# Diligent Boards

> Secure board meeting management, document access, and collaboration tools for executives. (iPhone/iPad app by Diligent Corporation.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/diligent-boards/id412771395 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Diligent Corporation](https://appshunter.io/developer/412771398)
- Category: Business, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.20/5 from 54 App Store ratings · 46 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 433 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, European Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2011-01-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/diligent-boards/id412771395/reviews.md

## What is Diligent Boards?

DILIGENT BOARDS – iPHONE and iPAD
The most intuitive and secure way to improve communications and decision-making, Diligent Boards gives you immediate access to board books and meeting materials, along with the tools to review, discuss and collaborate on them. You’ll find streamlined voting, questionnaire tools and signature approvals with features that can be enabled or disabled to meet your organization’s governance and security requirements.

Features:
•	Access current agendas and meeting materials, or archives from previous meeting
•	Protect all of your data with world-class security and encryption
•	Annotate any page using a suite of markup, bookmarking and note-taking tools
•	Collaborate with groups or select individuals by sharing comments, right on the page
•	Transition seamlessly between online and offline to access the app anywhere, even when Internet connectivity is unavailable
•	Keep up-to-date with built-in contact list and meeting calendar functions
•	Vote on motions and directives with instant digital signatures
•	Respond to questionnaires that save your responses as you go
•	Review your organization’s repository of governance information
•	Use side-by-side with Diligent Messenger to enable secure messaging and real-time collaboration.
•	Get assistance any time with award-winning 24/7/365 concierge-level support

Experience a streamlined Diligent Boards on iPhone, with only essential features for on-the-go reading, annotation and more.

Additional information: 

Over 4,700 organizations and 140,000 executives and board members trust Diligent with their most confidential board meeting materials. The Diligent Boards solution meets or exceeds the standards of the most security-conscious IT departments. Diligent’s information management security is ISO 27001 certified and our internal control processes have received clean SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 (SOC 1 Type 2) audits for nine consecutive years. 

You can count on unlimited training via one-on-one personal or group sessions, delivered either in person or online and including board presentations. We also provide regular webinar tutorials to keep you up-to-date about product features from Diligent and in-person seminars where you can compare notes with your peers. 

Ninety-nine percent of all support calls are answered immediately by our deeply knowledgeable employees. In addition to 24/7/365 support in English, our own employees also provide coverage during specified times in French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, and select Indian and Sri Lankan dialects.

## Key features

- Secure access to board books and meeting materials
- Tools for review, discussion, and collaboration
- Streamlined voting and questionnaire features
- Digital signature approvals
- Annotation and note-taking tools
- Offline access to materials
- 24/7 concierge-level support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 46)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/diligent-boards/id412771395/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Works well

*2026-07-29, version Version 9.2.1*

I have used Diligent on several boards over the last 5 years. I use it on iPhone, iPad, and MacBook all seamlessly. It is secure, easy to use and provide convenient access to all my board materials. Never had any spam.. Other board apps I have used over the years were nowhere near as good.

### 1/5 — Constant irrelevant reminders

*2026-07-29*

Almost spam like with reminders like do an update when no update is needed

### 5/5 — Works well

*2026-06-11*

I use the app to access board books of three different organizations. I have had a glitch or two with access over the years but it has otherwise worked flawlessly. I have noted that new content uploaders can occasionally miss the last step to making content go live for readers, this has led to situations where they think material is available and it isn’t. That is the only real issue I have seen with the usability. I have never had to call customer support.

### 2/5 — Subpar functionality

*2026-05-20*

While it is helpful to have an app that allows voluminous board materials to be presented digitally, the functionality of this app is indifferent. The markup tool can be glitchy: sometimes it simply doesn’t work, and the tool has to be closed and reopened. If that doesn’t work, the entire diligent app must be shut down and restarted. In my case, the markup pen always initiates in red rather than black despite the fact that I have instructed the app to save my last settings used.  Unless I want all my annotations to be in red, that means each time I want to use the markup pen I have to set it to black.

