ActiveCollab vs Stackby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActiveCollab
This tool helps organize and manage projects by breaking them into tasks, setting deadlines, and assigning responsibilities. It facilitates team communication and collaboration, allowing users to track progress and receive real-time updates.
- Project organization into tasks
- Task assignment and deadlines
- File uploading and sharing
- Team communication and collaboration
- Real-time notifications
- Multiple project views (Kanban, List, Gantt)
- Time tracking and reporting
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ActiveCollab is THE project management tool that helps you complete your projects within budget and deadline. ORGANIZE & MANAGE • Split your projects into tasks • Set up start and due dates for each task • Assign tasks to the right people • Upload files COMMUNICATE & COLLABORATE • Track a task's progress through comments • Mention team members • Put endless email chains behind you! PLAN & STAY UPDATED • Get a personal to-do list of upcoming assignments • Get real-time notifications • Stay updated on the go But that's not all. Our desktop app offers many more features: • Three project views: Kanban, List, Gantt • Task dependencies and auto rescheduling • Upload files or attach them from G-Drive or Dropbox • Time tracking on tasks and projects • Personal and team timesheet • Workload management • Availability records • Advanced reporting • Invoicing and integration with Quickbooks and Xero Collaborate with your team and clients or use ActiveCollab for personal organisation. Keep the essentials in your pocket, and stay in the loop wherever you are!
Stackby
This app provides a flexible database platform to organize any type of information, from customer leads to project tasks and marketing campaigns. It allows real-time creation, management, and collaboration on databases from any mobile device, offering over 300 pre-built templates for quick setup.
- Organize information
- Manage tasks and projects
- Manage marketing campaigns
- Real-time collaboration
- 300+ pre-built templates
- Cross-platform accessibility
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Stackby is a flexible, easy to use database platform for you to organize anything. From agencies to freelancers to content creators to SMBs, over 3500 teams use Stackby to plan, manage and automate their work, their way. With Stackby on iOS, you can now get the power of Stackby right on your fingertips. All your databases in the web, are now automatically accessible on mobile. Now you can create, manage and collaborate with your teams, from anywhere you are - all in real-time. Some of the use-cases of Stackby today - --> Organizing information - - Leads & Customers - Sales CRM - Personal CRM - Recruitment CRM - Business Development - Applicant Tracking - Volunteer Management - Product - Bugs, Issues, Launches & Roadmap - Media lists --> Manage tasks and projects - - Task Planning - Client based Project Planning - Goal Tracking - OKR Tracker - Project Portfolio Management - Project Resource Management - Simple Project Tracker --> Manage your Marketing campaigns - Campaign Management - Social Media Calendar - Content Planning - Content Calendar - Video Production Management - Blog Editorial - PR Management - SEO Tracking - On-page, Off-page, SEO Audit - Ad Campaign Management - Reporting Analytics - Google Analytics, Search Console Choose from one of the 300+ pre-built templates across categories, and get started in less than 2 minutes. Download it on your mobile and tablets and seamlessly work across different platforms - web, desktop, mobile and tablet or iPad. Make way for endless possibilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stackby at 74% against ActiveCollab's 38%. Stackby also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). ActiveCollab's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ActiveCollab holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 42 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of ActiveCollab's written reviews are positive against 74% of Stackby's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ActiveCollab ships an update every 3 weeks, Stackby every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | ActiveCollab | Stackby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (42 ratings) — better | 4.3 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A51 DOO | Relytree Technologies Pvt. Ltd |
Customer experience
ActiveCollab
Stackby
In-app purchases
ActiveCollab
No in-app purchases
Stackby
No in-app purchases
