Metro Retro

Metro Retro was a fun, freeform online whiteboard built for sprint retrospectives, known for its playful templates, timer and engagement features. In 2024 the product was rebranded: metroretro.io now redirects to ludi.co, and the maker (Deqo Software Limited) positions Ludi as the continuation — 'Metro Retro is now Ludi.' If you are searching for Metro Retro, the product you want is Ludi; the original Metro Retro brand and domain are no longer maintained.

Metro Retro built its identity around being the fun retro tool — a playful freeform canvas with retro-flavoured templates, a session timer, GIFs and icebreakers, aimed at engineering teams who found traditional retro boards dry.

That product has been rebranded as Ludi by its maker, Deqo Software Limited. The homepage at the old domain now states plainly:

"Metro Retro is now Ludi."

Ludi keeps the same playful-whiteboard positioning ("online whiteboard software for engineering teams to run engaging meetings and workshops, such as ... retrospectives") while broadening beyond retros into kickoffs, planning and brainstorming.

If you arrived here searching for Metro Retro, the short answer is: the product still exists, but it's now called Ludi. The metroretro.io domain 301-redirects to ludi.co, and the vendor (Deqo Software Limited) frames Ludi as the direct continuation, carrying over the playful templates, timer, GIFs and icebreakers that made Metro Retro distinctive.

We keep this entry because "metro retro" is still a heavily-searched brand term, and stranded searchers deserve an honest signpost rather than a dead link. As a tool, what survives is a general whiteboard adapted for retros, not a dedicated retro platform: there's no built-in agile-stack integration (Jira, Slack, Teams), no SSO/SOC 2, and no AI. The standalone free board that some remember is gone — Ludi runs on a 30-day trial then a paid plan.

Fit: if you specifically want the Metro Retro experience, go to Ludi. If you want a dedicated, integration-rich retro tool, see our rankings — a purpose-built retro platform will close the loop into your agile stack in ways a freeform whiteboard does not.