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If you are searching for Metro Retro, the product you want is Ludi/Spreo; the original Metro Retro brand and domain are no longer maintained.
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SprintRetro
4.4Free sprint retros, embedded in Jira
SprintRetro is a free Atlassian Forge app from Agile Pulse that runs sprint retrospectives directly inside Jira Cloud. It pulls live sprint metrics (velocity, predictability, scope change, carryover, cycle time) into a collaborative retro board and — since a mid-2026 expansion — adds an infinite whiteboard, anonymous team-health pulse checks, timers, and an AI facilitator, alongside templates, anonymous voting, action items that carry over between retros, GIFs, kudos, polls, and icebreakers. A separate paid Pro listing exists for advanced features.
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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.
SprintRetro scores 4.4 overall and is best for scrum teams already living in Jira Cloud who want a no-cost, no-friction sprint retro tool with sprint metrics baked in. It offers a free tier.
Metro Retro leads on open platform. SprintRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, AI & insights and integrations.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, SprintRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 4.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Metro Retro | SprintRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Small |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | Free for unlimited users on a Jira instance (free app listing) | |
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | N/A — rebranded as Ludi/Spreo; see the Ludi listing | Free (within free tier) |
| Enterprise | No | No |
| Founded | — | — |
| HQ | United Kingdom | Waterlooville, United Kingdom |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | English only | English only |
| Export formats | PDF · CSV · HTML · Markdown · JSON · Jira | — |
| Features | 7 | 21 |
| Integrations | 0 | 1 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Metro Retro | SprintRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | — | ✓note |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓note |
| AI action items | — | ✓note |
| Action tracking | — | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | — | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | — | — |
| Custom templates | — | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | — | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | — |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | — | ✓note |
| 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 | — | — |
| 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
SprintRetro — pros
- + Genuinely free with unlimited users on your Jira instance (free app listing)
- + Pulls <strong>real sprint metrics</strong> (velocity, predictability, scope change, carryover, cycle time) into the retro context
- + Built on Atlassian Forge — runs entirely inside Jira Cloud, no external data egress
- + Expanded fast: now adds an infinite whiteboard, timers, anonymous team-health pulse checks, and an AI facilitator
- + Action items carry over automatically into the next retro for follow-up
SprintRetro — cons
- − Jira Cloud only — no Slack, Teams, GitHub, Linear, Confluence, or standalone web app
- − AI facilitation is thin and may be gated behind the paid <strong>Pro</strong> listing (~$210/yr for 25 Jira users) — the feature split between free and Pro isn't clearly documented
- − No async mode, presentation mode, drag-and-drop grouping, or scheduled/recurring retros
- − No SSO, SCIM, SOC 2, audit logs, or cross-team reporting
- − Young product (launched Sept 2025); ~682 free-app installs — fine for one team, less proven at scale
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