Comparison

YouTrack vs Confluence Data Center

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

Head to head
About

YouTrack

Manage projects and tasks on the go with this tool designed for teams. Stay updated with real-time notifications, collaborate with colleagues, and organize your work from anywhere. Supports light and dark themes.

Highlights
  • Manage projects and tasks anywhere
  • Real-time notifications
  • Collaborate with team members
  • View and organize boards
  • Access Knowledge Base articles
  • Manage helpdesk tickets
  • Light and dark themes
Features
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YouTrack Mobile is compatible with the last three major YouTrack versions. If you already have YouTrack, just download the app to manage your projects on the fly. If you haven’t started using YouTrack yet, take a couple of minutes to get set up by going to jetbrains.com/youtrack, and then download the mobile app. YouTrack is a project management tool packed with features that streamline your work and increase productivity on any team project. 100,000 teams worldwide – from enterprises to small startups – trust YouTrack. YouTrack has the flexibility to adapt to every team and team member. From personal tasks to company-wide projects, YouTrack can handle it all with ease and elegance, helping you complete more tasks and deliver great products. The YouTrack Mobile app lets you stay on track with your tasks while you’re on the go: • Easily manage your projects and tasks from anywhere. You can create, view, and update tasks, in addition to adding images and other files. • Stay on track with real-time notifications about activity in your tasks and projects. • Contact team members and collaborate directly with them. Just use “@” to tag a colleague in a comment on a task. • View and organize your boards. • Browse, read, edit, or comment on articles in the Knowledge Base. • Manage and collaborate on tickets in helpdesk projects. • Choose between light and dark themes. Have any feedback or questions? Contact us at youtrack-support@jetbrains.com. We’re happy to help! Love the app? Give us a high five!

About

Confluence Data Center

Collaborate with your team from any location using this mobile application. It allows for creating and editing content, receiving real-time notifications, and accessing team projects. Designed for self-hosted Confluence Data Center and Server sites.

Highlights
  • Create and edit pages
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Quickly find recent pages
  • Browse spaces via page tree
  • Save pages for later
  • Like, comment, and share pages
  • Search Confluence content
Features
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Stay in sync with your team, wherever you are, with the Confluence Data Center and Server app. PLEASE NOTE: The app works with self-hosted Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server sites running Confluence 6.8 and later. Features: • Create and edit pages • Stay up to date with your team's work with push notifications for @mentions, replies, page shares, and tasks • Quickly find pages you’ve recently viewed or worked on • Go to any space and browse using the page tree • Read pages or save them to read later on any device • Like, comment on, and share pages • See the latest activity from your Confluence site • Search all of Confluence, or search within a specific space From document creation to project collaboration, over 30,000 companies have discovered that Confluence is a game-changing way to share ideas, work on projects, and get stuff done. Do I need the this app or the Cloud app? To check if this is the right app for your site, open Confluence in your browser and go to Help ( ? ) > About Confluence. If your Confluence version number is 6.8 or later you can use this app! If your version number starts with 1000, then you'll need the Confluence cloud app instead. What we collect Before you log in, this app will send us some anonymous information including your device, operating system version, carrier, day and time, country, and your language. If the app crashes for any reason, we also receive anonymous information in crash reports. This helps us make sure the app is working well. Tell us what you think Shake your device with the app open to message the product team. We want to hear from you!

Screenshots

YouTrack4 screens
Confluence Data Center4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: YouTrack at 3.1 against Confluence Data Center's 2.5. YouTrack also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 21%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YouTrack holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of YouTrack's written reviews are positive against 21% of Confluence Data Center's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
YouTrack versus Confluence Data Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYouTrackConfluence Data Center
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (29 ratings) — better2.5 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews38.1% of reviews — better20.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2973 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB85 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJetBrainsAtlassian

Customer experience

YouTrack

All ratings29 ratings
Positive44.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative44.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral19.0%
Negative42.9%

