Epicollect5 vs Clam Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Custom form generation
- Mobile data gathering
- GPS and media capture
- Centralized data viewing
- Data export (CSV, JSON)
- Project websites for data collection
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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/
Clam Mobile
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The Clam Companion mobile application provides the ability to collect data from the monitoring hardware wirelessly and deliver it to the Clam web service. The Companion app also supports altering instrument configuration; live viewing of realtime sensor readings and recalibration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Epicollect5 at every 3 months against Clam Mobile's every 8 months. Clam Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Epicollect5 ships an update every 3 months, Clam Mobile every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epicollect5 | Clam Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Oxford | Intelisys Limited |
In-app purchases
Epicollect5
No in-app purchases
Clam Mobile
No in-app purchases
