Metro Retro
3.0Rebranded twice — Metro Retro became Ludi, now Spreo; the playful retro whiteboard lives on
Metro Retro was a fun, freeform online whiteboard built for sprint retrospectives, known for its playful templates, timer and engagement features. The product has since been rebranded twice by its maker, Deqo Software Limited: to Ludi in August 2025, then to Spreo. The metroretro.io domain now 301-redirects all the way through to spreo.io. If you are searching for Metro Retro, the product you want is Ludi/Spreo; the original Metro Retro brand and domain are no longer maintained.
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Neatro
5.1Structured retros built around psychological safety
Neatro runs retrospectives through a guided four-step framework with anonymous brainstorming, ROTI feedback, and Team Radar health checks aimed at distributed agile teams.
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Metro Retro scores 3.0 overall and is best for searchers looking for Metro Retro — the product now exists as Ludi/Spreo. Use it (or a dedicated retro tool) instead. It offers custom pricing.
Neatro scores 5.1 overall and is best for scrum Masters who want a guided, safety-first facilitation flow with built-in team health tracking. It offers a free tier.
Metro Retro leads on fun factor and open platform. Neatro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Neatro edges ahead with an overall score of 5.1. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Metro Retro | Neatro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Mid-market |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | Free forever for up to 10 members, unlimited retrospectives, 70+ templates, 30-day data history | |
| Starting price | Free | $23.20/team/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | N/A — rebranded as Ludi/Spreo; see the Ludi listing | $69.60/mo billed annually (3 teams x Premium) |
| Enterprise | No | Yes |
| Founded | — | 2020 |
| HQ | United Kingdom | Quebec, Canada |
| Data residency | — | Canada |
| Languages | English only | 2 (English, French) |
| Export formats | PDF · CSV · HTML · Markdown · JSON · Jira | PDF · CSV · Jira |
| Features | 7 | 25 |
| Integrations | 0 | 5 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Metro Retro | Neatro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | — | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | — | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | — | — |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | — | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | — | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | ✓ |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | — | ✓ |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | — |
| Monday.com | — | ✓ |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | — | — |
| SSO / SAML | — | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | — | — |
Metro Retro — pros
- + The product you remember still exists — it's now called Spreo (renamed from Ludi on 1 July 2026)
- + Carried its playful templates, timer, GIFs and icebreakers into the rebrand
- + Freeform whiteboard canvas that's friendly for engagement-first retros
Metro Retro — cons
- − The Metro Retro brand and metroretro.io domain are retired (the domain now redirects through to spreo.io)
- − Two brand changes in under a year (Metro Retro → Ludi → Spreo) can leave stranded searchers chasing a moving target
- − No standalone free tier under the new brand — it's a 30-day trial then paid
- − Not a dedicated retro platform — it's a general whiteboard you adapt for retros
Neatro — pros
- + Guided four-step framework that reliably produces psychological safety
- + Team Radar is a proper recurring health check, not a repurposed template
- + Automatic ROTI survey on every retro closes the feedback loop
- + Action carryover and a Kanban tracker keep follow-through visible between sessions
- + Generous free tier (up to 10 members, 70+ templates) and active blog/facilitation content
Neatro — cons
- − No native Slack or Microsoft Teams integration for notifications or reminders
- − No AI features at all — no clustering, summaries, sentiment, or action-item extraction
- − Per-team pricing model gets awkward as the org scales beyond a handful of squads
- − Not independently SOC 2, ISO 27001 or GDPR certified — relies on Azure's underlying certifications
- − No cross-team rollups, org-level dashboard, SCIM, or audit logs
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