MailerLite Manager vs Directorist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MailerLite Manager
Manage email campaigns, subscribers, and analyze performance from your mobile device. Create, edit, schedule, and review campaigns, while also adding subscribers and tracking form and workflow conversions.
- Create and edit email campaigns
- Schedule campaigns
- Manage subscribers
- Analyze campaign performance
- Track form and workflow conversions
- Switch between accounts
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The new MailerLite Manager iOS app is designed to work with the new MailerLite platform. You must have an account on the new MailerLite in order to use the MailerLite Manager app. For those of you with a MailerLite Classic account, you can download the MailerLite Classic Manager iOS app. Stay connected to subscribers and manage campaigns on the go with the MailerLite iOS app. Email campaigns - Create new campaigns using a rich-text editor. - Edit campaign content, subject lines, recipients and more. - Schedule your completed draft campaigns for now or later. - Preview or cancel campaigns waiting in the outbox. - Review the performance of sent campaigns. Subscribers - Add new subscribers on the fly. - Get a high-level overview of subscriber engagement in the main dashboard. - Review the performance of all subscribers or specific groups and segments. And much more! - Analyze the conversion rates of your forms, landing pages and websites. - Review the engagement of automated workflows. - Check campaign survey results. - Quickly switch between accounts.
Directorist
Transform your directory website into a native mobile app to reach a global audience. This ready-made tool saves time and money by eliminating the need for developers. It offers features for user communication, notifications, and displaying listing information.
- White-label business apps
- Contact and notification forms
- Direct communication options
- Push notifications
- Directory type selection
- Listing badges
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The Directorist mobile app allows you to transform your directory website into a native mobile app. It paves the way to white-label your business, acquire more customers by reaching 7.5 billion mobile users from across the world. It is a ready-made tool that helps you save money and time in that you don’t have to hire and pay developers on your own. The app is so easy to use that even a first grader can learn how to use it. With this plugin, you and your multi-layer users can enjoy a fleet of features: – The visitors can contact and notify the listing authors via a dedicated contact form. – Your users can communicate via different media such as direct phone calls, get directions, and direct email. – You and the listing owner can get instant push notifications on mobile phones and in email inboxes at different events. – Users can pick a certain directory type from a different set of directories. – Visitors can get information such as contact info, messaging, phone call, location, listing overview, and so forth. – Show special badges like featured, popular, new on single listing view. – And much more. To get the Directorist WordPress plugin, visit directorist.com right now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MailerLite Manager at none against Directorist's 9. MailerLite Manager also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). Directorist's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Directorist sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. MailerLite Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Directorist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MailerLite Manager has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MailerLite Manager ships an update every 4 weeks, Directorist every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MailerLite Manager | Directorist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MailerLite, Inc. | MD Masud Rana |
Customer experience
MailerLite Manager
Directorist
Bugs and requests
MailerLite Manager
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to switch between accounts
- Inconsistent data display and refresh issues
- Login problems and account access limitations
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to create and edit campaigns from the app
- More advanced email design and formatting options in the app
- Improved integration with other platforms and services
- Faster and more reliable performance
Directorist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MailerLite Manager
No in-app purchases
Directorist
- Standard$0.29
- Basic$0.29
- Basic$5.00
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- Basic$7.00
- Standard$12.49
- Standard$12.99
- Enterprise$22.99
- Enterprise$25.99
- Enterprise$26.49