Confluence Data Center

All ratings73 ratings
Positive32.9%
Neutral5.5%
Negative61.6%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive20.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative69.2%

Bugs and requests

YouTrack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Confluence Data Center

Reported bugs

63 issues
  • Page content disappears when scrolling
  • Tags are not displayed
  • Search is abysmal
  • Link clicks open in the browser
  • App crashes
Show 58 more
  • Cannot resolve internal addresses
  • Does not handle dark mode well
  • App doesn't register correctly for URLs
  • Cannot display multiple first-level directories
  • Cannot display Chinese characters
  • Cannot insert pictures
  • Pages taller than 2-page height after a small scroll cause crash
  • App crashes instantly
  • App does not recognize SSO
  • App does not work over VPN
  • Constantly getting errors when using VPN
  • App crashes when entering credentials
  • Cannot get a secure connection under iOS 13.X
  • Login credentials not remembered
  • Font issues when writing pages
  • Difficulty finding saved or previously edited pages
  • Unspecified error
  • Page rendering is poor
  • Login timeouts
  • App is incompatible with the latest version of Confluence
  • Cursor issues within table cells
  • Cannot edit pages properly
  • Pages not updated after publishing
  • Refresh does not update the page
  • Cannot browse hierarchy from current page
  • Manual refresh required
  • Design not adapted for tablets/phones
  • Cannot increment/decrement bullet lists
  • Cannot mention others using @
  • Cannot add action items with checkboxes
  • Severely lags behind Confluence cloud
  • Pagetree doesn't work
  • Cannot see subpages for any page
  • Does not display some macros like children display
  • App would not work with the site
  • Filters for unauthenticated access required
  • App doesn't work with SSO like the browser does
  • Cannot attach files
  • Cannot insert macros
  • Cannot switch to desktop view
  • Rendering is like mobile view
  • Widgets on pages don't work
  • App does not update pages when server pages are edited
  • Cannot use page templates to create new pages
  • Page editing limited to text, lists, bold/italic
  • No @ or [ or // references
  • No linking at all
  • App crashes on startup
  • App does not specify requirements
  • App crashes when entering server URL
  • App crashes when entering credentials
  • Login issues with DuoMobile
  • App only says 'not found' with DuoMobile
  • Cannot browse anonymously
  • Limited to stock page elements
  • App crashes when entering credentials
  • App crashes when entering server URL
  • App crashes on startup

Requested features

33 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to access calendars
  • Support for SSO login
  • Dark theme
  • Auto login feature
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  • Support for Roadmap Planner
  • Ability to add quick drawings
  • Longer token life for SSO
  • Support for client certificates
  • Ability to upload images
  • Offline support
  • Support for tables
  • Search function within the app
  • Search inside the page
  • Ability to upload files
  • Support for blog posts
  • Ability to save multiple instances and switch between them
  • Anonymous browsing
  • Support for add-ins
  • Deep linking for reviewing
  • Ability to use page templates to create new pages
  • Support for @, [, // references
  • Inserting tables
  • Adding pictures
  • Indenting
  • Adding table rows
  • Support for widgets like search boxes, Task Canvas, Gilphy graphics
  • Mobile first approach for Confluence development
  • Improved login/password UX (auto login or iOS saved password)
  • Support for DuoMobile two-way security
  • Ability to edit tables properly
  • More editing tools
  • Create and modify content on Confluence based Wiki

In-app purchases

None

YouTrack

No in-app purchases

None

Confluence Data Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YouTrack free?
YouTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Confluence Data Center free?
Confluence Data Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YouTrack or Confluence Data Center?
YouTrack is rated higher. YouTrack averages 3.1 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Confluence Data Center averages 2.5 from 73 ratings.
Do YouTrack or Confluence Data Center have ads?
Neither YouTrack nor Confluence Data Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YouTrack or Confluence Data Center?
YouTrack ships an update every 2 months, and Confluence Data Center every 2 months. Most recently, YouTrack was updated on September 16, 2026 and Confluence Data Center on September 22, 2026.

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