Backlog vs Jobcan Workflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Project and task organization
- Real-time activity feed
- In-task comment threads
- Subtasking for organization
- Collaborative wikis
- Bug tracking
- File sharing
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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.
Jobcan Workflow
Streamline business processes with this app, designed for quick form applications and approvals. It integrates with other services to automate calculations and prevent errors, saving companies an estimated 33% in work time. Access and manage all company applications remotely.
- Intuitive form application and approval
- Automated expense calculation with Jorudan integration
- Foreign currency amount calculation
- File attachment support
- Input check to prevent errors
- Copy previous applications
- Save draft functionality
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This is Jobcan Workflow, an app which has been incorporated by more than 25,000 companies. Its intuitive UI allows users to perform everything from applying forms to approval of forms by just clicking buttons right after downloading the app. Use your spare time when you're out and to get your applications and approvals done with this app! [Main functions] 1) Application function Applications can be made using prepared application forms. The app is also replete in functions to support applications. - Transport expense reimbursement linked to an app named Jorudan: Linked to Jorudan's route search, the system can automatically calculate train and bus transport expenses. Deductions for designated areas are also supported. - Support for foreign currencies: Amounts of money are automatically calculated at set rates, making it easy to apply for expense calculation in foreign currencies. - File attachments: Files can be attached to applications from the app as well. - Input check function to prevent incomplete applications: Alerts are displayed in cases of input irregularities, so as to prevent mistakes. - Previous applications copy function: When making an application similar to a previous one, its contents can be copied from the previous application. - Save draft function: Users can save drafts of application form contents. 2) Approval function Just by tapping a button it is possible to proceed with the approval process quickly and easily. Approvals which have been approved it by mistake can be cancelled. [Notes] An account must be issued in advance via the Jobcan Workflow service. Kindly have an account issued from the following page. http://wf.jobcan.ne.jp/ [About Jobcan/Workflow] Jobcan Workflow is a cloud based service that allows you to handle all kinds of applications via cloud within your company, as well to apply and approve applications anytime, anywhere. Forms can be easily customised to suit your company's unique needs, reducing the amount of work time usually needed by about 33%.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Backlog at monthly against Jobcan Workflow's every 3 months. Jobcan Workflow's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Backlog ships an update monthly, Jobcan Workflow every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backlog | Jobcan Workflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (43 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nulab Inc. | Donuts Co. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Backlog
Jobcan Workflow
In-app purchases
Backlog
No in-app purchases
Jobcan Workflow
No in-app purchases







