Comparison

Cloud Outliner vs Boards

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cloud Outliner

This app helps you structure your thoughts and tasks into clear, organized lists. It offers visual organization, synchronization across devices, and rich editing features for easy management of your ideas and plans. Share your organized content easily with others.

Highlights
  • Multi-level document management
  • Drag & drop reordering
  • Swipe to indent
  • Rich text formatting
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Export to PDF and OPML
  • Password protection
Features
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Cloud Outliner helps you turn ideas and tasks into clear, structured lists. Capture thoughts instantly, organize them visually, and keep everything synchronized across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad with iCloud. With rich editing, intuitive gestures, and easy sharing, staying organized has never been easier. Install Cloud Outliner and bring clarity to your work and life. Key Features Organize and Protect • Multi-level document manager • Color tags for quick highlights • Password protection • Custom templates • Duplicate documents Powerful Outline Editor • Drag & drop to reorder • Swipe to change indentation • Multi-select for bulk actions • Checkboxes and auto-numbering • Notes for list items • Rich text formatting and highlighting • Collapse or expand any level • Filters, undo/redo, copy/paste • Link and phone number detection • Read-only mode • Wireless keyboard support with shortcuts Sync and Share • Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud* • Mac version available • Export to PDF, OPML, plain text • Import OPML files • Print via AirPrint • Share by email or messenger Extra • Light and Dark mode • Clean, intuitive design • Portrait and landscape support * Sync with Mac requires Cloud Outliner Pro for macOS, sold separately.

About

Boards

Visualize and track your projects with a simple Kanban-style organizer. Create boards with lists and task cards to manage your workflow, capture details, and organize ideas. Works offline with full data control.

Highlights
  • Kanban board visualization
  • Customizable lists and task cards
  • Capture task outcomes with details
  • Offline functionality
  • Universal purchase for all devices
  • Open and accessible file format
Features
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Visualize your projects and tasks and track their path to completion: Boards is a new Kanban app to boost your productivity for your projects. SIMPLE PRICING / NO SUBSCRIPTIONS: Boards is a single universal purchase covering all devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac). It includes new feature updates for one year and lifetime bugfix and iOS/macOS compatibility updates. Includes: • iPhone app • iPad app • Mac app • iCloud sync Features: Collect your thoughts & ideas, plan your week, or just keep a board with links to your favorite recipes, the possibilities are endless. Each board can hold multiple lists. Each list can contain task cards, list items, or notes. You can further organize lists with subheadings to create sections within lists. Capture the outcome of a task, instead of merely crossing off a to do: Each entry on a board can have a dedicated cover image, a link, as well as notes. This makes it easy to record the results of a phone call or to keep meeting minutes. Implement your own workflow: Each list can represent a step in your workflow. By dragging an item from list to list, you see how it progresses towards completion. For example, track which tasks are still in the backlog, which are in progress, blocked, and completed. Or plan a party and keep track of invitations sent and replies yet to be received. Bonus: Local First Software • Works Offline, no Internet connection required. Everything is saved on your device. You have full control over your data. • Open and accessible file format: each “board” file can be opened even without having the app installed so that you can always access your data (each *.board file is simply a ZIP archive). No risk, try before you buy: You can download and try Boards for free for all devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac). All features are unlocked from the start, but boards are limited to 20 entries each. Once you a ready, you can buy Boards from within the app with a single In-App purchase covering all devices. What this app is not: This app is for personal projects or smaller work projects, this is not a full project management app. No Gantt charts anywhere to be seen.

Screenshots

Cloud Outliner4 screens
Boards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boards at 4.9 against Cloud Outliner's 4.5. Boards also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Cloud Outliner's advantage is ratings volume (756 vs 19). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cloud Outliner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Boards sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cloud Outliner has 756 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Cloud Outliner's written reviews are positive against 82% of Boards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cloud Outliner ships an update every 6 months, Boards every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cloud Outliner versus Boards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloud OutlinerBoards
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (756 ratings)4.9 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings756 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys IevenkoKitestack Software

Customer experience

Cloud Outliner

All ratings751 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative10.9%

Boards

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative10.7%

Bugs and requests

Cloud Outliner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • Issues with restoring Pro purchases on new devices
  • Inconsistent syncing behavior between iOS and macOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for attaching files and images
  • Improve export options beyond OPML
  • Introduce a true dark mode with black text on dark background
  • Add keyboard shortcuts for common actions
  • Enhance the ability to move and reorganize outline items

Boards

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cloud Outliner

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Features$2.99
4 purchases

Boards

One-time4
  • One Year Feature Updates$14.99
  • Boards Standard$29.99
  • Boards Extended$39.99
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  • Boards Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Cloud Outliner free?
Cloud Outliner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boards free?
Boards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cloud Outliner or Boards?
Boards is rated higher. Cloud Outliner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 756 ratings, while Boards averages 4.9 from 19 ratings.
Do Cloud Outliner or Boards have ads?
Neither Cloud Outliner nor Boards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloud Outliner or Boards?
Cloud Outliner ships an update every 6 months, and Boards every 2 months. Most recently, Cloud Outliner was updated on November 1, 2026 and Boards on November 7, 2026.

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