inShort² vs Project Office X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Project Office X
Manage multiple projects efficiently with a full-featured tool based on the Gantt method. Visualize timelines, assign resources, track progress, and identify potential bottlenecks. Offers a free trial and a preview mode after expiration.
- Gantt chart view
- Outline/Table view
- Resource and base calendars
- Resource management
- Multiple baselines
- Critical path analysis
- Project and report sharing
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Project Office X introduces faster app performance, new implemented features and more responsive interface. The is a full-featured project management app. Based on Gantt method, this app is built to make it easy juggling multiple projects, assign resources, track any remaining work to be done, and head off potential bottlenecks at a glance. FREE TRIAL With the 14-day trial, you can try all of the features of Project Office X for free. After the trial, you can continue using Project Office X in a Preview Mode. BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS • Gantt chart view: Each task is shown graphically on visual timeline by day, week, month or year. Gantt chart view helps you keep an eye on tasks durations, start and due dates, completion percentage, dependencies and resources assigned. • Outline view: Use the Table view to see your tasks, groups and milestones in a spreadsheet format. Friendly and intuitive interface helps you get things done fast and stays out of your way while doing so. • Resource and Base calendars: Each project automatically includes a base calendar with some general working hours and a resource calendar that specifies a unique schedule for a specific resource. Project calendars are used to schedule tasks, and if resources are assigned to tasks, resource calendars are used as well. For each resource you can create an individual resource calendars based on the settings in base calendar. • Resources management: add resources to your project: people or materials, necessary to make this project done. Identify bottlenecks in your project and distribute workloads fairly. • Multiple baselines: set baseline to track development by comparing the set baseline with actual plan and progress. • Critical path: Project Office X displays your project’s critical path, which is the series of tasks that are necessary in order to finish your project on schedule. • Customized calendar: modifying work hours for entire project you can create a more realistic plan considering off-time and weekends. • Filtering: you can easily hide those tasks you don't need to think about at the moment. Simply use filter to focus on tasks you need to be done. • Projects and reports sharing: send an entire project to your colleagues or Email the Gantt chart to others as PDF. For more convenience you can make task and resources report and send them as HTML. • iCloud backup: backup your projects to keep all information you have added Project Office X Pro version: • IMPORT/EXPORT Microsoft Project® (XML) Project Office X can export and import files with Microsoft Project® (XML) format. Project Office X does not support export/import MPP files. To use Microsoft Project® (XML) export/import, you need to buy one-time purchase license. • NETWORK DIAGRAM This is a graphical flow of tasks, dependencies and the critical path for a project. It represent a chart with a series of boxes and dependencies lines that connect those boxes. Network diagram view will help you easily map out the project schedule and work sequence, track its progress and completion. For how-to tutorials and other information, please visit our website: https://www.dk-consulting.app/project-office Privacy policy: https://www.dk-consulting.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: inShort² at 5.0 against Project Office X's 1.0. inShort² also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. inShort² sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Project Office X sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
inShort² holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of inShort²'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Project Office X's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | inShort² | Project Office X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jury Shortki | DK CONSULTING, TOV |
Customer experience
inShort²
Project Office X
In-app purchases
inShort²
- Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$77.99
Project Office X
- macOS Standard Monthly$4.991 Month
- iOS Standard Monthly$4.991 Month
- macOS + iOS Standard Monthly$7.491 Month
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- macOS Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- iOS Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- macOS + iOS Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
- macOS Standard Yearly$47.991 Year
- iOS Standard Yearly$59.991 Year
- macOS + iOS Standard Yearly$74.991 Year
- macOS Pro Yearly$95.991 Year
- iOS Pro Yearly$95.991 Year
- macOS + iOS Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
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