BoardEffect vs Kiteworks
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.
Kiteworks
Access and share sensitive data securely through a private network provided by your employer or partner. Share files, send encrypted emails, and capture compliant photos that upload directly to your organization's cloud, preventing data leaks to other apps or your device.
- Secure data access and sharing
- Encrypted file sharing and email
- Compliant photo capture and upload
- Data isolation from other apps
- Tracking of recipient access
- Phishing and spam-protected email
- Secure access to internal repositories without VPN
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Use the Kiteworks mobile app to access and share data through a Kiteworks cloud application provided by your employer or a partner business. Its Kiteworks Private Data Network (PDN) effortlessly protects your organization’s sensitive data no matter where you go. Share files and send emails simply and securely. Take compliant, encrypted photos that automatically upload to your organization’s Kiteworks cloud. Data, email, and photos never leak to the other apps, camera roll, or folders in your device. Key features: • Strong encryption of your organization’s data in the phone, in transit, and in the cloud • Tracking that shows you when recipients accessed your emails and shared files • Invitation-only email that never exposes you to phishing and spam • Secure access to your organization’s internal data repositories, such as file shares, home drives, SharePoint, Box, etc., without needing a VPN • Automatic, effortless enforcement of your organization’s compliance policies for regulations like HIPAA, GDPR, CMMC, CCPA, NIS 2, FedRAMP, and many more If you're a Kiteworks customer, download the mobile app today! To become a customer, visit us at www.kiteworks.com!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kiteworks at 4.2 against BoardEffect's 3.5. Kiteworks also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 58%) and ratings volume (169 vs 48). 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.
Kiteworks holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 169 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of BoardEffect's written reviews are positive against 73% of Kiteworks's.
BoardEffect ships an update every 2 months, Kiteworks every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | Kiteworks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) | 4.2 (169 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 72.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 169 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | Kiteworks USA, LLC |
Customer experience
BoardEffect
Kiteworks
Bugs and requests
BoardEffect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Kiteworks
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not working on iPad and Mac
- Won't launch on iPadOS 13.1
- Preventing access to documents
- Devices and accounts compromised
- Software downloaded automatically
Requested features
4 requests- Reporting functionality
- Direct upload to MS Office
- Scan to PDF functionality
- Download multiple files at once
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
Kiteworks
No in-app purchases
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