Comparison

Boards vs Brisqi

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

Head to head
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.

About

Brisqi

A task management tool that uses the Kanban method to help users visualize and organize their tasks. It offers offline support, cloud synchronization, and a focus on user privacy with end-to-end encryption.

Highlights
  • Offline task management
  • Kanban workflow visualization
  • Cloud synchronization
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Clean and simple UI
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IMPORTANT: Brisqi mobile app is an addon to Brisqi desktop app, you'd need to create an account on Brisqi website to use the mobile app. An elegant & practical task management tool for all your needs. For creators, indie developers, freelancers, students, for anyone who wants to manage their tasks in a simple and structured way. - Offline-support Brisqi is built for offline use with it's dedicated database so you can continue working without any network interruptions. - Clean & Simple UI Brisqi is designed with practicality in mind. The intuitive layout clearly identifies tasks and makes navigation effortless. - Kanban Workflow Kanban method let's you easily visualize your tasks at a glance. See the big picture and focus on what matters most. - Cloud Sync Brisqi automatically syncs your boards to cloud so you can access them from anywhere. - Privacy Focused Brisqi was built to ensure user's data stays private with end-to-end encryption when syncing to cloud.

Screenshots

Boards4 screens
Brisqi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boards at 81% against Brisqi's 0%. Boards also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Brisqi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads 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. Boards sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Brisqi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boards has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Boards's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brisqi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boards ships an update every 2 months, Brisqi every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Boards versus Brisqi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoardsBrisqi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKitestack SoftwareAshish Grover

Customer experience

Boards

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative11.1%

Brisqi

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
None

Brisqi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boards free?
Boards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brisqi free?
Brisqi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boards or Brisqi?
Boards is rated higher. Boards averages 4.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Brisqi averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Boards or Brisqi have ads?
Neither Boards nor Brisqi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boards or Brisqi?
Boards ships an update every 2 months, and Brisqi every 9 months. Most recently, Boards was updated on September 12, 2026 and Brisqi on June 1, 2026.

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