Comparison

Kanban Tool vs Boards

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

Head to head
About

Kanban Tool

This visual project management tool helps teams enhance efficiency and streamline workflows using the Kanban method. It enables users to connect to their accounts, track progress, and make edits remotely.

Highlights
  • Visual process management
  • Project management
  • Kanban method implementation
  • Monitor work progress
  • Edit on the go
  • Remote access
Features
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Kanban Tool is a visual process and project management solution that helps teams to work more efficiently and improve business processes in line with Kanban method. The app allows you to connect with your Kanban Tool account, monitor work progress and make edits on the go, no matter where you are.

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

Kanban Tool4 screens
Boards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boards at 4.9 against Kanban Tool's 3.7. Boards also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). Kanban Tool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Boards sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Kanban Tool asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Kanban Tool's written reviews are positive against 82% of Boards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kanban Tool ships an update every 10 months, Boards every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kanban Tool versus Boards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKanban ToolBoards
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (20 ratings)4.9 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZbigniew ZemlaKitestack Software

Customer experience

Kanban Tool

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative45.8%

Boards

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

In-app purchases

None

Kanban Tool

No in-app purchases

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 Kanban Tool free?
Kanban Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boards free?
Boards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kanban Tool or Boards?
Boards is rated higher. Kanban Tool averages 3.7 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Boards averages 4.9 from 19 ratings.
Do Kanban Tool or Boards have ads?
Neither Kanban Tool nor Boards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kanban Tool or Boards?
Kanban Tool ships an update every 10 months, and Boards every 2 months. Most recently, Kanban Tool was updated on October 19, 2026 and Boards on October 24, 2026.

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