Comparison

Epicollect5 vs Gunak

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Epicollect5

This platform enables easy mobile data collection through custom forms and project websites. Gather data, including GPS and media, across multiple devices and view it centrally via maps, tables, and charts. Export your collected information in CSV and JSON formats.

Highlights
  • Custom form generation
  • Mobile data gathering
  • GPS and media capture
  • Centralized data viewing
  • Data export (CSV, JSON)
  • Project websites for data collection
Features
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Epicollect5 is a free and easy-to-use mobile data-gathering platform developed by the CGPS Team of Oxford BDI and publicly available at https://five.epicollect.net It provides both web and mobile applications for the generation of forms (questionnaires) and freely hosted project websites for data collection. Data are collected (including GPS and media) using multiple devices and all data can be viewed on a central server (via map, tables, and charts). Data can be exported in CSV and JSON format The User Guide can be found at https://docs.epicollect.net To report issues and bugs or just for more info, go to our community page https://community.epicollect.net About Us https://www.pathogensurveillance.net/our-software/

About

Gunak

This app facilitates quality assessments of public health facilities in India using standardized checklists. It supports internal, external, and peer assessors, and generates scorecards upon completion of assessments.

Highlights
  • Quality assessment of public health facilities
  • NQAS, Kayakalp, and LAQSHYA checklists
  • Internal, external, and peer assessor support
  • Scorecard generation
  • Hospital cleanliness and quality scoring
Features
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Quality Assessment App to be used by internal, external and peer assessors to assess the public health facilities in India. It has NQAS, Kayakalp and LAQSHYA checklists. (National Quality Assurance Standards, Swachha Bharat Abhiyan, Hospital assessment, Public Health Quality, NQAP, Assessor Guidebook, District Hospital, PHC, CHC, Hospital Cleanliness, Quality scores, scorecards, NHM). The NQAS and the Kayakalp Checklists are all included. It also generates a scorecard once a facility has been assessed.

Screenshots

Epicollect54 screens
Gunak1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Epicollect5 at 39% against Gunak's 0%. Gunak's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Epicollect5 ships an update every 3 months, Gunak every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Epicollect5 versus Gunak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpicollect5Gunak
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversity of OxfordNHSRC India

Customer experience

Epicollect5

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive38.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative50.0%

Gunak

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Epicollect5

No in-app purchases

None

Gunak

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epicollect5 free?
Epicollect5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gunak free?
Gunak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Epicollect5 or Gunak have ads?
Neither Epicollect5 nor Gunak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Epicollect5 or Gunak?
Epicollect5 ships an update every 3 months, and Gunak every 4 months. Most recently, Epicollect5 was updated on September 18, 2026 and Gunak on September 12, 2026.

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