Comparison, with published 2026 pricing
EmailTimer.App vs MailTimers: An honest comparison
MailTimers is a countdown timer service with a large template catalogue and a free tier at 100,000 views a month, branded and capped at a 30 day countdown. EmailTimer.App draws the countdown and the personalized layers from one engine, and says what each inbox will do with the result.
Looking for an alternative rather than a comparison? The MailTimers alternative page is written for somebody already on MailTimers who wants out, with their published prices, what they withhold, and the cases where they are still the better buy.
Everything below is taken from MailTimers's own published pricing and documentation. If you are building a case for a client or a CMO, check it against their site rather than taking our word for it.
What each one costs to start
The number that usually decides it is not the monthly price, it is what a thousand opens costs you once the campaign is running.
EmailTimer.App
$19/mo
250,000 opens
$0.076 per 1,000 opens
MailTimers
$9.99/mo
Or $7.99 a month paid annually
Per 1,000 views: not published
Full range: Free at 100,000 views a month. Paid from $9.99 to $199.99 a month in its structured data, with no price printed against any tier
Prices checked on 17 September 2026, from MailTimers's own pricing page.
What MailTimers does well
- A lower entry price: its structured data starts the paid range at $9.99 a month, and its FAQ gives $7.99 a month paid annually, against our $19.
- A free tier at 100,000 views a month, which is twenty times our free allowance.
- Photoshop timer import and local time zone detection on its feature list, which is more than most tools at this price attempt.
- Wide catalog of decorative pre-made timer templates.
Where we would pick EmailTimer.App
- Personalized images as well as timers, on the same subscription.
- Names, coupon codes, QR codes and progress bars rendered into the same picture as the clock.
- A preview that says what Apple Mail, Gmail and Outlook will each show before you schedule the send.
- We publish how caching actually affects a timer, including the parts that are inconvenient for us.
Which one you should actually buy
MailTimers starts cheaper than we do and its free plan is far bigger than ours, so if a fixed-date timer inside 30 days is the whole job and its branding is acceptable, start there. Its pricing page lists timer features rather than image personalization, so check that for yourself if you need a name, a code or a balance in the same picture as the clock. That is the job EmailTimer.App is built for.
Feature by feature
Prices checked on 17 September 2026, from MailTimers's own pricing page and documentation. Where a row says "not listed on its pricing page", that is what we could and could not find there, not a claim that the feature does not exist.
The timers you would be getting
Real renders, running now, in your own fonts and colours once you make them yours. The full feature list covers the rest: every style, the six ways to set a deadline, and the preview of what each email client will show.
Before you decide
Questions about EmailTimer.App and MailTimers
Including the one most comparison pages will not answer, which is when the other tool is the better buy.
What does MailTimers cost compared with EmailTimer.App?
MailTimers does not print a price against any tier in the page it serves, because Paddle fills the prices in after the page loads. What the page itself declares is a range of $9.99 to $199.99 a month in its structured data, and its FAQ says premium plans start at $7.99, which is the annual rate against its own 20 percent annual discount. The free plan is 100,000 views a month. EmailTimer.App starts at $19/mo for 250,000 opens, or $0.076 per 1,000 opens. Check the live page before you quote either figure to anybody.
What is MailTimers genuinely better at?
A lower entry price: its structured data starts the paid range at $9.99 a month, and its FAQ gives $7.99 a month paid annually, against our $19. A free tier at 100,000 views a month, which is twenty times our free allowance. Photoshop timer import and local time zone detection on its feature list, which is more than most tools at this price attempt. Wide catalog of decorative pre-made timer templates.
Where does EmailTimer.App come out ahead?
Personalized images as well as timers, on the same subscription. Names, coupon codes, QR codes and progress bars rendered into the same picture as the clock. A preview that says what Apple Mail, Gmail and Outlook will each show before you schedule the send. We publish how caching actually affects a timer, including the parts that are inconvenient for us.
Which one should I actually buy?
MailTimers starts cheaper than we do and its free plan is far bigger than ours, so if a fixed-date timer inside 30 days is the whole job and its branding is acceptable, start there. Its pricing page lists timer features rather than image personalization, so check that for yourself if you need a name, a code or a balance in the same picture as the clock. That is the job EmailTimer.App is built for.
Compared with the rest of the category
Same format, same source: each vendor's own published prices, and a paragraph saying where they are the better choice.
EmailTimer.App vs CountdownMail
From From $7/mo for Starter carries 100,000 views
EmailTimer.App vs NiftyImages
From $59/mo for 25,000 opens
EmailTimer.App vs Sendtric
From $9/mo for 150,000 views
The full price table, in dollars and rupees, is on the pricing page, and what a timer actually does in each inbox is set out in the complete guide to countdown timers in email. What Apple Mail's pre-fetch and Gmail's image proxy do to a timer applies to every vendor in this category, MailTimers and us included, and it is written up in Countdown timers in Apple Mail.
Try it against your own numbers
The free plan covers 5,000 opens a month, which is enough to run one real campaign and compare what happened.