ArcGIS Field Maps vs Notely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArcGIS Field Maps
This app provides field workers with interactive maps to understand their surroundings, collect data, and perform inspections. It offers features like location sharing, smart forms, geofence alerts, and offline capabilities for efficient fieldwork.
- Interactive GIS maps
- Smart forms for data collection
- Location sharing
- Geofence alerts
- Offline map support
- Asset tracking and management
- Inspection record documentation
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ArcGIS is available on your desktop, in a browser, and now on your iPhone or iPad. ArcGIS Field Maps is Esri’s premier maps app on mobile devices. Field Maps helps mobile workers understand their surroundings, find assets, collect data, and perform inspections, leveraging interactive digital maps that contain up-to-date GIS data from their organization. It includes powerful features like location sharing, smart forms for efficient data collection, geofence alerts, and the ability to complete fieldwork even when offline. Whether you're part of a utility crew, a conservation team, or a city inspection unit,Field Mapsis designed to support the work you do on the ground. Note about permissions:Field Maps is designed for organizational use. This app requires you to have an ArcGIS organizational account to collect and update data. Public maps shared by organizations can be viewed without signing in. Understand your surroundings: - View assets and surrounding landmarks or places on GPS-enabled maps. - Search for assets and access important information about them. - Use compass guidance to lead you directly to assets and locations. - Scan barcodes or QR codes to pull up asset records instantly. - Annotate directly on the map with your finger or stylus to create personal notes. - Leverage integration with voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation apps to get to your assets. - Stay safe with geofence alerts as you enter fire zones, wildlife habitats, work areas, etc. - Measure distances and areas in the map. - Gain advanced understanding by viewing and tracing utility networks. - View stationing information along linear assets. - View assets and locations in floor-aware indoor maps. Perform data capture and inspections: - Create new or edit existing asset data. - Connect to external GNSS receivers for high-accuracy data. - Digitally document inspection records. - Capture photos, videos, and other attachments. - Speed up data capture with smart forms and reduce manual entry by automatically filling in fields like date or inspector name and making automated calculations. - Share your updates instantly with your organization when using an online map and automatically sync stored updates to offline maps when connected. - Collect assets and perform inspections indoors. Share your location for coordination & safety: - Share your location with supervisors and teammates (when enabled). - View teammate locations to coordinate efforts and ensure safety (when enabled). - Tracks show where you’ve been so you can visually see what area you’ve covered. Work offline in remote or disconnected areas: - Download offline map areas created for you. - Create your own offline map areas on device (if enabled). - Sync edits automatically or manually when connected. Coordination and collaboration: - View edits and contributions from others as they are synced with your map. - Use tasks to view and complete field assignments from a to-do list. - Stakeholders can view fieldwork progress in the office and make data-informed decisions. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Notely
Transform spoken conversations and notes into concise meeting summaries with key action items. Easily manage, share, and save your meeting insights in a PDF format. Access your account across devices for seamless productivity.
- Record and transcribe meetings
- Generate summaries with key points
- Extract action items
- Save summaries as PDF
- Web access to account
- Multiple subscription tiers
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Notely helps you turn conversations and rough notes into useful meeting summaries. Start listening on your iPhone, review the text, and generate a summary with key points and action items. You can also paste notes or a transcript. Browse recent summaries, share a copy, save a summary and its action items as a PDF, and access your Notely account on the web. Choose a monthly membership: • Starter: 5 summaries each calendar month and 5-day history. • Unlimited: unlimited summaries and 14-day history. • Premium: unlimited summaries, 30-day history, and optional saved transcripts. Turn transcript saving off in Settings while keeping Premium's other benefits. Eligible Apple accounts can receive a one-week introductory trial on Unlimited or Premium when offered in the app. Prices and offer eligibility are shown before purchase. After the trial, the selected subscription renews automatically at the displayed price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple account's Subscriptions settings. Deleting your Notely account does not cancel an Apple subscription. Recording requires microphone and speech-recognition permission. Ask participants for permission before recording. Recording runs while the app is in the foreground. Speech recognition may use Apple's services, and generating a summary sends the text to the AI provider disclosed in the app after your consent. Notely does not save an audio file. Unsaved drafts remain in memory and can be lost when the app closes. Turning off transcript saving still allows text to be processed to generate your summary. Privacy: https://heynotely.com/privacy Terms: https://heynotely.com/terms Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notely at 5.0 against ArcGIS Field Maps's 2.1. Notely also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.5). ArcGIS Field Maps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (59 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Notely sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ArcGIS Field Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notely holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArcGIS Field Maps has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ArcGIS Field Maps | Notely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 268 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ESRI | Michael Page |
Bugs and requests
ArcGIS Field Maps
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on startup and during use
- Layers fail to load intermittently
- Offline map downloads fail or hang indefinitely
- Authentication errors and keyboard not appearing on login
- Maps load only 30% of the time
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- Search functionality broken
- Markup files lost after updates
- Multiple markup layers no longer supported
- Touch/tap detection inaccurate requiring multiple attempts
- Photo EXIF direction data captured at wrong time
- Location tracking bounces around map
- App freezes when rotating screen
- Syncing issues with offline edits
- Feature class save errors
- Arcade expression errors in feature classes
- Raster layer display issues
- Text rendering problems
- Battery drain up to 10% per minute
- Required token errors appearing randomly
- Cooldown period between POI data entry updates
Requested features
13 requests- Stylus support for drawing features
- Landscape mode for iPhone devices
- Apple Watch integration and capabilities
- Export functionality (GPX, KMZ formats)
- Improved offline area size and quality selection
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- Better cone of vision visibility
- Attribute table visibility in field
- CarPlay compatibility
- Share individual features, not just map center
- Notification when position collection completes
- Permanent UI customization options
- More markup colors and customization
- Improved search functionality
Notely
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ArcGIS Field Maps
No in-app purchases
Notely
- Notely Starter$0.991 Month
- Notely Unlimited7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Notely Premium7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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