BoardEffect vs mPac by Paciolan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoardEffect
This app provides a secure, paperless boardroom experience for volunteer leaders. Access meeting packets, annotate documents offline, and view contact information. It syncs with a web-based portal for comprehensive board management.
- Paperless boardroom
- Download meeting packets
- Offline annotation
- Contact directory
- Resource library access (iPad)
- Board handbook management
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The Leading Board Portal for Volunteer Leadership Worldwide. Make your boardroom truly paperless. BoardEffect’s iOS App connects to your BoardEffect board portal. The App allows your board members to: - Download meeting packets - Fully annotate meeting materials including “sticky notes,” drawing, highlighting, underlining, and strike-through - Read and annotate meeting packets both online and offline - Print or email their meeting packets from the App (optional) - View the full contact directory including members’ head shots, biographies, and contact details - View files from your BoardEffect portal’s Resource Library (iPad only) - Download and annotate your Board Handbook, including bylaws, policies, and other documents The BoardEffect iOS App is free and works in conjunction with your secure BoardEffect web-based portal. For more information about BoardEffect, contact us at (866) 672-2666.
mPac by Paciolan
Access real-time event sales, inventory, and attendance data for past and upcoming events. This enterprise application provides key performance insights directly on your mobile device.
- Real-time event sales tracking
- Inventory monitoring
- Attendance insights
- Past and upcoming event data
- Mobile event performance dashboard
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This is an enterprise app for Paciolan clients. Track event performance using mPac, powered by Paciolan. Get real-time insights into events sales, inventory, and attendance for upcoming and past events straight on your mobile device. Reach out to your client partner to get set up today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mPac by Paciolan at 5.0 against BoardEffect's 3.5. mPac by Paciolan also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). BoardEffect's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 33%) and ratings volume (48 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
mPac by Paciolan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BoardEffect has 48 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of BoardEffect's written reviews are positive against 33% of mPac by Paciolan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BoardEffect ships an update every 6 weeks, mPac by Paciolan every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | mPac by Paciolan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | Paciolan |
Customer experience
BoardEffect
mPac by Paciolan
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
mPac by Paciolan
No in-app purchases
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