BoardEffect vs digitalNow App
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.
digitalNow App
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We help associations grow — smarter and faster. At Sidecar, we make it easy to provide professional development for everyone on your association staff, which improves retention, strengthens diversity efforts and grows organizations as everyone learns together. digitalNow is part of that journey. Today, digitalNow remains the best idea generator for association leaders. In our ongoing commitment to tackle the most critical issues with action-based strategies, transformative technologies and an innovative community, the content focus at digitalNow will remain on creating the place for association professionals to take a look into the future of what the ongoing digital transformation will bring to our industry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BoardEffect at every 2 months against digitalNow App's every 9 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BoardEffect ships an update every 2 months, digitalNow App every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | digitalNow App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | AssociationSuccess.org LLC |
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
digitalNow App
No in-app purchases
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