Simple Lead Capture vs Gather®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Lead Capture
Effortlessly collect and manage customer information with this straightforward tool. Personalize forms, export data easily, and use it for events like trade shows. No subscriptions or registrations are required.
- Unlimited lead capture
- Customizable lead forms
- Password-protected settings
- CSV data export
- No subscriptions or registration
- Offline use
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This is a simple and effective lead capture app. There are no subscriptions and no registrations needed. You can control all the settings directly in the app. Capture an unlimited number of leads View the leads inside the app or export them by copy and paste or by exporting them to your email address in a CSV file ready to be opened either in a spreadsheet, database or simple text file Personalise the lead form with your logo, password protect the settings menu and choose up to 8 custom fields for leads to fill in great for trade shows or any other environment when you need to capture multiple leads.
Gather®
This app provides a flexible and reliable solution for capturing event data. It ensures high data quality with validation and allows for custom branded forms that can integrate with CRMs or be downloaded as CSV files. Features include business card scanning, kiosk mode, and real-time data management.
- Custom branded forms
- CRM integration
- Business card scanning (OCR)
- Kiosk mode
- Offline data capture
- Real-time data upload/download
- GDPR Compliant
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Gather is the flexible, reliable and easy data capture solution for events, tradeshows and brand activations. Collect only the best data quality with validation in key fields like email, address and telephone. Gather helps customers create custom branded forms that can link intelligently to your CRM or quickly downloaded as a csv. Upload or download data in real-time and trigger personalised post-capture emails to keep leads warm. Gather is available in a flexible range of packages to accommodate small businesses to global enterprises. • Scan business cards quickly and easily with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology • Run competitions or collect data without staff in kiosk mode • Capture data with or without WIFI • Choose from multiple languages • GDPR Compliant • Upload and download data in real time • Live lookup of customer data • Build guest lists from CRM and scan QR badges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gather® at 100% against Simple Lead Capture's 40%. Gather® also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Simple Lead Capture's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Simple Lead Capture sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Gather® asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gather® holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Lead Capture has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Simple Lead Capture's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gather®'s.
Simple Lead Capture ships an update every 6 months, Gather® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Lead Capture | Gather® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joe Scrivens | MSP Gather Limited |
Customer experience
Simple Lead Capture
Gather®
In-app purchases
Simple Lead Capture
- Export Data$0.99
- 3 Credits$0.99
- Unlimited Sharing$4.99
Gather®
No in-app purchases
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