Open Foris Collect Mobile

4.9
61 reviews
10K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Collect Mobile is a fast, intuitive and flexible data collection tool for field-based surveys.

This Android app allows the completion of complex data structures, such as biophysical, socio-economic or biodiversity surveys. Its many features include:


  • On-the-fly validation to improve data quality

  • Handling of large lists of species or other attributes

  • Geo-location through embedded GPS

  • Integration with Collect for data management, analysis and export to commonly used formats

  • Processes inputs and calculates attributes for quality control in the field



Collect Mobile is part of the Open Foris tools suite for designing and managing field-based inventories. To setup a survey, download and install Open Foris Collect, create your survey, and export it for Collect Mobile. Once the data has been collected, import it into Collect for data cleansing and analysis. Go to http://www.openforis.org to find out more.
Updated on
Aug 23, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Photos and videos and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

5.0
48 reviews
Hormoz Sohrabi
March 14, 2021
Brilliant idea for designing such an app and system and making it freely available.
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A Google user
June 4, 2019
Excellent tool to assess and monitor data
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A.T.M. Siddiqur Rahman
February 2, 2024
better App for Data collect
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Open Foris Initiative
February 6, 2024
Dear Rahman, We greatly appreciate your positive feedback! We're glad our mobile app has met your expectations. If you have any ideas for new features, we'd love to hear them; please send us an email to openforisinitiative@gmail.com or ask a question in our support forum: http://www.openforis.support Many thanks, Open Foris Team

What's new

2023-08-23
- minor bug fixes;
Previous improvements:
- taxon attribute: store vernacular names;
- Long descriptions: added show more/less button;
- Android 13 permissions;
- summary list attributes;
- taxon: Unknown/Unlisted items
- font size and lock screen options in Settings
- file attribute: support Document type
- pictures: fit max size; rotate
- sampling point data labels
- coordinate: show in map
- audio and video file attributes
- barcode scanner
- preferred survey language settings