Comparison

Backlog vs Jooto

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

Head to head
About

Backlog

This app is a project management and collaboration tool designed for teams to enhance productivity and project visibility. It allows for on-the-go updates, feedback, and task management, facilitating seamless teamwork across departments.

Highlights
  • Project and task organization
  • Real-time activity feed
  • In-task comment threads
  • Subtasking for organization
  • Collaborative wikis
  • Bug tracking
  • File sharing
Features
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Backlog is a project management and collaboration tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more to release high-quality projects, faster. With the Backlog iOS App, you can update your projects on-the-go. Leave immediate feedback on comment threads and add or edit issues right from your device. Reach your business goals with features that help you: - Get everyone on track. Organize your work and teammates with projects and tasks. - Stay in the loop. Your Activity feed and Watchlist help you keep an eye on relevant work and deadlines. - Keep the conversation moving. Use comment threads to leave feedback and ask questions right in tasks as you’re working on them. Mobile features: - Projects: Organize everyone’s work into projects for better visibility and tracking - Issues: Create, assign, prioritize, and schedule tasks with your team - Subtasking: Keep related tasks grouped to stay more organized - Watchlist: Add important tasks to your personalized Watchlist - Comment threads: Keep a record of all discussions, changes, and decisions within tasks as they’re being worked on - Wikis: Create collaboratively edited web pages to refer to again and again for common questions and instructions - Bug Tracking: Easy issue and bug tracking to keep your projects running smoothly - File sharing: Store important docs and files right in the task or project you need them Do even more on desktop with: - Gantt Charts: Automatically generated and updated Gantt charts help you track work as it’s being completed against your project plan - Burndown Charts: Easily visualize how your project is progressing without having read every issue - Version control: No installation required, Backlog provides Git and Subversion repositories as well as a Web-based repository browser Find a bug? Help us squash it! Send an email directly to our support team at support@backlog.com.

About

Jooto

Manage personal and business projects with a user-friendly interface. Create to-do lists, schedule tasks with Gantt charts, and collaborate with team members. Offers reminders and file previews for efficient workflow.

Highlights
  • Intuitive UI/UX
  • Gantt Chart
  • File Previews
  • Task Reminders
  • Member Invitation
  • Checklists
Features
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More user friendly and kind UI&UX. Jooto is a free online task/project management tool for both personal and business use. Suitable for daily schedule management, making todo lists and managing any business or private projects - big or small. Jooto runs a simple, clean and intuitive user interface. While on the move you can easily drag and drop tasks from one column to the next and move between multiple projects. Finally our well requested iPhone app has been released. Features - Project roles - Ganttchart - Landscape in board view - Preview Microsoft office files - Attach a file with comment - Set default notification - Set reminder - Project icon - Checklist - Set start date - Set due date - Clone task - Filtering - Member invitation - My tasks, Following tasks - Set push notification - Set mail notification - Language (Japanese, English) ◆Restore for renewal your iPhone◆ To change your iPhone, your purchased plan is restored. Login same AppleID and go to iTunes. ◆Cancel your plan◆ Open settings -> iTunes & App Store -> Tap Apple ID -> View Apple ID -> Subscriptions -> Tap Jooto in Active apps -> Tap Cancel Subscription ◆About Auto-renew◆ iTunes App Store will automatically renew your subscription after 1 month unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of service: https://www.jooto.com/en-terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://prtimes.co.jp/policy/

Screenshots

Backlog4 screens
Jooto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backlog at none against Jooto's 1. Backlog also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 1). Jooto's advantage is review sentiment (27% vs 9%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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. Jooto sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $25.99 per month. Backlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jooto holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backlog has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Backlog's written reviews are positive against 27% of Jooto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backlog ships an update monthly, Jooto every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Backlog versus Jooto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacklogJooto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (43 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews27.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNulab Inc.PR TIMES Inc.

Customer experience

Backlog

All ratings43 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative86.4%

Jooto

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral13.6%
Negative59.1%

In-app purchases

None

Backlog

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Jooto

Subscriptions1
  • Jooto standard plan 5 license$25.991 Month

Questions

Is Backlog free?
Backlog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jooto free?
Jooto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backlog or Jooto?
Jooto is rated higher. Backlog averages 4.8 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Jooto averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Backlog or Jooto have ads?
Neither Backlog nor Jooto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backlog or Jooto?
Backlog ships an update monthly, and Jooto every 5 weeks. Most recently, Backlog was updated on September 20, 2026 and Jooto on August 24, 2026.

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