viProject vs Smart Arrow Project Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
viProject
Manage complex projects with interactive Gantt charts. Plan, track, and analyze schedules, budgets, and resources. Supports WBS, critical path calculation, and custom calendars for professional project oversight.
- Interactive Gantt charts
- Project scheduling and WBS
- Critical path calculation
- Custom calendars and task constraints
- Progress tracking (duration, work, % complete)
- Resource and cost management
- MS Project XML import/export
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viProject is a Project Management application that gives you certainty to manage your project. Whatever huge and complex your projects are the impressively functional Gantt Chart allows you to plan, track, analyze, manage scope, schedule&budget of your project professionally. viProject Gantt Chart is interactive, quick to respond, smooth and user friendly. It comes with smooth timeline scaling and scrolling using gestures. Gantt Chart is accompanied by a tasks table, thus there is a possibility to edit tasks in the chart as well as in the tasks table. CORE FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITIES PLANNING - Project Scheduling: schedule your projects from Start or from Finish date - Work Breakdown Structure: organize the hierarchy of project tasks using WBS approach - Critical Path: viProject automatically calculates a Critical Path as you change tasks in the project - Task Editing: edit tasks in a Task Table, Gantt Chart or in Task Inspector - Calendars: define any number of Custom Calendars with custom working hours and calendar exceptions, choose between Task or Resource Calendars to be used for scheduling - Task Constraints: use a wide range of task constrains (ASAP, ALAP, start no earlier than, etc.) - Task types: use three tasks types: Fixed Units, Fixed Duration & Fixed Work - Task Links: four types of task links: finish-to-start (FS), finish-to-finish (FF), start-to-finish (SF) and start-to-start (SS) PROGRESS TRACKING - Duration & Work: track project progress by using Actual and Remaining values of task Duration and task Work - % Complete: track progress by % Duration Complete or by % Work Complete - Actual Dates: use task Actual Start and Finish Dates to manage project schedule RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Resource Types: two types of resources - People&Equipment and Materials - Resource Calendars: use custom calendars for individual project resources - Limit Resources: use Available Units to limit resource availability in the project - Groups: organize project resources into Groups - Resource Tracking: track Actual and Remaining Costs or Work for project resources COST MANAGEMENT - Rates: viProject uses Standard and Overtime Rates of resources to calculate project costs - Cost Calculation: viProject calculates costs of Tasks, Resources, Assignments and whole Project - Cost Accrual: use three cost accrual types: At Start, Prorated and At End - Task Costs: you can assign additional Fixed Costs to each task SHARING - Import: MS Project XML files from iCloud Drive, Cloud storage services like Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Live Drive or Emails - Export: XML and PDF files via Email, Air Drop, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Live Drive. XML files from viProject are compatible with MS Project and can be imported to other apps. PDF file generated in viProject has the task table and the Gantt chart of your project - Printing: PDF files can be printed directly from viProject via AirPrint. The current view of your project can be printed from the Gantt Chart screen. PREMIUM FEATURES - Export projects to PDF and XML - Print your projects - Share your projects Choose from different subscription options. Our standard subscription options are: - 1 month subscription - 3 month subscription - 6 month subscription - 1 year subscription - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - Terms of use: http://viprojectapp.com/terms
Smart Arrow Project Manager
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The Project & Resource Management features implement the following project planning & tracking workflow: a) Project Planning - Create project providing its planning data: start date, duration, finish date, effort and cost. b) Task Planning - Using CPM (Critical Path Method) b.1) Tasks Without Predecessors - Add tasks providing their planning data: start date, duration, finish date, effort and cost. b.2) Tasks With Predecessors - Add tasks providing their planning data: duration, predecessors, effort and cost. CPM calculates task planned start & finish dates. b.3) All Tasks - CPM calculates task planning data: earliest start & finish dates, latest start & finish dates, and total & free floats. c) Resource Planning Screen & Chart - Add project resources providing resource identification, category, availability, and cost details. d) Resource Allocation - Allocate project resources to tasks providing allocated quantity, and allocated daily hours. e) Resource Projections Screen & Chart - Evaluate resource and task level allocation values projected for weekly & monthly periods. f) Project Cost Projections Screen & Chart - Evaluate project, resource category, and resource level costs projected for weekly & monthly periods. g) Task Tracking - Track task execution