Comparison

Instaboard vs Hulo

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

Head to head
About

Instaboard

This app combines a digital whiteboard, planner, and meeting space on an infinite canvas. Sketch ideas, manage tasks, and collaborate in real-time with built-in video calls. It's designed for visual planning, project management, and remote team collaboration.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for drawing and sketching
  • Structured cards with checklists and due dates
  • Kanban boards for task tracking
  • Calendar view for scheduling
  • Built-in video calls for live collaboration
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPad, iPhone, web)
Features
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Instaboard is a collaborative whiteboard, planner, trip planner, and PDF workspace for iPhone and iPad. Use it as a travel planner, project planner, visual organizer, document workspace, and meeting room—all on one infinite canvas. Plan trips, organize projects, sketch ideas, annotate PDFs, capture notes, and collaborate live in one app. Start with a Planning Board, Drawing Board, trip board, or Pages mode, then build your plan with cards, lists, sections, files, maps, and real-time collaboration. PLAN TRIPS AND ITINERARIES • Build a trip itinerary on a map • Add places, organize stops by day, and connect routes • Plan trips before dates are locked • Keep trip ideas, travel notes, and shared plans in one place • Great for vacations, group travel, weekend getaways, and road trips PLAN PROJECTS, EVENTS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE • Organize tasks, notes, links, files, and ideas on one visual board • Use cards, lists, sections, checklists, tags, and due dates • Plan projects, events, study sessions, moves, wedding details, and more • Turn messy planning into a shared system everyone can follow DRAW ON AN INFINITE WHITEBOARD • Sketch freely with your finger or Apple Pencil • Add text, shapes, arrows, images, and freehand drawings • Create mind maps, diagrams, brainstorms, flowcharts, and visual notes • Zoom out for the big picture or in for the details without running out of space SAVE EVERYTHING TO PILE • Pile is your inbox for planning • Save links, notes, images, and PDFs in one place • Capture ideas first and organize them later • Drag items from Pile straight onto your board TURN PDFs INTO BOARDS • Open a PDF as its own board in Pages mode • Add a PDF to an existing board and plan around it • Review, annotate, and collaborate on documents visually • Great for travel docs, homework, meeting materials, forms, and reference files COLLABORATE IN REAL TIME • Edit together live on the same board • See cursors, comments, and changes as they happen • Share by link, QR code, or 4 digit code • Invite friends, teammates, clients, classmates, or family MEET ON THE BOARD • Start built-in video meetings without switching apps • Talk, plan, and edit in the same space • Use Instaboard for remote meetings, tutoring, study groups, workshops, and trip planning WORK THE WAY YOU PLAN • Create boards offline and sync later • Export boards to PDF or image when you’re ready to share • Use Instaboard across iPhone, iPad, and the web Whether you’re planning a trip, organizing a project, drawing ideas on a whiteboard, reviewing a PDF, or running a live meeting, Instaboard gives you one visual space to plan, collaborate, and get things done. Get started by creating your first board, adding a few cards, and organizing them with lists, sections, and calendar. Then invite others to join and turn ideas into action on a single visual workspace. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://instaboard.app/privacy

About

Hulo

Features
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Hulo — No-Zero Day Tracker A no-zero day means you did at least one thing today. It doesn't have to be big. It just has to be something. Hulo helps you show up every single day — and never let a day go to zero. Build a streak that actually means something. Every time you log your day, your streak grows. Miss a day? Your streak breaks. It's that simple — and that powerful. The commitment to just one thing a day is enough to change your life over time. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH HULO Track your no-zero streak — Log each day you showed up. Watch your streak grow one day at a time. Log your day your way — Add notes about what you did, check off tasks, and capture what made the day count. Earn badges — Hit milestones at 1, 7, 21, 30, 60, 100, and 365 days. Each badge is a reminder of how far you've come. Grace period — Life happens. Once a month, you can restore a broken streak and keep your progress alive. Timeline — Scroll through every day you showed up. Your journey, visualised. Daily reminders — Get a gentle nudge at the time that works for you, so you never forget to log your day. Guest mode — Start immediately, no account needed. Upgrade later to sync your data across devices. WHY NO-ZERO DAYS? Most habit apps make you feel guilty when you miss a day. Hulo is different. The goal isn't perfection — it's consistency. You only need to do one thing. Write a sentence. Take a walk. Drink more water. As long as it's something, it counts. Show up today. Then tomorrow. Then the day after. That's how streaks are built — and that's how lives are changed.

Screenshots

Instaboard4 screens
Hulo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hulo at none against Instaboard's 4. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Instaboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Hulo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Instaboard ships an update every 2 weeks, Hulo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Instaboard versus Hulo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstaboardHulo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInstaboard Ltd.R HARI KRISHNAN

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Instaboard

Subscriptions4
  • Instaboard Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Instaboard Pro$7.991 Month
  • Instaboard Pro (12 months)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • Instaboard Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Hulo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Instaboard free?
Instaboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hulo free?
Hulo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Instaboard or Hulo have ads?
Neither Instaboard nor Hulo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Instaboard or Hulo?
Instaboard ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hulo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Instaboard was updated on October 10, 2026 and Hulo on September 17, 2026.

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