ask, never scanning your data in the background.
Every intelligence action costs 1 Drop. Drops never expire and are only consumed when you use them.
Every new account gets 30 free Drops. Enough for about 12 to 14 days of active use.
- Dock is the new Tasks
Dock replaces Tasks with something simpler: defer any email to deal with later.
Swipe into time-based buckets: Today, This Weekend, This Week, This Month, Whenever. No task titles, no folders, no due dates.
If you previously had captured emails, they will be migrated to the Dock automatically.
- Clean Up
Filter and clear your inbox in seconds. First Timers, Persistent Pingers, Subscriptions, and more.
Archive entire categories with one tap. Always free.
- iCloud Sync
Ocean is now iCloud-enabled by default.
Your Drops balance and Dock automatically sync across devices.
2026.3.2 Apr 28
This version (2026.1.1) is a small maintenance release.
- Fix account identification issue
- Fix Get Email Insights crash
- Various other small bug fixes
2026.1.1 Feb 10
This version (2025.4.3-717) is a maintenance release.
- Fix account update logic
- Other minor updates
2025.4.3 12/18/2025
This is a maintenance release of Ocean for iPhone.
In this version 2025.4.2 (711):
- Fix: Expiry date calculation for Ocean Blue (non-recurring subscription)
- Fix: Do not hide body of single email in convo when collapsing header
- Fix: Set fixed font size in Ocean Menu to prevent label truncation
- Fix: Crash when deleting a secondary account
2025.4.2 12/12/2025
There a number of new and better things in Ocean for iPhone version 2025.4.1:
*What's New*:
- Better and cleaner onboarding sequence for new users
- Email Header
- Can be manually collapsed or expanded
- New (i) icon to get complete list of recipients
- Link To Task
- Name change to: "Capture Email"
- Better sounding, friendlier
- Quick Instructions shown on first usage
- Ocean Beacon
- New inspirational quotes when opening the Ocean Menu
- Better things soon...
*What's Better*:
- Swipe right, in the email list view, to mark an email read or unread
- Optimized Capture Email View with clearer layout
- Tryout for Blue features is no longer required during onboarding
- Cleanup email parsing issues
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Let us know if you have questions or comments.
Use the in-app feedback view (in Settings)
Or send us an email at support@ocean.app
Thanks
2025.4.1 12/10/2025
This is a maintenance release (2025.3.3) for Ocean - Focused Gmail Inbox:
- Fix missing image in onboarding screen
- Fix invisible disclosure in dark mode
- Cleanup of the onboarding text
2025.3.3 11/06/2025
This version (2025.3.2) is a maintenance release of Ocean - The Focused Inbox.
Here's the big tickets we have fixed:
- Fix for email with content larger than screen
- Fix for account with an email address created with an upper case letter.
- Fix for Authentication Onboarding retry not really retrying...
- Fix for email content not displayed when app is restore from the background after a long time.
- Fix for spurious 401 errors while trying to view email content.
If you see anything not working properly, send us an email or use the in-app feedback.
REMINDER:
Ocean Basic is FREE FOREVER. No subscriptions. Ever.
Ocean Blue is a ONE-TIME payment (NOT recurring) that includes 1 year of updates + new features. Nothing to cancel. We mean it.
2025.3.2 10/31/2025
Here's what's new in Ocean - The Focused Inbox (version 2025.3.1):
**New** Search mode
- You can now search emails, tasks and invites and lock you search results in place.
- Allows you to navigate to another section and come back with your search results intact.
- Super helpful when you need to lookup something related.
**Fixes**
- We fix a number of issues related to email display, dark mode rendering and schedule focus time.
If you see anything to not working properly, send us an email or use the in-app feedback view.
REMINDER:
Ocean Basic is FREE FOREVER. No subscriptions. Ever.
Ocean Blue is a ONE-TIME payment (NOT recurring) that includes 1 year of updates + new features. Nothing to cancel. We mean it.
Questions? support@ocean.app
2025.3.1 10/27/2025
We are continuing our improvement roadmap with new features and functions along with bug fixes.
In this version (2025.2.1):
**New**
- Schedule Focus Time: When you need to block your calendar to work on a specific task, go to the (...) menu in the Task Editor and use the "Schedule Focus Time"
- This will allow you to schedule from 1 to 5 events in your calendar to work on a specific task.
- Email List - Contextual Menu: You can now long-press an email entry in the list view to bring up a contextual menu. And yes!! marking an email read/unread is available from there.
**Updated**:
- Clarify the definition and the enrolment period of the Ocean Blue Membership
- Added a little hint about the upcoming Ocean Beacon functionality.
- The Settings button is now located within the Ocean Menu.
Thanks all for your support.
If you need help or assistance please use the in-app feedback function or send us an email at: support@ocean.app
2025.2.1 09/06/2025
This is a maintenance release fixing bugs discovered after our launch.
Fixes:
- Fix crash for users with mixed cases in their email address, for example: "MrJohnSmith@myexample.com"
(Not sure why we did not find this before).
- Disable WaveGuard function in Triage Summary if the associated Google permission was not allowed at onboarding
- Minor updates to the Triage Home View
2025.1.7 08/14/2025
== Initial App Store 2025.1 release ==
2025.1.6 08/07/2025
The "official" Ocean for iPhone initial release.
2025.1.5 07/03/2025
This is a maintenance release for Ocean for iPhone.
Summary of new functionality and fixes:
- Surfacing now syncs across your devices through iCloud
- Redesigned Insights view with live analysis progress
- Inline images and attachments now display and share properly
- Simpler, less cluttered Cleanup lane
- More reliable inbox syncing that resumes where it left off
more
Version 2026.4.8 Aug 31
Data Linked to You The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info Contacts User Content Search History Identifiers Data Not Linked to You The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
