Comparison

Dashbones vs Coltivar

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

Head to head
About

Dashbones

This app displays key performance indicators (KPIs) using customizable boxes. You provide a JSON file with your data, and it renders it on your device. It offers a minimalist approach with no integrations or preferences, allowing full control over text, values, box types, and colors.

Highlights
  • KPI box display
  • JSON data input
  • Customizable text, values, colors
  • Minimalist interface
  • iPhone, Apple TV, iMessage support
Features
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Dashbones is a bare bones dashboard. It displays KPI boxes based on a URL to a JSON file you supply and manage. * Has ZERO integrations, ZERO preferences. The JSON is updated and managed by you. We'll do the rest to render it nicely onto your device. You can change the text, values, box type and colors for each value. Display your KPIs on: * iPhone * Apple TV * iMessages

About

Coltivar

Features
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Coltivar: Empowering Strategic Growth and Innovation Coltivar is a collaborative, web-based platform designed to transform strategy management into a seamless and inspiring experience. By fostering growth, innovation, and resilience, Coltivar unites employees across all levels of your organization to prioritize, communicate, and champion key strategic initiatives. Built on the proven IAR (Initiatives – Actions – Results) framework, Coltivar empowers leaders and teams to clarify goals, quantify outcomes, identify critical actions, and monitor progress—all in one place. Available on any device, Coltivar equips individuals and teams with the tools, resources, and insights needed to build and execute a winning strategy. How Coltivar Helps Companies Succeed: 1. Turn Strategy Into Action Coltivar bridges the gap between vision and execution, offering a high-level view of company goals alongside actionable details. Employees gain clarity on their roles, responsibilities, and the greater mission. 2. Reveal Critical Insights With data-driven dashboards at organizational, team, and individual levels, Coltivar illuminates progress and highlights bottlenecks, delays, or issues. Real-time insights enable proactive decision-making and strategy adjustments. 3. Foster Connection and Collaboration Coltivar brings teams together by enhancing transparency and alignment across business units. Features like Initiative setting and Results tracking ensure everyone is working toward a shared vision. Celebrate success with tools like "stars" to recognize and motivate colleagues. 4. Drive Engagement and Accountability Assign Initiatives and Actions with clearly defined outcomes, ensuring accountability at every level. Coltivar’s framework fosters a culture of ownership and commitment, driving tangible results. 5. Streamline Strategy Management Coltivar simplifies the strategic journey by digitizing the IARs process and offering a comprehensive suite of tools, resources, and educational content to meet all your strategy needs in one place. 6. Benchmark Performance and Unlock Value Track financial performance and organizational health using Coltivar’s benchmarking and Performance and Health Score (PHS) tools. Identify opportunities for improvement and uncover hidden value within your business. --- With Coltivar, strategy becomes more than a plan—it’s a unifying force that drives growth, innovation, and success. Transform your vision into results with Coltivar today.

Screenshots

Dashbones4 screens
Coltivar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Coltivar at Free against Dashbones's $1.99. Coltivar also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Dashbones's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 25 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Coltivar is free to download; Dashbones costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dashbones ships an update every 8 months, Coltivar every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and May 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Dashbones versus Coltivar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashbonesColtivar
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOptional SlfColtivar Group, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Dashbones

No in-app purchases

None

Coltivar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dashbones free?
Dashbones costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coltivar free?
Coltivar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dashbones or Coltivar have ads?
Neither Dashbones nor Coltivar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dashbones or Coltivar?
Dashbones ships an update every 8 months, and Coltivar every 25 months. Most recently, Dashbones was updated on June 24, 2026 and Coltivar on May 16, 2026.

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