Mailplane pricing announced

Same as everyone else. Beta tested it early on but found it way too buggy. Started beta testing again about a month ago and have used it since. Preferred the Gmail Notifier menubar app for notifications, but I've been keen to give Mailplane a good run for its money so have stuck with it. Actually laughed out loud when they announced the price. I'm still not convinced to carry on using it for free.

To put this price into context... I bought Yummy FTP for $12, Textmate for $25ish, Salling Clicker for $12 - and those are amazingly useful apps - way out of Mailplane's league.

Mailplane's more in the same league as CoverFlow which I also bought, but that was only $5.

Go see the feature list on the homepage of the application.

Technically I would say it's not a totally useless idea, that is if you spend all day in Gmail and have to use multiple accounts/computers, but it's a $5 not $25 one.

That being said, I have been using Gmail for years now (already?), and never missed not having Mailplane.

Mailplane is not necessary, but it is handy. However it's certainly not $24.95 handy.

I agree: Is it really *that* difficult to point my browser to gmail.com? No.

Also, I've configured my Gmail acct. to forward all messages to my main address, so I receive all messages with my (free) desktop email client. Mailplane is unnecessary.

I bought it too. Really, the only features of it I rely on are the multiple-account management features, but to me it's worth it for those. If it weren't for multiple accounts, I could be satisfied with a tab in my browser. But I was tired of being locked to Firefox and the GMail Manager extension.

I bought it. I've been using Mailplane for months, and I've found that it fits in very nicely with my work habits. In fact, I feel weird every time I have to use a computer with "regular" Gmail. I found that I really got used to the little niceties that Mailplane offer over web-based Gmail, and I know Ruben will continue to work on and support the app. Sure, $25 is a bit high, but software developers have to eat too, and I don't feel bad supporting a shareware author.

@Trevor (#28), the problem with that is that if you want to access your email on multiple systems and you use POP with a desktop mail client, your Gmail won't stay in sync across those systems.

Turn on POP access in GMail + Add Gmail account to Apple Mail = FREE.

$25 is way too high for an email app, even if it is a good one. It seems it's the end of the line for me as far as Mailplane is concerned. Hopefully after seeing the numerous negative responses to the pricing announcement Ruben will reconsider pricing for Mailpalne. A discount for beta testers would have been great. Hell MS gave Vista away to beta testers for gosh sakes. Come on Ruben, you need to rethink this.

$25.00 for POP3 access already available from Google.... There is one born every day!