Much more annoying, this app frequently requires using a password, which itself must be changed frequently, to access materials. This despite the fact that after each time after re-entering my password, I am told that Face ID will be used for my next login. I would say that about 1/3 of the time this isn’t the case. Needless to say that can be very annoying when the app exits in the middle of a meeting.

I have discussed this over an extended period of time with diligent technical support where I am assured that there’s nothing they can do.

I would strongly encourage anyone looking for digital access to board materials to consider alternatives to diligent.

### 1/5 — Public Board Director

*2026-05-12*

Horrible suite of applications, not integrated, not intuitive, like 8 spoons and no forks or knives.  Obviously a PE firm cutting R&D to milk user base. No AI functionality. A new entrant will steal this entire market.

### 1/5 — Makes easy things hard every single time

*2026-04-02*

Just the worst

### 5/5 — Expensive - but outstanding

*2026-02-21, version 9.0*

For serious board work on a secure platform this app is just outstanding.  (I dont understand why some of the negative reviews - spammy???    There is zero spam!!)

### 2/5 — Only use this app if you love spam.

*2025-12-15, version 8.7.1*

Unprofessional.  I have to use this for my boards, but then I get constantly targeted with “news and insights” banners, side bars, emails. This is nothing more than advertising for Diligent. And it is not possible to disable this infuriating feature. 
Dear Diligent, I am not some dumb advertising hoarding. Please stop spamming me and just do the job you are (very well) paid for.

### 5/5 — Huge improvements

*2025-12-14, version 8.7.1*

So much better than previous years. Almost identical user experience as the web app. Quick tech support. Love the ability to download my board papers and use it without internet, especially as someone who travels often.

### 1/5 — Board member

*2025-11-06*

This app is awful. I have been unable to access my important board meeting because it never accepts my password. My assistant has changed it for me four times and two years. I either have to show up unprepared ( unacceptable) or I end up borrowing my colleagues’ computers the night before meetings . Horrendous

## Frequently asked questions about Diligent Boards

### What does Diligent Boards do?

Diligent Boards provides a secure and intuitive platform for board members to access board books and meeting materials. It offers tools for reviewing, discussing, and collaborating on documents, as well as features for voting, questionnaires, and digital signatures to improve decision-making and governance.

### What are the key features of Diligent Boards?

Key features include secure access to current and archived meeting materials, annotation tools, collaborative commenting, offline access, digital voting, questionnaire responses, and contact list/meeting calendar functions. It also integrates with Diligent Messenger for secure messaging.

### How much does Diligent Boards cost?

The provided description does not explicitly state pricing details. However, it mentions that the app is available for iPhone and iPad and is trusted by many organizations, suggesting a business-oriented solution that likely involves a subscription or enterprise licensing model.

### What devices is Diligent Boards compatible with?

Diligent Boards is available for iPhone and iPad. The description specifically mentions a streamlined experience for iPhone with essential features for on-the-go use.

### Who uses Diligent Boards and for what purpose?

Over 4,700 organizations and 140,000 executives and board members use Diligent Boards. It's used for improving communications and decision-making, managing board meeting materials securely, and facilitating collaboration among board members.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### Version 9.3 — 2026-08-18

Minor enhancements have been added.

### Version 9.2.1 — 2026-06-19

Minor enhancements have been added.

### Version 9.2 — 2026-06-18

We've made several improvements to enhance your Boards experience:
New & Improved
•	Redesigned navigation menu for easier board switching and navigation
•	Enhanced the GovernAI layout, AI News summaries, and AI Trial registration
•	Updated to the iOS 26 SDK for full compatibility with the latest Apple platforms
Bug Fixes
•	Resolved an issue to prevent re-authentication when switching between books
•	Fixed book syncing so it refreshes during inactivity timeout

### 9.1 — 2026-04-01

This release includes the following updates:
• Introduced a new Background Sync approach that makes book syncing load times faster while the app is being backgrounded
• Various bug fixes: Resolved  issues that affect cross document linking, link history and app stability
• Enhanced security pinning to keep your data protected

### 9.0 — 2026-02-20

This release includes the following updates: 
•	Comments on notes can now be edited. 
•	Bug fixes and performance improvements

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