BoardEffect vs ACI World
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.
ACI World
This app serves as an official guide for the ACI Airport Experience Summit. It provides access to the event's agenda, speaker information, attendee networking, and details on sponsors and exhibitors.
- Full agenda access
- Speaker profiles
- Attendee networking
- Sponsor and exhibitor directory
- Event information
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The official app for the ACI Airport Experience Summit. Access the full agenda, view speakers, connect with attendees, and explore sponsors and exhibitors—all in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ACI World at 5.0 against BoardEffect's 3.5. ACI World also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). BoardEffect's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 2). 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.
ACI World 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BoardEffect ships an update every 6 weeks, ACI World every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | ACI World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | McVeigh Global Meetings and Events LLC |
Customer experience
BoardEffect
ACI World
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
ACI World
No in-app purchases
