BoardEffect vs Onehub
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.
Onehub
Securely store and share business files in the cloud. Access and preview documents directly from your device, upload files from other apps, and invite collaborators to shared workspaces. Send secure links and audit user activity for enhanced business productivity.
- Secure cloud storage
- File preview on mobile
- Upload from other apps
- Collaborative workspaces
- Secure link sharing
- User activity auditing
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A better way to securely store and share your business files in the cloud. - View and access your secure Workspaces - Preview files directly on your iPhone or iPad - Upload files to Onehub from your device and other installed apps - Open your files in other installed apps - Invite new users to your Workspaces, folders, and files - Send secure links to your folders and files - Audit user activity - Email and wirelessly print files
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BoardEffect at 3.5 against Onehub's 3.0. BoardEffect also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 30%) and ratings volume (48 vs 9). Onehub's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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.
BoardEffect holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BoardEffect has 48 ratings behind it against 9, 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 30% of Onehub's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | Onehub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) — better | 3.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | Onehub Inc. |
Customer experience
BoardEffect
Onehub
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
Onehub
No in-app purchases
