Lean Innovation Tools vs Continuous Improvement
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lean Innovation Tools
This app provides tools and guidance for innovation and development teams to respond faster to customer needs and create superior products. It offers a rapid development loop, operational team tools, and lean innovation principles to enhance creative and efficient processes.
- Rapid development loop
- 20 operational team tools
- Work templates and guidelines
- 5 lean innovation principles
- Interactive app format
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Do you develop solutions for other people? Are you a part of innovation or development teams? Do you lead innovation teams or development organisations? WHAT IF… * Your organisation could respond twice as fast to customer needs? * You could create services and products which nail the real needs better than even the customers expect? * You could stand apart from competition by having work processes as our core strategic competence? * You could create project visions which all project members would truly fight for? With increased focus, not only on what you do, but also on how you do things together in an innovation team, you stand a better chance at reaching your ambitions. The Lean Innovation tool book has served as inspiration and guideline for thousands of managers and knowledge workers in development organisations. It is now available as interactive “easy-to-use” app. CONTENT * Rapid development loop supporting fast learning * 20 operational team tools for usage in specific steps of the loop * Work templates, posters and guidelines available for print & free download * 5 lean innovation principles for guiding creative & efficient innovation
Continuous Improvement
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Continuous Improvement is passionate about serving people with a spirit of excellence and see continuous improvement and quality control across their environment. Continuous Improvement recognises and encourages everyday people to utilise this app to make a direct difference. From the data collected this app will allows people to create corrective actions and complete risk assessments in a way that makes continuous improvement easy. The back end of the Continuous Improvement system allows for corrective actions to be managed and closed out be a people and ensures that manager's can see what is happening on the ground level of the organisation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Continuous Improvement at every 2 months against Lean Innovation Tools's every 18 months. Lean Innovation Tools's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lean Innovation Tools ships an update every 18 months, Continuous Improvement every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lean Innovation Tools | Continuous Improvement |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Implement Consulting Group | Interclean Australasia |
In-app purchases
Lean Innovation Tools
No in-app purchases
Continuous Improvement
No in-app purchases




