"Echometer is like the marriage of Mural and EasyRetro - I'm thrilled! With Echometer, remote retros can work much better and even be fun!"
Clemens Schöne
Scrum Master @ Communardo Products
Miro Retrospective Tool
Miro vs. Metro Retro? Go with Echometer!
Which is better for agile teams? Metro Retro and Miro are good tools for retrospectives. Nevertheless, it is worth asking whether there are even better alternatives - for example, like Echometer.
Quick Overview & Reviews: Metro Retro vs. Miro
All three retro tools have received very good ratings from users. But the following brief description reveals different objectives: Developing the team sustainably (Echometer) vs. a digital whiteboard for product teams (Metro Retro) vs. digital collaboration in general (Miro).
★★★★☆ Echometer Review on Capterra:
Metro Retro vs. Miro
Quick Intro Echometer
“Many Agile Coaches & Scrum Masters are going around in circles. They fix superficial symptoms. It's time to use psychology and address the mindset directly - with the Echometer Retro Tool.”
★★★★☆ Metro Retro Review on Capterra:
Metro Retro vs. Miro
Quick Intro Metro Retro
"Metro Retro is a digital whiteboard optimized for software and product teams."
★★★★★ Miro Review on Capterra:
Metro Retro vs. Miro
Miro short introduction
“Miro is your team's visual platform to connect, collaborate, and create — together."
Why is Echometer better than Metro Retro & Miro?
 Echometer Review | Metro Retro Review | Miro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated online whiteboards | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Interactive Online Retros | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Moderation support (check-in or icebreaker generator etc.) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially | ❌ No |
| Organizing Action Items | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Effective Timer | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Optional anonymity | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
| Support for mobile devices </br>(for on-site or hybrid retros) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Retro voting for prioritization | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
| No login required for external guests | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes (depending on pricing model) | ✅ Yes |
| Optionally collect anonymous feedback in advance of the retro | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Agile Health Check surveys | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Team development measured over time | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Health Check item pool with nudges (food for thought) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Organizational Health Checks | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Retro templates for every level of maturity | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ⚠️ Partially |
| ROTI (Return on Time Invest) KPI | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Privacy protection </br> (developed and hosted in Europe) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| No login required to test tool | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Free version after test | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes (max. 3000 board items) | ✅ Yes (Max. 3 boards) |
| Pricing | From 5.5$/team member/month | From 6$/team member/month | From 8$/team member/month |
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Individual Preview of Retro ToolsIncluding screenshots and a list of pros and cons
Echometer vs Miro Case Study
For a period of 3 months, 2 teams at Relaxdays carried out their retrospectives with Miro and two more with Echometer.
The retrospectives took place partly remotely, hybrid and completely on site.
The aim was to compare Echometer and Miro as retro tools in terms of the quality of the retrospective and its effectiveness.
"I find the consideration of the question "What do our retros actually bring?" and "How do we develop as a team?" still far too unnoticed in agile everyday life. Echometer provides very good impulses and opportunities for this."
David Liebefinke
Head of Software Development @ Relaxdays
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Miro Retro Tool FAQ: General
What is the Miro Retrospective Tool?
Miro is not actually a retrospective tool, but a whiteboard tool for digital collaboration. Nevertheless, many agile teams use it to conduct interactive retrospectives in remote teams.
Using Miro for retrospectives is popular because the Miro Sprint Retrospective Tool allows for playful, colorful, and flexible retrospective workshops. You can easily start a retrospective in Miro on their website by using a corresponding template.
What are the best alternatives to the Miro Tool for retrospectives?
The best alternative to the Miro Retrospective Tool is Echometer, which combines the possibilities of an online whiteboard, retrospective, and team development tool in an easy-to-implement way. Another alternative to the Miro Retro Tool is the Metro Retro Tool.
What are the best alternatives to the Miro Retrospectives Board?
The best alternative to the Miro Retrospective Board is Echometer. Echometer combines the possibilities of an online whiteboard, retrospective and team development tools in an easy-to-implement way. Another alternative to the Miro Retro Tool is the Metro Retro Tool.
Overall, the Miro Board for Retrospectives focuses on fun implementation, but it is not a pure Miro Retro Board - but a generally usable whiteboard. In that sense, it cannot offer some extremely useful features of classic retro tools (e.g. anonymity, ROTI, Agile Health Checks).
How does Miro Retro Voting work?
In Miro, Whiteboard Stickers can only be prioritized with voting in one of the paid versions of the tool. For this purpose, the tool offers a voting panel in the upper right corner, to the left of the "Timer". However, the Miro Retro Voting is not optimally designed for agile retrospectives compared to the free voting of, for example, Echometer, since, for example, actions cannot be directly recorded in the tool.
