Comparison

Limnu vs Mural

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

Head to head
About

Limnu

A fast and simple online whiteboard for collaborative meetings and brainstorming. Draw, plan, and think in real-time with others, with unlimited boards that are automatically archived. Experience the ease of a physical whiteboard in a digital format.

Highlights
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Unlimited board creation
  • Automatic archiving
  • Intuitive drawing tools
  • Cross-device accessibility
Features
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Limnu is a collaborative online whiteboard made to be fast and simple enough to use for online meetings and video conferences. With Limnu, you can draw, plan, and think at the same time with other people. Make as many boards as you want, as big as you want, see your boards from anywhere, and all your work is automatically archived. Never again will you have to write "DO NOT ERASE" on your whiteboard. Its as fast and simple as a real whiteboard, and it even looks like a real whiteboard.

About

Mural

This app provides a digital whiteboard for real-time and asynchronous team collaboration. It allows users to brainstorm, ideate, and align on projects from anywhere, fostering business-driving outcomes. Capture inspiration and share it with your team on the go.

Highlights
  • Real-time and asynchronous collaboration
  • Digital whiteboard for ideation
  • Freehand drawing and concept mapping
  • Sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes
  • Icon library for visual thinking
  • Voting sessions and reactions
  • Export murals as PDF, image, or zip
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Mural is a collaborative intelligence company powering effective ideation, innovation, alignment, and team building at 95% of the Fortune 100. Work together in real-time or asynchronously with a digital whiteboard and collaboration features designed to inspire better collaboration that leads to business-driving outcomes. The Mural app for iPhone and iPad keeps you connected to your team and enables you to capture and share inspiration on the go. Innovative teams at IBM, Intuit, Microsoft, GitLab, Steelcase, Thoughtworks, and Atlassian use Mural to collaborate from anywhere. Use the Mural iPhone and iPad apps to: * Bring your best ideas to life, wherever you work best * Invite your team to a collaboration session no matter where they are * Review content and provide feedback to keep work moving forward * Spark creative thinking with freehand drawing * Map concepts and ideas with your Apple Pencil Mural meets security standards for enterprise organizations with mobile device management and secure sign in supported by our Microsoft Intune Mobile Application Management integration. With the Mural app for mobile devices, you can: * Create a new mural * Add content in sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes with a variety of formatting options at your fingertips * Draw ideas and sketch notes with a number of colors and line sizes * Invite collaborators to your murals and easily change link permissions * Add, edit, delete, and mention other collaborators in comments * Enhance your visual thinking with a library of icons * Participate in a voting session * Share excitement and visual feedback with reactions * Export a mural as a PDF, image, or zip file * Add images from your photo library, take in the moment photos, or upload files * Send a mural to a touchscreen display for hybrid collaboration sessions * Organize content and ideas with frameworks * Change mural settings * Digitize physical sticky notes with Mural Scan or Post-it® App integration * Easily present with outline and presentation mode To use the Mural app, an account and sign-in is required. Learn more at www.mural.co.

Screenshots

Limnu4 screens
Mural4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Limnu at free against Mural's freemium. Limnu also leads on rating (2.6 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (33% vs 16%). Mural's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 13). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Limnu holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mural has 73 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Limnu's written reviews are positive against 16% of Mural's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Limnu ships an update every 6 months, Mural every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Limnu versus Mural: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLimnuMural
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (13 ratings) — better2.3 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better16.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1373 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.2 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimnu, Inc.Tactivos Inc.

Customer experience

Limnu

All ratings12 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative46.7%

Mural

All ratings68 ratings
Positive26.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative63.2%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive16.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative74.8%

Bugs and requests

Limnu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mural

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes on launch or when opening boards
  • White/blank screen on startup
  • Stuck on logo screen indefinitely
  • Login failures and authentication errors
  • Microsoft authentication process hangs
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  • App won't open on iPad Pro
  • Forced logout during editing
  • Sticky notes disappear after creation
  • Text input hidden by UI elements
  • Pencil drawing lag and delayed rendering
  • Board resizing during pencil use
  • Images appear blurry or pixelated on mobile
  • Fonts not rendering correctly
  • Paste function not working in text fields
  • Objects snap unexpectedly to grid
  • Shapes change color inexplicably
  • Connector handles not functioning
  • Zoom and pan gestures not responsive
  • App freezes when scrolling dense boards
  • Connection timeouts and reconnection loops
  • Content not loading on boards
  • Synchronization issues between devices
  • Automatic zoom on sticky edit causes frustration
  • Camera permission dialog creates unescapable state
  • Placeholder text not clearing on input

Requested features

20 requests
  • Google and Apple login options
  • Full desktop feature parity on mobile
  • Proper keyboard and trackpad support
  • Folder visibility and management on iOS
  • Search functionality for murals
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  • Outline feature on mobile
  • Object linking and grouping
  • Landscape mode support
  • Better Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Multi-object selection
  • Template access on mobile
  • Activity log viewing
  • Improved pen tool options (thickness, color, style)
  • Browser access without app redirect
  • Language localization options
  • Full-screen mode without UI buttons
  • Copy/paste functionality improvements
  • Image import from device
  • Subscription management in app

In-app purchases

None

Limnu

No in-app purchases

None

Mural

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Limnu free?
Limnu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mural free?
Mural is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Limnu or Mural?
Limnu is rated higher. Limnu averages 2.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Mural averages 2.3 from 73 ratings.
Do Limnu or Mural have ads?
Neither Limnu nor Mural shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Limnu or Mural?
Limnu ships an update every 6 months, and Mural every 5 weeks. Most recently, Limnu was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mural on October 26, 2026.

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