Comparison

Hense vs ProjectBoard

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

Head to head
About

Hense

Features
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See your whole project at a glance, then drag it from idea to done. Hense: Kanban Task Board brings beautiful, tactile Kanban boards to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Free to start. Pro is a one-time unlock, with no subscription, no account, and no data on anyone else's servers. ◆ SEE EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE Drag and drop cards between columns to move work forward. Feel a satisfying tap with every move, and watch smooth animations bring your board to life. Whether you are planning a product launch, a trip, or your week, your boards adapt to the way you think. Attach a photo or file to any card, so every detail lives right where the work does. ◆ NATIVE ON iPad, Mac, AND iPhone Duo Your board list lives in a sidebar, one tap from your work. On Mac, open any board in its own window and work side by side. Long-press, or right-click on Mac, any board, column, or card for quick actions, and move through everything with full keyboard shortcuts and menus. On iPhone Duo, unfold to see your boards in a sidebar beside the open board, then fold and keep working right where you left off. ◆ FIND ANYTHING INSTANTLY Search your boards and jump straight to the card you need. Pro adds global search across every board, plus filters like label: and column: to narrow results to exactly what matters. ◆ YOURS, AND PRIVATE No account to create, no passwords to remember, no data stored on anyone else's servers. iCloud keeps every device in sync automatically, so your boards are always with you and always your own. ◆ HENSE PRO One purchase removes every limit and unlocks the full toolkit: copy boards, columns, and cards across projects, mark columns as done, search every board at once, and filter with advanced operators. No subscription. No recurring fees. Yours to keep, with free updates. ◆ FREE INCLUDES ‣ 2 boards, up to 5 columns each ‣ 3 labels per board, checklists on every card ‣ Attach a photo or file to any card ‣ Drag and drop with haptic feedback ‣ Board search and multiple view modes (iPhone) ‣ Sidebar, board windows, and keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac ‣ Automatic iCloud sync across all your devices ‣ Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac ‣ No account required. Private by design. ◆ HENSE PRO ADDS ‣ Unlimited boards, columns, labels, checklist items, and attachments ‣ Copy boards, columns, and cards ‣ End-state columns for finished work ‣ Global search across every board ‣ Advanced filters with column: and label: Create your first board in minutes. No tutorial needed. Just add a few columns and start moving cards.

About

ProjectBoard

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ProjectBoard — projects, tasks, notes, and files in one place. Everything a project needs lives together: the tasks, the notes, the files, and the conversation. No more scattering one project across four apps. PLAN YOUR DAY, NOT JUST YOUR LIST Drag a task onto the calendar to block time for it. Let Plan My Day pack your tasks into the gaps you actually have free — it reads your real calendar, so it schedules around meetings instead of pretending they don't exist. Start a focus session and work a block at a time. TASKS THAT MATCH HOW YOU THINK Subtasks for the steps. #tags across projects. Saved smart lists for the views you return to. An Inbox that catches anything you haven't sorted yet. WRITES THE BORING PARTS FOR YOU — ON DEVICE Smart Fill turns a sentence into a task with the right date, project, and priority. Your Daily Brief tells you what matters this morning. Smart Inbox Triage sorts what piled up. Search understands what you meant, not just what you typed. It runs on your device. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN A genuine Mac app — split view, menu bar commands, keyboard shortcuts throughout. iPhone and iPad. An Apple Watch app for checking off work from your wrist. Home and Lock Screen widgets you can tap to complete a task. Shortcuts and voice for capture without opening anything. FILES WHERE YOU EXPECT THEM A ProjectBoard folder in Finder and the Files app, syncing both ways. Open documents straight in from Finder, or share them in from any app. Annotate with inline markup. BUILT FOR WORKING TOGETHER Share a project, chat alongside the work, and watch tasks and notes update live as your team moves. START FASTER Seven built-in project templates, or build your own with tasks that schedule themselves relative to your start date or deadline.

Screenshots

Hense4 screens
ProjectBoard2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProjectBoard at none against Hense's 1. Hense's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ProjectBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hense ships an update every 3 weeks, ProjectBoard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Hense versus ProjectBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHenseProjectBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan Daniel Avalos HernandezRebecca Adormeh-Kwao

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hense

One-time1
  • Hense Pro$9.99
None

ProjectBoard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hense free?
Hense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProjectBoard free?
ProjectBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hense or ProjectBoard have ads?
Neither Hense nor ProjectBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hense or ProjectBoard?
Hense ships an update every 3 weeks, and ProjectBoard every 2 months. Most recently, Hense was updated on October 25, 2026 and ProjectBoard on October 13, 2026.

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