Stampgoose vs Jacquie Lawson
Jacquie Lawson makes beautiful animated cards, for a membership. Stampgoose sends your own letter, photos and film, one envelope at a time. Here’s how to choose.
Both send something lovely to a screen instead of through the letterbox. They go about it in opposite ways. Jacquie Lawson gives you a library of beautiful animated cards, painted in-house, for a membership. Stampgoose gives you an envelope to fill with your own things, a letter, photos and a film, and you pay once for each one you send.
Side by side
| Jacquie Lawson | Stampgoose | |
|---|---|---|
| What they get | An animated card from the collection, with your message inside | A sealed envelope with their name on it; they tap the wax seal to open it |
| Your words | A caption, and up to 1,500 characters of message | A letter as long as it needs to be, and more than one if you like |
| Your photos | One photo or video, on Postbox Collection cards | Photo postcards, up to ten pieces in all |
| A film of you | On Postbox Collection cards | Up to 1 GB, uploaded from your phone, or a YouTube or Vimeo link |
| Sending it | Now or scheduled, by email, Facebook or a link | A link by text, WhatsApp or email, or we email it for you; it can stay sealed until a day and time, with a countdown, and a passphrase keeps it for one person |
| Price | £27 or $36 a year, or £6 or $8 a month | $1.29 for letters and postcards, $5 with a film, once per envelope |
| Subscription | Yes, to send the full range | No |
Jacquie Lawson’s prices are from its app listings on 9 October 2026, before any tax. Check theirs before you buy.
When Jacquie Lawson is the better choice
If you send a card for every birthday on the calendar, and Christmas to everyone, a membership is good value, and the cards are beautiful. Choosing one takes a minute, nobody has to find a photo, and the person opening it gets a little film of painted animals and falling snow that they genuinely enjoy. For a long list of people you’re fond of, it’s hard to beat.
When an envelope is the better choice
When it’s one person, and what you want to send is yours rather than a design. A letter that says what this year has been like. The photo from the holiday. A minute of you, on film, saying it out loud. An envelope has room for all of that, and it opens in the order you set, one piece at a time.
It also suits the occasions a card does least well: a birthday on the other side of the world, sealed until the morning where they are; an anniversary letter; a thank you that deserves more than a line; a set of open-when letters for someone moving away.
What it costs over a year
A membership costs the same whether you send three cards or three hundred. An envelope costs $1.29 with letters and postcards, or $5 with a film, and nothing in between. If you send a handful of things that matter in a year, paying for each one costs less. If you send a card a week, the membership wins.
Or use both
Plenty of people will. A Jacquie Lawson card for the long Christmas list, and an envelope for the two or three people who get a proper letter.
Questions people ask
Is Jacquie Lawson free?
You can register for free, but sending their full range needs a membership: £27 or $36 a year, or £6 or $8 a month, when we checked in October 2026.
Can you send one Jacquie Lawson ecard without a membership?
Their full range needs a membership, though the monthly one costs less than a year. If you only send a few a year, a pay-once envelope may work out cheaper.
Can you add a video to a Jacquie Lawson ecard?
Yes, in their Postbox Collection you can upload a photo or a video, choose the music and add a message. Their other cards are their own animations, with your message inside.
Not sending one today?
We’ll remind you before Diwali and Christmas: a few emails a year, a week or so before the days people send envelopes for. Nothing else, and one click stops them.
