Geological Field Notes vs Touch GIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geological Field Notes
Create detailed geological field notebooks with rich media, including text, images, audio, and drawings. Organize entries with timestamps, passwords, and export them for backup or sharing.
- Rich media note-taking (text, image, audio, video, drawing, links)
- Integrated geological tools (compass, level, ruler, calculator)
- Password protection for individual entries
- Media expiration options
- Export notes as zipped HTML
- Cloud backup via Dropbox
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GeoFieldNotes is a note taking app that allows the user to create geological field notebooks containing written, audio, and image notes. It is a timeline style notes/journaling app that features: - Rich Media (Text, Image, Audio, Video, Free Hand Drawing, Web-link, Location, Events) - Tools (Compass, Level, Ruler Measurement, Calculator) - Multiple Photos per Entry - Expiration for Individual media (expiry of 7 days) - Passwords for Individual Entry - Sharing via Twitter, Facebook and Mail - No Accounts to sign up for - Export whole note by sending a zipped html file to Mail, and backup note items via Dropbox ===== About the author ===== Liansheng is a senior software developer who worked 4 years at EA mobile and has more than 10 years experiences of developing mobile applications. He has worked on large range of mobile platforms. After joining EA Mobile in 2006, Liansheng contributed to many of EA's major mobile products, he worked in frameworks team with special focus on 3D graphic and sound engine, he built the sound engine for the Rockband. Before joining EA, Liansheng worked at Isee3D, My Virtual Model and AppsGo. In his spare time, Liansheng likes to study Geology, He has a Ph.D in Geochemistry from University of Paris, France. Please send your feedback to: clonecase@gmail.com
Touch GIS
This professional tool simplifies field data collection and mapping. It allows users to create and customize data forms, collect various data types offline, and export them to standard GIS formats. Professionals across diverse fields utilize it to enhance their fieldwork.
- Create Points, Lines, Polygons, Circles
- Customizable attribute forms
- Offline map tile saving
- Export to industry standard formats
- Attach photos to locations
- Clinometer tool for orientation
- Add custom base maps and overlays
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Touch GIS is the most intuitive professional field data collection and mapping tool. It's a super-powered field notebook enabling you to collect any kind of data, in any environment, online or offline, and transfer it easily to your preferred desktop GIS. We believe your data collection tools should amplify your capabilities, not limit them, which is why we focus on keeping your forms and attributes totally customizable in the field. Join thousands of professionals utilizing Touch GIS as their mobile GIS app to enhance their field work in geologic mapping, ecological mapping, civil engineering, mineral exploration and mining, natural resource management, landscape architecture, and more. FEATURES - Easily capture new Points, Lines, Polygons, and Circles in the field. - Quickly and accurately draw new lines and polygons with free draw mode and vertex snapping. - Adjust feature class attribute forms in the field at any time. - Get multiple perspectives by switching between basemaps in the field. - Download basemaps for offline use. - Export to many industry standard formats. - Snap, mark up, and attach photos to locations. - Measure planar and linear feature orientation using our clinometer tool with strike/dip, dip/dip direction, or trend/plunge formats. - Add custom base maps with WMS/WMTS. - Add raster images like Geospatial PDFS or GeoTiffs and other overlays to your map to see your location in context. - Add team members so your whole team has access. Supported file types: - Shapefiles - KML and KMZ - Geospatial PDF / GeoPDF - GeoPackage (GPKG) - GeoJSON - GPX - CSV - World File - Geotiff - JPG - PNG Customizable attribute types: - Description - Date & Time - Photos - List Of Values - Checkbox - Address - Number - Website - Phone Number - Attitude / Orientation for Geologic features Pre-loaded feature classes supporting many different use-cases: - Forestry - Geology - Real Estate - Stream Surveys - Water Infrastructure - Wetlands management - Create your own fully customizable data attribute forms, and update them in the field as needed. Terms of Service: https://www.touchgis.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.touchgis.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Touch GIS at 50% against Geological Field Notes's 0%. Touch GIS also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.0 vs 1.0). Geological Field Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Touch GIS is free to download; Geological Field Notes costs $4.99 up front. Touch GIS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Geological Field Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Touch GIS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touch GIS has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Geological Field Notes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Touch GIS's.
Geological Field Notes ships an update every 3 months, Touch GIS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geological Field Notes | Touch GIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liansheng Zhang | TouchGIS |
Customer experience
Geological Field Notes
Touch GIS
In-app purchases
Geological Field Notes
No in-app purchases
Touch GIS
- Pro Subscription (Monthly)$29.991 Month
- Pro License (Annual)$299.991 Year
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