Retrospective Tools

GoRetro vs Metro Retro

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing, features and integrations to help you pick the right retrospective tool.

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GoRetro

5.4

Make every sprint impactful, efficient, and fun

GoRetro is a sprint-centric retro and estimation suite combining retrospectives, planning poker, capacity planning and a Jira-fed sprint monitor, with a limited free plan and flat per-team paid pricing.

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Metro Retro

3.0

Rebranded 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 renamed twice by its maker, Deqo Software Limited: to Ludi on 4 August 2025, then to Spreo on 1 July 2026 after a trademark cease-and-desist. The metroretro.io domain now 301-redirects straight to spreo.io. If you are searching for Metro Retro, the product you want is Spreo; the original Metro Retro brand and domain are no longer maintained.

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Summary

GoRetro scores 5.4 overall and is best for scrum teams that live in Jira and want a polished retro plus planning-poker bundle priced per team. It offers a free tier.

Metro Retro scores 3.0 overall and is best for searchers who remember Metro Retro and need to know where it went — the product now ships as <strong>Spreo</strong>. Go there, or to a dedicated retro platform, instead. It offers custom pricing.

GoRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. Metro Retro leads on open platform.

Across our eight scoring dimensions, GoRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 5.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

GoRetro
Ease of Use8.5
Retro Toolkit6.5
Value8.0
Fun Factor6.5
AI & Insights3.0
Integrations4.0
Open Platform1.5
Enterprise-grade5.0
Metro Retro
Ease of Use5.0
Retro Toolkit4.0
Value3.0
Fun Factor6.0
AI & Insights0.0
Integrations2.0
Open Platform2.0
Enterprise-grade2.0
DetailGoRetroMetro Retro
CategoryRetrospectivesWhiteboard
Team sizeAnySmall
Free tierYesNo
Free limitFree plan: 1 team, 5 public boards, 2 team boards per 31-day cycle, unlimited users and guests, 20+ templates. Excludes exports, retro analytics, Jira sync, happiness index, polls and icebreakers.
Starting price$29/team/moFree
Est. 3 teams × 8 people$87/mo (Premium, 3 teams, billed annually)N/A — brand retired; see the Spreo listing
EnterpriseYesNo
Founded2020
HQIsraelUnited Kingdom
Data residency
LanguagesEnglish onlyEnglish only
Export formatsPDF · CSV · ImagePDF · CSV · HTML · Markdown · JSON · Jira
Features357
Integrations20

Feature & integration comparison

Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.

CapabilityGoRetroMetro Retro
Features
AI Summariesnote
AI grouping/clustering
AI action items
Action tracking
Team Insightsnote
Pollingnote
Action dashboardnote
Custom templates
Anonymous input
Independent voting
Async modenote
Agile Estimationsnote
Health Checksnote
Team Kudos
Whiteboard
Integrations
Asana
Azure DevOps
Basecamp
ClickUp
Confluence
GitHub
GitLab
Jiranote
Linear
Microsoft Teams
Monday.com
Notion
Shortcut
Slacknote
Trello
Security & Privacy
SOC 2
GDPR
SSO / SAMLnote
SCIM provisioning
ISO 27001
On-premises
Public API
Webhooks
MCP server

GoRetro — pros

  • + Flat per-team pricing ($29/team/mo) with unlimited members per team, plus a free plan for one team
  • + Polished, real-time facilitation UX with per-board anonymity toggles (hide author, hide cards, hide votes)
  • + Bundles planning poker, capacity calculator and sprint monitor with retros
  • + Tight Jira Cloud integration for sprint-data-driven discussions
  • + SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and SAML SSO available on Organization tier

GoRetro — cons

  • <strong>No published product updates since 2023</strong> — changelog last moved 23 May 2023, blog 28 Jul 2023
  • Free plan is thin: exports, retro analytics, Jira sync, happiness index, polls and icebreakers are all Premium-gated
  • Integration breadth is narrow — Jira and Slack only, with no native MS Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear, Confluence or Trello
  • AI story is thin: 'Joker cards' and a meeting recap export rather than real AI clustering, summaries or sentiment
  • No public API or webhooks; async is a multi-day feedback deadline, not a structured async flow, and there is no scheduling or recurring retros

Metro Retro — pros

  • + The product you remember still exists — it now ships as Spreo (Metro Retro → Ludi, 4 Aug 2025 → Spreo, 1 Jul 2026)
  • + The vendor says accounts, boards, data and workflows carried through both renames, and old links redirect
  • + Carried its playful templates, session timer 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 301-redirects straight to spreo.io
  • Two name changes in under a year (Metro Retro → Ludi → Spreo) leave stranded searchers chasing a moving target; bookmarks, runbooks and SSO configs all need updating
  • No standalone free tier under the new brand — a 30-day trial, then paid
  • The old domain isn't a clean redirect everywhere: metroretro.io/pricing returns a stale Spreo <em>Non-prod environment</em> stub instead of forwarding (checked 3 Aug 2026)

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