Comparison

Touch GIS vs ArcGIS IPS Setup

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

ArcGIS IPS Setup

This app helps you survey indoor spaces to enable precise indoor positioning using Bluetooth beacons. It allows for the visualization of floor plans, testing of positioning systems, and the collection of reference data for accurate blue dot navigation indoors.

Highlights
  • Record radio signals for indoor positioning
  • Visualize floor plans
  • Test and experience indoor positioning
  • Collect indoor positioning reference data
  • Plan and execute radio signal surveys
  • Sketch and execute survey recordings
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ArcGIS IPS Setup for iOS provides you with the necessary tools to take recordings of radio signals inside the facility you would like to equip with an indoor positioning system powered by ArcGIS IPS. Once you have your Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon infrastructure in place, use ArcGIS IPS Setup to survey your indoor spaces to enable the blue dot indoors. IPS Setup includes the following components: · Map list: View map details, set favorites, open maps, and access the recordings menu · Map mode: Visualize floor plans, test and experience indoor positioning in a facility and access Survey to collect indoor positioning reference data · Survey mode: Plan and execute a radio signal survey. Sketching and executing the radio survey recordings allow data collection and maintenance workflows.

Screenshots

Touch GIS4 screens
ArcGIS IPS Setup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArcGIS IPS Setup at 100% against Touch GIS's 50%. ArcGIS IPS Setup also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Touch GIS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Touch GIS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. ArcGIS IPS Setup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ArcGIS IPS Setup holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. 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: 50% of Touch GIS's written reviews are positive against 100% of ArcGIS IPS Setup's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch GIS ships an update every 3 weeks, ArcGIS IPS Setup every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Touch GIS versus ArcGIS IPS Setup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch GISArcGIS IPS Setup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (32 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTouchGISESRI

Customer experience

Touch GIS

All ratings32 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative36.7%

ArcGIS IPS Setup

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Touch GIS

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Pro License (Annual)$299.991 Year
None

ArcGIS IPS Setup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch GIS free?
Touch GIS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ArcGIS IPS Setup free?
ArcGIS IPS Setup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Touch GIS or ArcGIS IPS Setup?
ArcGIS IPS Setup is rated higher. Touch GIS averages 4.0 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while ArcGIS IPS Setup averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Touch GIS or ArcGIS IPS Setup have ads?
Neither Touch GIS nor ArcGIS IPS Setup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch GIS or ArcGIS IPS Setup?
Touch GIS ships an update every 3 weeks, and ArcGIS IPS Setup every 6 months. Most recently, Touch GIS was updated on September 24, 2026 and ArcGIS IPS Setup on September 20, 2026.

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