Comparison

Phaseboard vs Source Browser for Research

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

Head to head
About

Phaseboard

Features
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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. 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

About

Source Browser for Research

Features
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Source Browser is a browser designed to turn what you find on the web into something you can actually use later. Instead of simply saving pages to “read later,” you can keep screenshots, screen recordings, quotes, links, and analysis results, then organize them together in NOTE. Capture a moment with SHOT. Record the flow of a page with REC. Save important passages as quotes, while keeping everything connected to its original source. Your collected materials can be organized, rearranged, and edited in a conversation-style NOTE. Research. Save. Connect. Source Browser turns your browsing into material for your next idea.

Screenshots

Phaseboard4 screens
Source Browser for Research4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Source Browser for Research at every 3 days against Phaseboard's every 2 months. Phaseboard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Phaseboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Source Browser for Research sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phaseboard ships an update every 2 months, Source Browser for Research every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Phaseboard versus Source Browser for Research: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhaseboardSource Browser for Research
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer东堃 许YUKIYA SHIMODA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Phaseboard

Subscriptions2
  • Pro · Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro · Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro · Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Source Browser for Research

One-time1
  • TEXT MAP$1.99

Questions

Is Phaseboard free?
Phaseboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Source Browser for Research free?
Source Browser for Research is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Phaseboard or Source Browser for Research have ads?
Neither Phaseboard nor Source Browser for Research shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phaseboard or Source Browser for Research?
Phaseboard ships an update every 2 months, and Source Browser for Research every 3 days. Most recently, Phaseboard was updated on October 8, 2026 and Source Browser for Research on October 11, 2026.

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