Comparison

Miro vs Lucidspark

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

Head to head
About

Miro

This app provides a collaborative visual workspace for teams to brainstorm, design, and build projects together. It offers a limitless digital canvas for idea visualization, note-taking, and workflow management, accessible from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Limitless digital canvas
  • Online meetings and workshops
  • Brainstorming and idea generation
  • Document and PDF annotation
  • Digital note-taking
  • Agile workflow management
  • Pre-made templates
Features
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Miro is a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams of any size to dream, design, and build the future together. With the magic of Miro's Intelligent Canvas™, visualizing concepts, ideas, and solutions as a team can happen anywhere — no dry-erase markers needed. Sync, flow, and feel the connection of working side by side with your team — even in remote, distributed, or hybrid work environments. The Miro app for iPad and iPhone gives you the tools to collaborate with boards that put projects and context all in one place. Our customers love using Miro to: • Run online meetings and team workshops • Brainstorm new ideas and designs on a limitless board • Edit, annotate and mark up documents and PDFs • Take digital notes with an Apple Pencil (and reduce paper use!) • Easily collect resources, photos, docs, links, and references • Plan and manage agile workflows and scrum rituals • Create user journeys, map processes, and develop personas • Teach and facilitate interactive classes in a collaborative space • Create a vision board of ideas and inspiration Miro allows you to create anytime, anywhere. With over 200+ pre-made templates, a drag-and-drop interface, and no limit on collaborators, working on a Miro board is fast and fun. With Miro’s mobile app, you can: • Scan paper post-it notes and convert them into editable digital notes • Create, view, and edit all your boards • Capture and organize your ideas on the go • Share boards publicly or invite team members to edit • Upload images, pictures, docs, spreadsheets, and more • Share boards and invite team members to edit • Review, add and resolve comments On tablets, you can also use Miro to: • Draw concepts and sketch new design ideas with an Apple Pencil • Convert pencil or stylus drawings into shapes, notes, and diagrams • Set up your tablet as the second screen with Zoom or Microsoft Teams - Create Mind Maps to visualize your ideas • Use Lasso to select and move sketches, drawings, or text anywhere on the board • Use Highlighter to capture the attention of your team during a meeting If you enjoy using Miro for collaboration, please leave us a review. If something’s not working right or if you have a question or comment, get in touch with us using this form: https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?referer=store

About

Lucidspark

Collaborate in real-time on an interactive online whiteboard to brainstorm, organize ideas, and develop them into presentation-ready concepts. Facilitate group work, develop workflows, and turn concepts into actionable next steps with a suite of intuitive tools.

Highlights
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Sticky notes and freehand drawing
  • Sorting and gathering
  • Group chat and commenting
  • Version control
  • Breakout Boards
  • Templates
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This app requires a Team or Enterprise Lucidspark subscription. If you have a free or Individual level subscription please use the desktop or mobile web browser version. Already a Lucidspark Team or Enterprise user? Just sign in and your documents will load automatically. Lucidspark is an online whiteboard where you can collaborate with anyone and bring your best ideas to light. Brainstorm and interact together in real time, whether you're working remotely or in person. Lucidspark helps people organize notes, scribbles, drawings, or designs and turn them into presentation-ready concepts. When it’s time for the next steps, your team can develop workflows and process documents to turn ideas into reality. Lucidspark includes intuitive features such as sticky notes and freehand drawing, as well as sorting and gathering. To get started today, explore our extensive collection of templates. Perfect for any team: * Real-time collaboration * Collaborator Colors * Group chat and commenting with @mentions * Version control and revision history * Breakout Boards to facilitate effective group work Enterprise-ready: * SSO and SAML authentication * Automated account provisioning * Account consolidation and secure domain lockdown * Dedicated account support group Part of the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite, Lucidspark allows any team to effectively brainstorm, collaborate, and align on new ideas and organize collective thinking into actionable next steps. Terms of Service https://lucid.co/tos-mobile Privacy Policy https://lucid.co/privacy-mobile CONTACT US: You can always reach us at support@lucidspark.co with feedback or questions (you can tap "Get Support" or "Send Feedback" in the app). Thanks for considering Lucidspark! Lucid Software is a leader in visual collaboration, helping teams see and build the future from idea to reality. With its products—Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale—teams can align around a shared vision, clarify complexity, and collaborate visually, no matter where they’re located. Top businesses use Lucid’s products all around the world, including customers such as Google, GE and NBC Universal. Lucid’s partners include industry leaders such as Google, Atlassian, and Microsoft. Since the company’s founding, it has received numerous awards for its products, business, and workplace culture.

Screenshots

Miro4 screens
Lucidspark3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Miro at 4.7 against Lucidspark's 3.0. Miro also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Miro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miro has 5.8K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Miro's written reviews are positive against 25% of Lucidspark's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Miro ships an update fortnightly, Lucidspark every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Miro versus Lucidspark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiroLucidspark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.8K ratings) — better3.0 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews39.2% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.8K — better30
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRealtimeBoard Inc.Lucid Software Inc

Customer experience

Miro

All ratings5,837 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews968 reviews
Positive39.2%
Neutral14.3%
Negative46.6%

Lucidspark

All ratings29 ratings
Positive41.4%
Neutral17.2%
Negative41.4%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral20.8%
Negative54.2%

Bugs and requests

Miro

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Keyboard keeps popping up
  • Pen/pencil issues and unreliable drawing
  • Boards not saving properly
  • Boards not duplicating correctly
  • Inability to edit note descriptions
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  • Login and authentication problems

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add color brown
  • Ability to flip drawings
  • Opacity slider
  • Infinite zoom in/out
  • Easier invite process
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  • Support for Magic Keyboard and trackpad
  • Offline mode
  • Better iPad optimization
  • Mathematical formula input
  • Collapsible mindmaps

Lucidspark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Miro

No in-app purchases

None

Lucidspark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Miro free?
Miro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lucidspark free?
Lucidspark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Miro or Lucidspark?
Miro is rated higher. Miro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while Lucidspark averages 3.0 from 30 ratings.
Do Miro or Lucidspark have ads?
Lucidspark shows ads; Miro does not.
Which is updated more often, Miro or Lucidspark?
Miro ships an update fortnightly, and Lucidspark every 2 months. Most recently, Miro was updated on October 22, 2026 and Lucidspark on October 14, 2026.

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