Comparison

BoardCash vs Protest

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

Head to head
About

BoardCash

Manage group finances effortlessly for trips, communes, or any shared funding scenario. Track deposits, expenses, and generate settlement reports. Supports multiple currencies and offline use.

Highlights
  • Group expense tracking
  • Deposit and expense entry
  • Automatic settlement reports
  • Multi-currency support
  • Offline functionality
  • PDF export
  • Multiple language support
Features
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"BoardCash" – your digital cash box During sailing cruises managing the board cash box is usually not among the most popular tasks on board. However, one should keep track of the expenses and the cash position. And this is a cinch with "BoardCash". "BoardCash" is of course suitable not only for the cash box on sailing cruises, but also for all other cases in which a group of persons are jointly funded—such as group travel, commune and much more. "BoardCash" works completely offline. In "BoardCash" you can enter all deposits of the crew members and all expenses from the cash box. Also special cases, such as when a crew member makes a purchase, without using the cash box, are handled automatically. It is also easy to capture purchases, which also include private purchases for individual crew members in the grand total. Of course, "BoardCash" can also take different proportions of the crew members on the board cash into account (eg. with couples and individuals in the crew). At the end of the travel, or whenever you want to draw a balance, you can receive the final evaluation "Who pays what to whom" for your cash box with one tap. In addition, the lists of expenses and deposits, including any receipts you have stored, as well as the final evaluation including the balancing can be printed or saved as PDF. A very useful feature is the handling of multiple currencies. For this the current exchange rates of the ECB can be loaded into BoardCash. No matter whether the trip leasds through 2 or 10 currency zones, "BoardCash" always calculates the correct cash position and the account balances of the crew members in relation to a fixed standard currency. The app "BoardCash" is compatible with the Add-on "BoardCash" of "Logbook Suite", our comprehensive software package for sailors and motor boaters, which is available for iPad and PC. The app "BoardCash" allows you to use the Add-on "BoardCash" on your iPhone. Your "BoardCash" files can be copied between "Logbook Suite" on PC or iOS and the app "BoardCash" using a cloud service or using iTunes. The functions for importing data from the digital logbook "Logbook" (crew list, port charges, fuel costs) are not shown in the app "BoardCash". When your "BoardCash" file is opened in "Logbook Suite", this functions are available as usual. BoardCash is supported by our synchronisation service SYNC. Thank to this you can synchronise the data entered with BoardCash into Logbook Suite on your PC or iPad. The user interface of the app can be set up to German, English, Dutch, French, Spanish and Swedish. The start window of "BoardCash" provides handy functions for opening, loading, saving, and deleting BoardCash files. NOTE: This download from App Store provides a trial version of "BoardCash". The download offers all functions of the full version, but is limited to 9 entries. If you like "BoardCash", you can purchase a license, which is valid for iOS and PC, and convert the test version directly to a full version. Licenses for the Add-on "BoardCash" of "Logbook Suite" are also valid for the app "BoardCash". NOTE: Even though screenshots with an English user interface are shown here, BoardCash can of course also be used with a French, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch user interface.

About

Protest

Features
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The app Protest helps to solve rules relevant conflicts in sailing regattas. With a series of yes/no questions, in which the Racing Rules of Sailing of World Sailing are checked in parallel, the app builds up the situation and presents the resulting decision. A menu provides access to the facts found, the conclusions and the rules applied. The default language of the app is English. If the phone is set to German as system-language the app language is German. The texts of the situation, conclusions and facts can be switched directly between English and German. Developed by Mag. Michaela Schmidleitner in cooperation with and on behalf of Sport Consult, Ing. Mag. Gert Schmidleitner. Protest Terms and Conditions: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/74452679 Protest Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/74452679/full-legal ======================== Version 25.0.0: => technical updates => database update to the racing rules of sailing 2025-2028 ------------------------------------

Screenshots

BoardCash4 screens
Protest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoardCash at none against Protest's 2. BoardCash also leads on ads (none vs shown). Protest's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Protest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per year. BoardCash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoardCash ships an update every 8 months, Protest every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
BoardCash versus Protest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoardCashProtest
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.8.3
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrimutic UGMichaela Schmidleitner

In-app purchases

None

BoardCash

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Protest

Subscriptions2
  • Protest PRO$10.991 Year
  • Protest PRO+$22.991 Year

Questions

Is BoardCash free?
BoardCash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Protest free?
Protest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoardCash or Protest have ads?
Protest shows ads; BoardCash does not.
Which is updated more often, BoardCash or Protest?
BoardCash ships an update every 8 months, and Protest every 2 months. Most recently, BoardCash was updated on October 10, 2026 and Protest on October 16, 2026.

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