Comparison

BoardEffect vs Metricum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Paperless boardroom
  • Download meeting packets
  • Offline annotation
  • Contact directory
  • Resource library access (iPad)
  • Board handbook management
Features
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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.

About

Metricum

Features
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Metricum turns your scholarly footprint into a dashboard you'll actually want to open. It pulls your public metrics from Google Scholar and PubMed and brings them together in one clean, fast view: total citations, h-index, and publication counts, plus growth charts that show how your impact builds over time. WHAT YOU GET • Citations, h-index, and publication totals at a glance • Year-by-year growth charts for citations and publications • Trending papers, so you can see which of your works are gaining traction • AI Insights that highlight what's changed and what stands out • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that keep your numbers in view • Push notifications when your citations or publications change FREE & PRO Metricum is free to use, with your core metrics and charts refreshed weekly. Metricum Pro unlocks faster, on-demand refreshes, AI Insights, trending papers, and push notifications. Pro is a monthly or annual subscription with a 7-day free trial. PRIVACY-FRIENDLY Metricum reads only publicly available data from Google Scholar and PubMed. You can delete your account and all associated data anytime from Settings. Whether you're a PhD student, postdoc, professor, or lab lead, Metricum keeps your research impact one tap away. Metricum Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.metricum.app/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

BoardEffect4 screens
Metricum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoardEffect at none against Metricum's 2. BoardEffect also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Metricum's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Metricum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. BoardEffect asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoardEffect ships an update every 2 months, Metricum every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BoardEffect versus Metricum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoardEffectMetricum
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size276 MB37 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDiligent CorporationNatan L Rolnik

In-app purchases

None

BoardEffect

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Metricum

Subscriptions2
  • Metricum Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Metricum Pro Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is BoardEffect free?
BoardEffect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metricum free?
Metricum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoardEffect or Metricum have ads?
Neither BoardEffect nor Metricum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoardEffect or Metricum?
BoardEffect ships an update every 2 months, and Metricum every 5 days. Most recently, BoardEffect was updated on October 23, 2026 and Metricum on October 25, 2026.

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