providing actual start & end dates, actual effort & effort to complete, and actual cost & cost to complete. h) Project Tracking - Analyze project execution data: actual start & end dates, actual effort & effort to complete, and actual cost & cost to complete. h.1) The "Project Planning & Tracking" screen provides project & task effort & cost based progress indicators. h.2) The "Project Gantt Chart" screen highlights project & task planning & tracking dates, progress, and delay risks. The Time Tracking feature allows you to track the time spent on your project tasks a) The Time Tracking Dashboard screen allows you to automatically track the time spent on your project tasks. b) The Time Sheet Details screen allows you to manually track the time spent on your project tasks. c) The Time Tracking Report & Chart provide the daily, weekly, and monthly total times spent on your projects & tasks. d) The Task Timer screen allows you to automatically track the time spent on one particular project task. e) The Task Time Split screen allows you to split one particular task time record into two records. f) The Task Time Transfer screen allows you to transfer one particular task time record from one task to another. The Project Billing Feature allows you to configure project & task billing settings, and create & export project billing reports. a) The Project Billing Settings screen allows you to configure several project billing parameters such as regular time rate and daily & weekly overtime rates & limits. b) The Project Planning & Tracking screen includes the "Billable" switch, which allows you to identify which project tasks should be billed. c) The Billing Report Details screen provides a multi-level billing report encompassing the Report Summary, Weekly Summary, Daily Summary, and Daily Details sections. d) The Billing Report Export button allows you to export billing reports with different levels of granularity. The To Do Lists feature allows you to create and track Project & Task Level To Dos. Smart Arrow Project Manager® supports iCloud connectivity ensuring that local database changes are uploaded to the iCloud database, and synchronized with your iPhone & iPad devices. The Standard App provides the following features: Project Management using Critical Path Method, Time Tracking, and To Do Lists. The "Premium" Subscription Plans provide the following features: Resource Management, Manual Time Sheets, and Project Billing. The "Premium Plus" Subscription Plans provide the following features: Resource Management, Manual Time Sheets, Project Billing, Amazing Charts, and Family Sharing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: viProject at 10.0 against Smart Arrow Project Manager's 18.6. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. viProject sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.49 per month and Smart Arrow Project Manager sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
viProject ships an update every 2 weeks, Smart Arrow Project Manager monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | viProject | Smart Arrow Project Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (307 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 307 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ViProject Limited | Nelson Rios |
Bugs and requests
viProject
Reported bugs
14 issues- Start and end dates swap when setting either one
- Linked tasks don't move when successor is moved
- Data loss after app crashes or overnight saves
- App crashes when adding holidays
- App crashes when attempting PDF share
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- Cannot delete tasks without app closing
- Typing not allowed in project section on iPad
- Feedback submission error codes
- Task numbers duplicate when moving in work breakdown structure
- Changes to dates don't save properly
- Arbitrary links that cannot be unlinked
- Summary task conversion cannot be reversed
- Only half of tasks save in some cases
- Older version of project appears after reopening
Requested features
10 requests- Actual vs. planned completion date tracking
- Calendar view for printing/PDF export
- Drag-and-drop column and row sorting
- Better sharing capabilities with team members
- Improved visual customization (colors, themes)
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- Easier task editing and bulk operations
- Auto-save functionality while working
- Better explanation of parameters and settings
- Full-featured free trial period
- One-time purchase option instead of subscription
Smart Arrow Project Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
viProject
- 1 Month Access$7.491 Month
- 3 Month Access$19.993 Months
- 6 Month Access$29.996 Months
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- 1 Year Access$38.991 Year
Smart Arrow Project Manager
- Premium - Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Plus - Monthly2 Months trial$1.991 Month
- Premium - Every 3 Months1 Month trial$1.993 Months
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- Premium - Every 6 Months1 Month trial$2.996 Months
- Premium Plus - Every 3 Months2 Months trial$3.993 Months
- Premium - Every Year1 Month trial$4.991 Year
- Premium Plus - Every 6 Months2 Months trial$5.996 Months
- Premium Plus - Every Year2 Months trial$9.991 Year
- Smart Arrow PM Premium$4.99
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