What Boardly does

Boardly (legal entity: Boardlyapp.com) is a project management SaaS application purpose-built for solo professionals — solopreneurs, freelancers, coaches, consultants, solo founders, authors, and individual contributors — who manage multiple concurrent projects without a team. The product is structured around four integrated modules: Agenda (daily scheduled task view with calendar export), Boards (project organization across client work, marketing, admin, and personal tasks), Plans (yearly goals and monthly objectives), and Notes (private meeting notes and idea capture). The underlying technical stack is a web-based SaaS application with native iOS and Android mobile apps, and no public API currently exists though one is planned. A 'time blocking' productivity methodology is core to the user workflow, and the company explicitly does not integrate AI, citing user ownership of planning and data privacy.

The business model is a 30-day free trial followed by a non-subscription pay-as-you-go prepay model, with tiered packages at $42 (3 months), $72 (6 months), and $119 (12 months); users may also pause their account with data preserved for one year. All beta users receive lifetime free access, meaning monetization is gated on new-user conversion post-trial. Distribution is fully product-led and self-serve through boardlyapp.com and mobile app stores, with no sales team or paid acquisition channels apparent. The company is bootstrapped, with terms of service attributing trademark and IP ownership to Automattic Inc. (suggesting it operates within Automattic's corporate ecosystem) and the website designed and built by StrategyShift. Customer segments are horizontally distributed across multiple solo-professional personas, and the company maintains GDPR-compliant data handling for EU users under a Privacy Policy last updated December 22, 2025.

Name

Boardly

Legal name

Boardlyapp.com

Website

https://boardlyapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Boardly is a bootstrapped, subscription-free project management SaaS for solo professionals — solopreneurs, freelancers, coaches, and consultants — offering Agenda, Boards, Plans, and Notes modules built around time-blocking methodology with a pay-as-you-go pricing model after a 30-day trial.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Pre-pay: Pay-as-you-go subscription model with pre-pay options for 3, 6, or 12 months. Free for first 30 days. No recurring subscriptions - users choose to prepay or pause their account. Revenue collected at point of conversion after trial.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Boardly is a project management SaaS application designed for individual workers, solopreneurs, and "teams of one." The product provides four primary workspace views: Agenda (time-scheduled tasks), Boards (kanban-style organization), Plans (longer-horizon planning), and Notes (free-form text). It is delivered as a web application with companion iOS and Android mobile apps.

Product overview

Boardly is a single, unified project management product for teams of one. It is not a platform with add-on modules but rather a consolidated application offering four integrated features: Agenda (for daily task review and calendar sync), Boards (for organizing projects by category), Plans (for tracking yearly goals and monthly objectives), and Notes (for capturing meeting notes and ideas). The product is currently in beta and free to use, with a pay-as-you-go pricing model planned after the beta period. Boardly is designed and built by StrategyShift.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EveryLead App: Additional product/service offered by Boardlyapp.com. Referenced in the Privacy Policy as part of the Board's product and service ecosystem.

Products and services

• Boardly Boardly is the flagship project management application providing Agenda, Boards, Plans, and Notes views to help individual workers and solopreneurs schedule tasks, plan work, and track progress. Targeted at freelancers, coaches, solo founders, and authors.
• EveryLead App EveryLead is a companion application from the same operator, distinct from the main Boardly product.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sunsama: Sunsama is a daily planning tool built specifically for individual professionals who manage busy schedules across multiple projects — extremely similar positioning to Boardly's 'teams of one' niche, with a focus on intentional scheduling rather than team collaboration.
• Todoist: Todoist is one of the largest personal and team task management apps, with a strong individual user base that overlaps directly with Boardly's solopreneur, freelancer, and creator segments. It offers similar task list, project, and scheduling functionality across web and mobile.
• TickTick: TickTick is a personal task manager with calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro features — directly competing with Boardly's time-blocking and agenda capabilities for individual users managing multiple projects.

Broad incumbents

• Notion: Notion is a broad workspace tool widely adopted by solopreneurs, freelancers, and solo founders as an all-in-one planning, note-taking, and project management surface — a much larger incumbent that can absorb Boardly's use cases within its flexible platform.
• Trello: Trello (Atlassian) provides kanban-style boards for personal and team use, directly competing with Boardly's 'Boards' feature. While positioned for teams, Trello is widely used by individuals managing personal and client projects.
• Asana: Asana is an established work management platform with a large individual user base. While its core positioning is team collaboration, Asana frequently competes for solopreneurs and small consultancies who might otherwise use a tool like Boardly.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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