Comparison

Trello vs Labtrum

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

Head to head
About

Trello

Capture tasks, ideas, and notes as cards and organize them into flexible boards. Centralize your work, integrate with calendars, and receive timely reminders. Work offline and sync automatically when back online.

Highlights
  • Task capture and organization
  • Customizable kanban boards
  • Calendar integration
  • Push notification reminders
  • Offline work capability
  • AI summarization for tasks
Features
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Work smarter and do more with your personal productivity powerhouse, Trello. Capture, organize, and tackle your to do checklist from anywhere. No more chaotic schedules, lost sticky notes, or searching for bookmarked messages across apps. Stay organized and efficient with Trello Inbox, Boards, and Planner. Every personal or work-related to-do, idea, or responsibility—no matter how small—finds its place, keeping you at the top of your game. Smarter task list management, all from your mobile device. Trello lets you create a daily planner of tasks, ideas, and notes right from your phone into a Trello board, card, or to-do list. Add due dates, comments, checklists, descriptions, files, and more to your task dashboard. Save messages from popular work apps like Slack or Microsoft Teams, snap a photo, and forward emails within Trello. Paid subscriptions have access to features that use AI to summarize your saved to-dos into a Trello card so that nothing slips through the cracks. Everything captured lands as a card in your Trello Inbox, making it easy to review, prioritize, and organize your work across boards. Plan your day around your schedule; view what’s booked on your Google or Outlook calendars right from your task board. Standard and Premium users can also enable Planner to schedule focus time for completing saved to-dos. Get reminders that work for you by setting up push notifications for your personal tasks and daily to dos. Get timely alerts for the updates you care about, like due dates or changes to your card. Create beautiful, flexible Trello boards. Organize your captured cards into customizable kanban boards and lists, tailored to your workflow. Trello’s tactile, visual mobile interface, with drag-and-drop gestures and smooth transitions between boards offers a natural way to plan your work on a mobile device. TASK MANAGEMENT MADE EASY - Capture, edit and sort your to do checklists. - Seamlessly enable Trello with your Google or Outlook calendar. - See what you have scheduled with your daily planner (and set aside focus time on what you’ve captured in Trello cards to get done later). - Use the Trello widget to add more to your checklists without ever opening the app. - View all your to-dos from multiple boards in one place. SCHEDULE ORGANIZER & DAILY PLANNER - Add reminders, forward emails, and save messages in your Trello Inbox. - No-code automation is built into every Trello board for intelligent task management. - Place your top tasks into your calendar, and make time for what truly matters in your daily planner. - Custom Kanban board views to visualize your way. - Get timely alerts for the updates you care about, like due dates or changes to your card. - Capture notes or ideas, and update boards even without internet. Your changes sync automatically when you’re back online for seamless task management. - Subscriptions can unlock features that summarize your saved to-dos into a Trello card and streamline daily planning. PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS - Task dashboard tools allow you to manage tasks with ease. - Create a plan of action, a checklist, or simply gain clarity on what needs to be done. - Generate, summarize, and improve spelling and grammar of work, copywriting, or personal content. - You can even go beyond a daily planner and task organizer. Paid subscriptions can access AI tools that allow you to brainstorm new content based on topics you provide. Download Trello and experience a new era of personal productivity management. It’s free! When you use features that require your device’s photos, camera, microphone, or contacts, we will request permission before accessing that data.

About

Labtrum

Features
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Labtrum is the lab management app for life-science research teams. Built natively on iPhone with iCloud sync, Labtrum replaces spreadsheets and shared documents with a unified workspace for managing your animal colony, tracking breeding lineages, and staying aligned with IACUC protocols. Designed for small labs and research teams of two to ten members, Labtrum brings the same care to your lab data that you bring to your research. MANAGE YOUR ANIMAL COLONY - Track every animal, cage, and rack with structured records - Visual rack minimaps show occupancy at a glance - Genotype tracking with automatic Mendelian prediction - Measurement history with longitudinal data over time - Treatment records linked to IACUC-approved protocols BREEDING AND LITTERS - Plan breeding pairs and track litters from birth to wean - Automatic pup generation with parent lineage - Split litters into new cages with one tap - Strain and gene tracking across generations IACUC AWARENESS - Define protocols with strain-specific animal caps - Real-time count of animals against protocol limits - Alerts when usage approaches capacity - Audit-friendly record keeping REAL COLLABORATION - Invite your lab members through CloudKit Sharing - Real-time sync across iPhone and iPad - Owner and member roles BUILT FOR APPLE PLATFORMS Labtrum is built natively with SwiftUI and CloudKit. Your data stays in your own iCloud, secured by Apple. No third-party servers, no analytics tracking, no ads. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING Labtrum Core is free, supporting labs of up to two members. All features are available on every tier — paid plans expand member capacity as your lab grows. - Labtrum Advanced — up to 5 members $29.00/month or $299.99/year (save ~17%) - Labtrum Research — up to 10 members $59.00/month or $599.99/year (save ~17%) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the same price and duration as the original package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://k6nmxbvpym-design.github.io/labrum-legal/privacy Built by researchers, for researchers.

Screenshots

Trello4 screens
Labtrum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trello at none against Labtrum's 4. Trello also leads on chart position (#183 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). 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. Labtrum sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Trello asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Trello versus Labtrum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrelloLabtrum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#183 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrello, Inc.科坦生物科技有限公司

Bugs and requests

Trello

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cards disappearing or not updating
  • Checklists not functioning as expected
  • Inability to delete or remove accounts
  • Sync issues between mobile and desktop
  • Frequent crashes and freezes on mobile

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add calendar view
  • Improve mobile widgets
  • Allow more customization of boards
  • Provide better notification controls
  • Add option to delete boards/cards easily

Labtrum

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Trello

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Labtrum

Subscriptions4
  • Labtrum Advance (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Labtrum Research (Monthly)$59.991 Month
  • Labtrum Advanced (Annual)$299.991 Year
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  • Labtrum Research (Annual)$599.991 Year

Questions

Is Trello free?
Trello is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Labtrum free?
Labtrum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trello or Labtrum have ads?
Neither Trello nor Labtrum shows ads.

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