Mimestream

What it is for

Mimestream is a native Mac Gmail client: you open the 3-pane inbox, read “Lunch this Friday?”, and Individual is $49.99/year (or $4.99/month, up to 5 devices). Use it when the job is a Gmail thread you start at a public $, not when you need Shortwave’s Business $30/seat agent first.

Soft-note: Individual $49.99/yr or $4.99/mo (≤5 devices) + 14-day trial. Distinct from Shortwave, Missive, and Front.

What makes it unique: the cover is Mimestream’s official 3-pane inbox (Inbox: Primary, selected “Lunch this Friday?”, Ben Johnson / Neil Jhaveri thread) from mimestream.com/assets/images/hero.png — not a wordmark. The Primary thread list itself is ops of the inbox.

Key features

• 3-pane inbox — sidebar / thread list / conversation (cover still; product). One desk. Cover “Lunch this Friday?” sits here.
• Gmail categories — Primary / Personal / Social / Promotions / Updates / Forums (cover; product). A category, not an Individual tile.
• Profiles — Personal / Work spaces (getting started). A profile, not a $49.99 meter.
• Gmail API search — server search, not IMAP scrape (product). Search, not Get started.
• Gmail-native triage — labels, snooze, send-and-archive (1.0 post). Triage, not Enterprise.
• macOS gestures + menu bar — trackpad swipes and a menu-bar extra (1.0 post). Gestures, not SSO.

Download / Subscribe are CTAs (not desks). Individual $ stay in Pricing. There is no AI extra to drop.

Who it's for

Best fit: Mac Gmail users on macOS 12+ who will run the 14-day trial while they open a first Primary thread — then Individual at $49.99/yr (or $4.99/mo), not Shortwave Business $30/seat first unless they want an email agent, and not if they need IMAP / Outlook.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from mimestream.com/pricing (annual card $49.99 per year; monthly toggle $4.99 per month, hidden until you click Monthly) plus getting started. Soft-note: “subscription license is the only purchase option.” Taxes may apply.

• 14-day trial — fully functional; no credit card.
• Individual annual — $49.99/year. All Google accounts; up to 5 devices; free family sharing (same 5-device cap).
• Individual monthly — $4.99/month. Same Individual feature list.
• Group — seats / centralized billing on the same page. The Group $ is not in the static HTML we fetched (seat stepper only). Do not invent a Group $.
• Annual refunds within 30 days; monthly plans have no refund (cancel anytime). After expiry the app de-activates.

Limitations / costs

• Gmail / Google only. FAQ: not IMAP / Microsoft 365 today (those are “planned”).
• Subscription after the trial. There is no forever Free SKU and no one-time license.
• macOS 12+. No iOS / Windows client on the pages we fetched.
• The product is not OSS. We omit a GitHub CTA rather than invent a product repo.

Alternatives

• Shortwave — a Gmail agent when you want Business $30/seat after a 14-day trial, not a native 3-pane Mac client.
• Missive — a team inbox when you want Starter $14/user/mo yearly, not Gmail-only Mimestream.
• Front — a support inbox when you want Starter $25/seat/mo yearly, not a personal Gmail Mac app.

Official tutorial

Official Mimestream channel video (linked from Getting started as youtu.be/LmtKeKRd5kk): Introducing Mimestream 1.0 (oEmbed author: Mimestream; author_url @mimestream). First-party intro; the 3-pane inbox still is the cover. We searched @mimestream (200), @Mimestream (200), and @MimestreamApp (404).

Written path: mimestream.com plus pricing and getting started.

Website

https://mimestream.com/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Mimestream’s official 3-pane inbox still (Primary / “Lunch this Friday?”) from mimestream.com/assets/images/hero.png. Dollars checked on mimestream.com/pricing (Individual $49.99/yr or $4.99/mo; 14-day trial; Group $ not in static HTML). Tutorial oEmbed author: Mimestream (@mimestream). No invented GitHub.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.