Phaseboard vs SHURABA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phaseboard
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For the moments when products, prototypes, side projects, and late-night ideas are all alive at once. Phaseboard is a quiet, beautiful place to keep them, with each one's current stage, progress, and the one thing to do next. Every project breaks down the same way. From outermost to innermost: project, stage, task, subtask. Statuses roll up automatically as you check things off, so the dashboard always shows which projects deserve your time today. Projects now support deadlines, with a countdown on Home and on the project page. The Calendar page lists every deadline and task due date by month. Three new free widgets show the calendar and upcoming deadlines on the Home Screen. Two styles are available: Quiet, with soft lines and plenty of room, and Classic, the original engineering-manual look. Switch between them any time from the side menu. Phaseboard is built natively for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your projects sync privately through your own iCloud, with full offline support. Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen views, and a Mac menu bar tile keep what you're working on always in sight. Available in English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://phaseboard.app/privacy Subscription and refund terms: https://phaseboard.app/terms
SHURABA
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Make the work ahead of you visible. SHURABA is a work-tracking app that helps you record working time and manage tasks, progress, and schedules toward your deadline. “How many hours did this task actually take?” “How much work is left before the deadline?” “What should I work on today?” SHURABA turns those uncertainties into clear records and schedules. 【Track your work time easily】 Choose a category, project, and task, then start the timer. Your working time is recorded as you go. 【Manage projects and tasks】 Organize your work by project. Set an estimated duration for each task to see how much work remains before completion. 【Plan your schedule toward a deadline】 Create schedules based on deadlines, estimated task durations, and available working hours. You can also mark days when you cannot work. 【Compare plans and actual work on the calendar】 See both your planned and actual working time on the calendar and quickly review your progress. 【Keep a work log】 Add notes and images to your work records so you can look back on what you worked on, when you did it, and how far you progressed. 【Use your past pace for future estimates】 Check the average time spent on tasks with the same name. Your past records can help you estimate future schedules more accurately. 【SHURABA Pro】 SHURABA Pro is a one-time purchase that removes ads and lifts limits on active projects and work log images. It also adds per-day and per-weekday working-hour settings, averages from past tasks, Dark Mode, and more. Ideal for manuscripts, doujin projects, costume making, cosplay, crafts, illustration, indie development, and other projects that involve multiple steps before completion. Whether you are already facing the deadline crunch or preparing before it begins, keep track of every hour on the road to completion with SHURABA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Phaseboard at none against SHURABA's shown. Phaseboard also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). SHURABA's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Phaseboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SHURABA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Phaseboard ships an update every 2 months, SHURABA fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Phaseboard | SHURABA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 东堃 许 | RYOKO MATSUNAGA |
In-app purchases
Phaseboard
- Pro · Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro · Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Pro · Lifetime$14.99
SHURABA
- SHURABA Pro$9.99









