BoardEffect vs Canto DAM
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.
Canto DAM
Manage and share brand assets directly from your mobile device. Upload files, download content, and distribute assets with ease using your existing account credentials.
- Upload files from mobile
- Share content easily
- Download assets on the go
- Manage brand assets
- Access via mobile
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With the Canto iOS mobile app, you can easily upload files, share content, and download assets — all from your mobile phone. Simply download the app and log in with your Canto credentials to manage and share your brand assets on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Canto DAM at 5.0 against BoardEffect's 3.5. Canto DAM also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). BoardEffect's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Canto DAM 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of BoardEffect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Canto DAM's.
BoardEffect ships an update every 2 months, Canto DAM every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | Canto DAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | Canto, Inc. |
Customer experience
BoardEffect
Canto DAM
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
Canto DAM
No in-app purchases
