Comparison

Roadmap vs inShort²

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

Head to head
About

Roadmap

Visualize, manage, and simplify product roadmaps, business strategies, and project plans with intuitive gestures and powerful customization. Offers a 7-day free trial for full functionality, with options to view documents for free after the trial. Supports iCloud Drive for document storage.

Highlights
  • Visualize product roadmaps
  • Simplify business strategy
  • High-level project planning
  • Natural gesture controls
  • Powerful customization options
  • Export to PDF and image files
  • iCloud Drive integration
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The Roadmap app helps you visualize, maintain, and simplify your product roadmap planning, business strategy, and high-level project plans with a simple estimate - all at a glance. Natural gestures and powerful customizations allow you to manage roadmap plans as easily as you need to - without the complexity. * 7-day trial WITHOUT buying anything. * An uniform app for the iPad and iPhone. * Roadmap is NOT a project plan app (you can find the best project plan app QuickPlan at https://itunes.apple.com/app/id621375878). ### PRIVACY FOCUSED User-created Roadmap documents are stored on the user's devices or on iCloud Drive, at the user's discretion. ### FREE TRIAL With the free seven-day trial, you can try out all the features without buying anything. After the trial period expires: - You can continue to use the Roadmap app to view documents for free. - For full functionality, you can purchase a subscription with automatic renewal. ### EXAMPLES https://roadmapgo.com/documents/examples ### SUPER EFFICIENT Create a beautiful roadmap plan in less time than expected! ・ Natural and intuitive gestures make creating roadmap plans super-efficient. ・ Apple Pencil is supported in drawing mode. ・ Well-designed keyboard shortcuts. ・ Manage tasks in the diagram and property editor. ・ A clear user interface. ### POWERFUL CUSTOMIZATIONS. The Roadmap app provides powerful configuration options that allow you to customize the appearance to make the user interface more business friendly. ・ 15 styles for displaying section lanes. ・ 6 task shapes (available when displaying tasks in small display size). ・ 16 Milestone icons (available when displaying tasks in small display size). ・ Color. ・ Grayscale and color display variants. ・ Large and small taskbar size. ・ Option to customize taskbar content available when displaying tasks in large display size. ・ Customization of the timeline - manually, by templates and by text formulas. ・ Additional fields: 6 single-line text fields, 2 multi-line text fields and 3 URL fields. You can specify how the additional fields will be used. ・ Visibility of task fields. ・ Task fields TITLE customization. ・ Automatic bullets ・ Date display option. ### MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS. Managing documents in multiple document groups. ・ Local document group - roadmap documents on the device. ・ iCloud Drive document group - Roadmap documents on iCloud Drive. ・ Examples Group. With the ability to create, copy, move, clone and remove documents using intuitive gestures and context menu. ### REPORT ・ Export to PDF and image files. ・ Options to customize the export. ### INTEGRATIONS ・ Export to a CSV file. ・ Export to a (mobilized) WBS file. ・ Export to a QuickPlan (project plan) file with powerful options to customize the timeline and content. With the following options: - Map a Roadmap timeline cell to the calendar day, workday, week, and months in the QuickPlan project (the minimum duration of a task in QuickPlan is one day). - Customize the project date. - Customize the content. ### SYNCHRONIZATION Documents organized in the iCloud Drive group are located on iCloud Drive - they are synchronized between iOS and macOS devices. ### PRICE The Roadmap app requires a subscription. We offer an annual subscription and a fully functional 7-day trial. The plans unlock the app on iOS devices only. --- LEGAL --- The duration and price of each subscription will be displayed in the Roadmap storefront and updated at the time of purchase. Payment will be charged to the iTunes account when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the current period expires. Subscriptions and auto-renewal can be managed/turned off in iTunes account settings. Terms of Use: https://roadmapgo.com/legal/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://roadmapgo.com/legal/privacy-policy --- macOS --- "Roadmap for macOS" and "Roadmap for iOS" are separate apps.

About

inShort²

Visually plan projects and manage workflows with network diagrams, flowcharts, and Gantt charts. Break down tasks, analyze dependencies, and document business processes. Offers a free trial for exploring features before committing to a subscription or permanent license.

Highlights
  • Network diagram project planning
  • Nested diagrams for task breakdown (WBS)
  • Automatic Gantt chart generation
  • Workflow and business process management
  • Dependency and resource analysis
  • Visual project views
Features
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Plan projects visually using powerful network diagrams, flowcharts and Gantt charts. inShort² combines project planning, workflow mapping and business-process modeling in a single visual tool. inShort² helps you: • build a network diagram of your project, • break tasks down with nested diagrams (WBS), • generate a Gantt chart automatically, • manage workflows and business processes, • analyze dependencies, timing and resources. Why choose inShort² • Visual project management: network diagram, Gantt chart and reports work together. • Perfect for personal projects, individual managers and small teams. • Flexible structure: describe any process — from simple workflows to complex multi-level projects. • Ideal for documenting business processes (BPM). • Powerful task decomposition with nested diagrams. Project views • Project flow diagram • Gantt chart • Customizable reports • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) • Process mapping and workflow visualization Free trial & licensing You can view and execute prepared projects without limitations. To create new projects, a subscription is required. The first two weeks are free — enough to explore all features and plan a real small project. A permanent license is also available if you prefer a one-time purchase instead of a subscription. Subscription Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and disable auto-renew in your Account Settings. Terms and Conditions: http://www.shortki.com/inShort2/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.shortki.com/privacy.html More info: https://www.shortki.com/inShort2.html

Screenshots

Roadmap4 screens
inShort²4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: inShort² at 5.0 against Roadmap's 4.5. inShort² also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 43%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Roadmap's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Roadmap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year and inShort² sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

inShort² holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roadmap has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Roadmap's written reviews are positive against 68% of inShort²'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roadmap ships an update every 3 months, inShort² monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Roadmap versus inShort²: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoadmapinShort²
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (26 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews67.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB30 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer瑾 韩Jury Shortki

Customer experience

Roadmap

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

inShort²

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral14.7%
Negative17.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Roadmap

Subscriptions1
  • iOS Yearly Subscription$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • 7-Day Trial (fully functional)Free
3 purchases

inShort²

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$77.99

Questions

Is Roadmap free?
Roadmap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is inShort² free?
inShort² is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roadmap or inShort²?
inShort² is rated higher. Roadmap averages 4.5 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while inShort² averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Roadmap or inShort² have ads?
Neither Roadmap nor inShort² shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roadmap or inShort²?
Roadmap ships an update every 3 months, and inShort² monthly. Most recently, Roadmap was updated on September 28, 2026 and inShort² on September 29, 2026.

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