BoardEffect vs Jamf Mobile Assist
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.
Jamf Mobile Assist
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Simplify mobile fleet management and security with Jamf Mobile Assist. Empower the frontline to assign, triage and remediate devices… without contacting IT for help. Jamf Mobile Assist is a native iOS and iPadOS application that empowers “frontline managers” to perform limited management and security tasks. These groups of frontline managers often fall between IT teams and device end-users, and are sometimes response for the business outcomes of mobile technology. Jamf Mobile Assist app supports multiple modes based on high level use cases. The app currently supports two different modes. Device Helper Mode: Triage and initiate remediation workflows on target devices such as clear passcode and device wipe Assigner Mode: Quick on-device setup though user guided assignment workflow
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Verdict
BoardEffect and Jamf Mobile Assist are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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, Jamf Mobile Assist every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | Jamf Mobile Assist |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 6 weeks — better |
| 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 | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | JAMF Software |
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
Jamf Mobile Assist
No in-app purchases
Questions
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