Ecotope vs FieldApp Notebook

Revolutionise your ecology data collection with Ecotope, a custom-built tool for ecological consultants. If you are fed up with double handling data, losing bits of paper, inaccurate mapping and generally being inefficient, then Ecotope could be the solution for you. Ecotope provides an off the shelf mapping and data collection service which is fully compatible with QGIS and ESRI products. Watch this space for further announcements soon.

Replace paper field sheets with a flexible notebook built for structured data collection. FieldApp Notebook helps researchers, students and field teams build reusable forms, capture observations without a connection, and export clean data for analysis. No account is required, and your records stay on your device until you choose to share them. BUILD FORMS FOR YOUR WORK • Combine text, long text, numbers, yes/no answers, dates, photos, audio recordings and GPS locations. • Reuse field templates across sample sets. • Adapt forms as your project evolves. STAY ORGANISED • Group work into campaigns, sample sets and individual samples. • Search across sample names, campaigns, sample sets and recorded values. • Review and edit observations at any time. WORK COMPLETELY OFFLINE • Record data in remote locations without an account or internet connection. • Attach multiple photos from the camera or photo library. • Record audio notes with a live sound-level indicator and play them back alongside your observations. • Keep field records stored locally on your device. EXPORT FOR ANALYSIS • Export campaigns, sample sets or selected samples. • Create spreadsheet-ready CSV files for Excel, Numbers, R, Python, QGIS and other workflows. • Identify exported photos and recordings by sample-set, sample and field names. • Bundle data, photos and audio recordings into a ZIP archive for sharing. Use Backup & Restore to preserve a complete restorable copy of your fieldwork. FieldApp Notebook is a one-time purchase with no subscription.