Comparison

eco vs FieldVisits

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

Head to head
About

eco

This utility app connects to specific counting devices to retrieve and manage data. It allows users to initialize counters, view real-time counts, update firmware, and adjust sensor settings.

Highlights
  • Initialize Evo range counters
  • Display real-time count data
  • Retrieve data by date
  • Send data to Eco-Visio
  • Perform tests and diagnostics
  • Update firmware
  • Adjust sensor settings
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Application only compatible with the 'Evo' range of counters. Eco-Counter® has more than 15 years of experience developing automated solutions for counting pedestrians and cyclists and enabling a data-driven approach to bike and pedestrian planning. Our durable, discreet counters are trusted all over the world – from bike counters deployed on the busiest cycle tracks of New York City, to trail counters in remote regions of the Rockies. Eco-Link Evo for iOS has been specifically designed to retrieve data on all kinds of counting systems in the Eco-Counter Evo® range from a simple smartphone. We're excited to offer this new app. Please feel free to share with us your feedback or any improvement suggestions you may have. Easy to use and intuitive, Eco-Link Evo allows among other things to: - Initialize counters of the Evo range - Display count data in real time - Retrieve data from a counter initialization or from a desired date - Send data to Eco-Visio (diagnostics, count data, modem status, photos) - Perform tests and diagnostics - Update firmware versions - Adjust the sensors settings - Take photos of the counting sites (displayed in Eco-Visio) - Set the time of a counter

About

FieldVisits

Features
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FieldVisits is a software application that allows you to collect and process observer data in the field without paper. Paperless data collection reduces the effort of transcribing data and the risk of overlooking or misplacing measured values. Manual measurements still play an important role in the measurement of environmental data despite increasing automation. FieldVisits and WISKI allow you a seamless workflow when saving and evaluating the data. The application allows you to process readings from data collectors and non-automatically measured data, information and anomalies. The software is used for data acquisition, e.g. in quantitative and qualitative observations of groundwater and surface water as well as in structural monitoring. You can use FieldVisits on your tablet or smartphones or your laptop. Since you don't need access to a server or network during your field data collection, you can use FieldVisits offline during your field tours. Your field visits are organised in measurement tours. These consist of a station list and time series. The station list contains the stations that you visit during your measurement tour. Alternatively, you can also reach your desired stations using a geographical map. Your observer data is stored in the time series. You can create measuring tours in WISKI or provide them through a CSV file. You can also create your own user-defined forms according to your needs to collect and process measurement tour data. In addition, the software provides sampling, maintenance and repair forms. The form types are stored as field visit types in WISKI. A field visit type consists of readings and observations. Readings are recorded as simple numeric inputs that are assigned to parameters. You can record observations e.g. As free texts or select them from key lists or record them e.g. as simple yes/no statements using check boxes. You must configure readings and observations beforehand in WISKI. In addition to the measured values, you can also store images taken with a smartphone or tablet in the forms. You can transfer your data from WISKI to FieldVisits online over the WISKI REST interface or a connected WISKI standard portal. Alternatively, you can transfer your data using FVZ files from WISKI to FieldVisits and back.

Screenshots

eco4 screens
FieldVisits4 screens

Verdict

The call

eco and FieldVisits are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
eco versus FieldVisits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterecoFieldVisits
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuanteo GroupKISTERS AG

In-app purchases

None

eco

No in-app purchases

None

FieldVisits

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eco free?
eco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FieldVisits free?
FieldVisits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do eco or FieldVisits have ads?
Neither eco nor FieldVisits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eco or FieldVisits?
eco ships an update every 2 months, and FieldVisits every 2 months. Most recently, eco was updated on November 3, 2026 and FieldVisits on November 7, 2026.

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