Features

Built for teams who ship

Everything your team needs for focused, productive retrospectives.

Real-time collaboration

Every card, vote, and comment syncs instantly across your entire team. No refresh needed.

  • Sub-second sync for all participants
  • Live updates without page refresh
  • Optimized for 5 to 50 participants
  • Works seamlessly on desktop and mobile

Smart voting

Prioritize what matters.

  • Customizable vote limits (1 to 10 votes per person)
  • Hide or reveal votes for facilitator control
  • Anonymous voting for unbiased prioritization
  • Vote distribution clearly visualized

Privacy controls

Anonymous mode and facilitator locks.

  • Anonymous card creation (hide author names)
  • Anonymous voting option
  • Toggle anonymity per retrospective
  • No signup required for participants

Phase management

Guide your team through structured retrospectives with built-in workflow phases.

  • Built-in phases: Collect → Group → Vote → Discuss
  • Facilitators can lock phases to prevent editing
  • Phase timers to keep on schedule
  • Smooth transitions between phases

Facilitator controls

Powerful controls to run smooth, structured retrospectives.

  • Lock or unlock editing during phases
  • Hide or reveal votes for dramatic effect
  • Control board visibility and access
  • Manage participant permissions

Ready check and spotlight

Know when the team is ready, and keep everyone on one column.

  • Participants mark themselves ready
  • The facilitator sees “N of M ready” and moves on
  • Spotlight one column and the others dim
  • Facilitators can turn these tools on or off per board

26+ team templates

Pre-built formats for retrospectives, product decisions, and AI-era teamwork.

  • Six AI at Work templates for PM, HR, and team leads
  • Pre-configured columns and prompts
  • Facilitation guidance included
  • Available on every plan

Saved team templates

Save a board’s setup once and start new boards from it.

  • “Save as template” from the board “...” menu
  • Saves columns, workflow, vote limit and check-in
  • Start new boards from “Your team’s templates” in the create modal
  • Shared with your workspace, or personal without one. Available with Plus

Card grouping

Drag to merge similar items, then give each group a title.

  • Facilitator-only by default, so the board stays calm
  • Optionally let everyone group cards in a step
  • Merged groups get a short title shown in Discuss
  • Undo and redo support

Grouping suggestions

Find cards with similar wording in one click.

  • “Suggest groups” finds cards with similar wording
  • Runs entirely in your browser, with no AI
  • No card text is sent to any AI service
  • Nothing merges without a click

Comments and reactions

Add context and feedback directly on cards with comments and emoji reactions.

  • Comment threads on any card
  • Emoji reactions for quick feedback
  • Tag team members in comments
  • Real-time comment notifications

Phase timers

Keep on schedule.

  • Customizable timer duration
  • Visible countdown for all participants
  • Audio alerts when time expires
  • Pause and extend timers as needed

Deadlines for async retros

Let the team contribute on their own time.

  • The facilitator sets “Closes at” on a step
  • The board moves to the next step on its own when the time passes
  • Available on every plan

Team pulse

An optional anonymous health check in the opening check-in.

  • 3 to 5 statements, answered anonymously
  • Results appear only after the facilitator closes the pulse and at least 4 people answered
  • A trend against the previous retro
  • Available on every plan

Follow-through loop

Carry open action items into the next retro and see what actually gets done.

  • “Next retro” carries open action items into the new board
  • The team reviews each one: Done, Keep open or Drop
  • The board shows a follow-through rate and how many retros an item has stayed open
  • Available with Plus

Retro outcome summary

A clear wrap-up when the retro is finished.

  • Participants, cards, votes, follow-through and next steps in one view
  • “Copy summary” in one click
  • Built from counts and action item titles, never card text
  • Posting the summary to Slack is available with Plus

Team insights

See how your team is trending across retros.

  • Trends across your 12 most recent retros
  • Follow-through, action items created and done, participation, check-in mood and retros per month
  • Built from counts only, never card text
  • Available with Plus

Send action items to your tools

Turn agreed actions into work your team already tracks.

  • Send to Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues or Slack
  • GitHub Issues creates an issue in the repository you choose
  • Remember the destination for the next retro
  • Available with Plus

Export your retro

Export to PDF or Markdown.

  • Export to PDF (formatted for action items)
  • Export to Markdown for documentation
  • Share a clear record of your discussion
  • Available on every plan

Board history

Review past retrospectives and keep the context behind your team’s decisions.

  • Review your recent retros on Free
  • Unlock full history with Plus
  • Create the next board from a previous retro with Plus
  • Keep your team’s context together

No signup for participants

Share a link and start collaborating. No accounts required for team members.

  • Zero friction for participants
  • Works for external stakeholders
  • No email collection
  • Perfect for ad-hoc retrospectives

From warm-up to action items

Guide every retrospective with a step-by-step flow that adapts to your style.

01

Collect

Team members add cards anonymously or openly. Use templates or start fresh.

02

Group

Organize and merge similar items. Facilitator controls keep everyone in sync.

03

Vote

Prioritize with flexible voting. Hide or reveal totals when ready.

04

Discuss

Talk through top items. Assign actions with owners and due dates.

Ready to run your next retro?

Create a board in seconds. Share the link. Start collaborating.

No signup required for participants