Is the Miro Retrospective anonymous?
The Miro Retrospective can theoretically be carried out anonymously, but in practice you have to take a detour and register as a "guest". The Miro Retro Tool alternative Echometer, on the other hand, offers the anonymous implementation of retrospectives - including many other useful features (e.g. action organization, Agile Health Checks etc.)
Miro Retrospective Templates
Which Miro Retrospectives templates are there?
In the Miro Retrospective Board there are various Miro Retro themes, retro formats and retro games: For example, the Start Stop Continue Retrospective, Mad Sad Glad Retrospective, 4Ls Retrospective or the Sailboat Retro can be carried out in the Miro Retro Board. If you are interested in more fun Miro Retrospective games, just google "Miro Sprint Retro Templates" or log in directly to Miro to search within the available templates. By the way, the Miro Retro Tool alternative Echometer offers over 200 freely combinable retrospective methods, including retro games and agile health checks.
What is the Best Miro Retrospective Template?
Which Miro Retrospective Template is the best depends on the context of the team, its mood and maturity. Basically, one of the most popular Miro Retrospective formats is the Start Stop Continue Retro. In the Miro Retro Tool alternative Echometer, more than 200 different retrospective methods and games are available. More information about the best retrospective questions can be found in the linked post.
How to run a short retrospective in Miro?
Basically, Lean Coffee is suitable for a short Miro Retro, for example: The simple question is asked, "What would you like to talk about in this retro?". Alternatively, the core question of every retro is usually suitable: "Why didn't we manage to complete all the user stories (planned for the last iteration)?". Both questions and retro templates can also be carried out very efficiently in the Echometer Retro Tool.
How does the Miro Sailing Boat Retrospective work?
The Miro Sailboat Retro Template or the Miro Boot Retro asks the classic questions and can be carried out in the Miro, Metro Retro and Echometer Retro Tool:
- ⚓ Anchor: What's holding us back?
- 🦈🧊 Shark/Iceberg: What dangers or obstacles are coming our way?
- 💨 Tailwind: What drives us forward?
- 🏝💰 Paradise: What goals or milestones are we working towards?
The Sailboat Retrospective is one of the most popular Miro Retro Templates.
How does the Miro Starfish retrospective work?
The Miro Starfish Retrospective Template asks the classic questions (divided by a starfish) and can be carried out in the Miro, Metro Retro and Echometer Retro Tool:
- Keep: [Optional: Looking back at the last sprint / weeks] What should we keep?
- Stop: What should we stop doing?
- Start: What should we start doing?
- More: What should we do more of?
- Less: What should we do less of?
The Starfish Retrospective is one of the most popular Miro Retro Templates.
How does the Miro Festival Retrospective work?
The Miro Festival Retrospective Template asks the classic questions (in a festival metaphor) and can be carried out not only in Miro, but also in Metro Retro and the Echometer Retro Tool:
- Main stand: What are the highlights of the sprint, what went very well, what did we particularly enjoy?
- Fortune teller: What do you wish for, what would you have liked to have known at the beginning of the sprint?
- Attractions: How can we make the next sprint better? What consequences do we draw from what we have learned?
- First Aid Tent: What things didn't work so well and caused us pain?
The Festival Retrospective is one of the most popular Miro Retro Templates.
How does the Miro Christmas Retrospective or XMAS Retro work?
The Miro Christmas Retrospective Template asks the retro questions in a Christmas metaphor and can be carried out not only in Miro, but also in Metro Retro and the Echometer Retro Tool:
- Wish list: Which wishes unfortunately remained unconsidered this year (or in the last sprint)?
- Candles on the Christmas tree: What insights did we have this year (or in the last sprint)?
- Gifts under the Christmas tree: Which of your wishes were fulfilled this year (or in the last sprint)?
- What gifts do you want for next year (or for the next sprint)?
The Christmas or XMAS Retrospective is a popular Miro Retro Template
How does the Miro hot air balloon or balloon retrospective work?
The Miro Hot Air Balloon or Retrospective Template asks the classic questions (in a balloon metaphor) and can be carried out in Miro, Metro Retro and the Echometer Retro Tool:
- What makes us rise, drives us on?
- What gets us off course?
- What keeps us on the ground or pulls us down?
- More: What should we do more of?
- Where do we need to heat things up more?
The Hot Air Balloon or Balloon Retrospective is one of the most popular Miro Retro Templates.