Comparison

Mural vs Jira Data Center

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

Head to head
About

Mural

This app provides a digital whiteboard for real-time and asynchronous team collaboration. It allows users to brainstorm, ideate, and align on projects from anywhere, fostering business-driving outcomes. Capture inspiration and share it with your team on the go.

Highlights
  • Real-time and asynchronous collaboration
  • Digital whiteboard for ideation
  • Freehand drawing and concept mapping
  • Sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes
  • Icon library for visual thinking
  • Voting sessions and reactions
  • Export murals as PDF, image, or zip
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Mural is a collaborative intelligence company powering effective ideation, innovation, alignment, and team building at 95% of the Fortune 100. Work together in real-time or asynchronously with a digital whiteboard and collaboration features designed to inspire better collaboration that leads to business-driving outcomes. The Mural app for iPhone and iPad keeps you connected to your team and enables you to capture and share inspiration on the go. Innovative teams at IBM, Intuit, Microsoft, GitLab, Steelcase, Thoughtworks, and Atlassian use Mural to collaborate from anywhere. Use the Mural iPhone and iPad apps to: * Bring your best ideas to life, wherever you work best * Invite your team to a collaboration session no matter where they are * Review content and provide feedback to keep work moving forward * Spark creative thinking with freehand drawing * Map concepts and ideas with your Apple Pencil Mural meets security standards for enterprise organizations with mobile device management and secure sign in supported by our Microsoft Intune Mobile Application Management integration. With the Mural app for mobile devices, you can: * Create a new mural * Add content in sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes with a variety of formatting options at your fingertips * Draw ideas and sketch notes with a number of colors and line sizes * Invite collaborators to your murals and easily change link permissions * Add, edit, delete, and mention other collaborators in comments * Enhance your visual thinking with a library of icons * Participate in a voting session * Share excitement and visual feedback with reactions * Export a mural as a PDF, image, or zip file * Add images from your photo library, take in the moment photos, or upload files * Send a mural to a touchscreen display for hybrid collaboration sessions * Organize content and ideas with frameworks * Change mural settings * Digitize physical sticky notes with Mural Scan or Post-it® App integration * Easily present with outline and presentation mode To use the Mural app, an account and sign-in is required. Learn more at www.mural.co.

About

Jira Data Center

Collaborate and track tasks for self-hosted Jira instances from anywhere. Manage projects, view boards, and update issues on the go. Stay informed with real-time notifications and communicate with your team.

Highlights
  • Manage projects
  • View, create, and edit issues
  • View boards and transition issues
  • Collaborate with comments and mentions
  • Real-time notifications
  • Respond to project updates
Features
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The Jira Data Center and Server app lets teams who use Jira collaborate and give updates from anywhere. This mobile app works with self-hosted: - Jira Core (Server) and Jira Software (Data Center and Server) instances running Jira 8.3 and later - Jira Service Management (Data Center and Server) instances running versions 4.15 and later. For more info on how to use this app, see: https://go.atlassian.com/jira-dc-server-app. With the app, you can: - Manage projects from your fingertips - Respond to project updates and important conversations - View, create, and edit your issues, wherever you are - View boards and transition issues to get the work moving - Collaborate on the go by commenting, and mentioning your teammates - Get real-time notifications about activity in your projects Do I need the this app or the Cloud app? To check if this is the right app for your site, open Jira in your browser and go to Help ( ? ) > About Jira. If your Jira version number is 8.3 or later you can use this app! If your version number starts with 1000, then you'll need the Jira cloud app instead. Feedback Shake your device with the app open to message the product team. We want to hear from you! Prior to login, we collect some anonymous info from the app to help us make sure the app is working well.

Screenshots

Mural4 screens
Jira Data Center4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Jira Data Center at free against Mural's freemium. Mural's advantage is rating (2.4 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Mural holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 71 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of Mural's written reviews are positive against 19% of Jira Data Center's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mural ships an update every 5 weeks, Jira Data Center every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mural versus Jira Data Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuralJira Data Center
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (68 ratings) — better2.1 (71 ratings)
Positive reviews16.2% of reviews18.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6871 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactivos Inc.Atlassian

Customer experience

Mural

All ratings68 ratings
Positive26.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative63.2%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive16.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative74.8%

Jira Data Center

All ratings71 ratings
Positive25.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative70.4%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive18.6%
Neutral17.1%
Negative64.3%

Bugs and requests

Mural

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes on launch or when opening boards
  • White/blank screen on startup
  • Stuck on logo screen indefinitely
  • Login failures and authentication errors
  • Microsoft authentication process hangs
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  • App won't open on iPad Pro
  • Forced logout during editing
  • Sticky notes disappear after creation
  • Text input hidden by UI elements
  • Pencil drawing lag and delayed rendering
  • Board resizing during pencil use
  • Images appear blurry or pixelated on mobile
  • Fonts not rendering correctly
  • Paste function not working in text fields
  • Objects snap unexpectedly to grid
  • Shapes change color inexplicably
  • Connector handles not functioning
  • Zoom and pan gestures not responsive
  • App freezes when scrolling dense boards
  • Connection timeouts and reconnection loops
  • Content not loading on boards
  • Synchronization issues between devices
  • Automatic zoom on sticky edit causes frustration
  • Camera permission dialog creates unescapable state
  • Placeholder text not clearing on input

Requested features

20 requests
  • Google and Apple login options
  • Full desktop feature parity on mobile
  • Proper keyboard and trackpad support
  • Folder visibility and management on iOS
  • Search functionality for murals
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  • Outline feature on mobile
  • Object linking and grouping
  • Landscape mode support
  • Better Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Multi-object selection
  • Template access on mobile
  • Activity log viewing
  • Improved pen tool options (thickness, color, style)
  • Browser access without app redirect
  • Language localization options
  • Full-screen mode without UI buttons
  • Copy/paste functionality improvements
  • Image import from device
  • Subscription management in app

Jira Data Center

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mural

No in-app purchases

None

Jira Data Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mural free?
Mural is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jira Data Center free?
Jira Data Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mural or Jira Data Center?
Mural is rated higher. Mural averages 2.4 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Jira Data Center averages 2.1 from 71 ratings.
Do Mural or Jira Data Center have ads?
Neither Mural nor Jira Data Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mural or Jira Data Center?
Mural ships an update every 5 weeks, and Jira Data Center every 2 months. Most recently, Mural was updated on October 16, 2026 and Jira Data Center on October 14, 2026.

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