Acadly Here vs Forms for Google Docs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acadly Here
This app automates attendance tracking using mesh-network technology, eliminating the need for GPS or special hardware. It's ideal for classrooms, events, and organizations needing to quickly and securely record attendance without relying on internet connectivity.
- Mesh-network attendance automation
- No GPS or hardware required
- Manual attendance editing
- Co-administrator support
- Exportable attendance records
- Real-time attendee count
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Acadly Here is a mesh-network technology powered attendance automation app that helps you discover people in your proximity at the tap of a button, without using GPS on your or your attendees’ devices. Neither administrators nor attendees need any hardware except their smartphones for the attendance process. To capture attendance, administrators can simply tap a button on their Acadly Here app and initiate the attendance process. Acadly Here is ideal for use cases such as: • Classrooms: Teachers can use Acadly Here to keep attendance records in lectures • Employee attendance tracking: At office events such as meetings and town halls • Nursing and medical residencies: Keeping attendance records is mandatory in residency • Field trips: Acadly works without WiFi too, and is ideal for outdoor uses such as field trips • Seminars and conferences: Acadly Here is ideal to gauge attendees’ attendance in different tracks of a conference • Church activities: Community events at churches can utilize attendance for planning and record-keeping • Fraternities and sororities: To track members’ interest in events and over a period of time How it works • To capture attendance, administrators and attendees need the Acadly Here app installed on their devices, with the requisite permissions enabled • Administrators can create “groups” of attendees and schedule meeting “sessions”. • The attendance process runs for about 150 seconds and ends automatically. Admins can manually end it sooner too • The count of attendees updates in real time on the administrator’s device • Once the attendance process ends, attendees receive a confirmation regarding their attendance status • In case an attendee is not marked as Present by the automatic process, administrators can edit their status manually as well • All attendance records can be exported to a CSV file by administrators any time Features • Cutting-edge mesh-network technology: Acadly Here works based on a Bluetooth and WiFi based mesh network technology (WiFi connectivity is not compulsory) • Privacy-first: Acadly Here does not use GPS to record attendance. It does not access or record users’ geolocation for any purpose • Manual mode: Administrators can edit attendance manually for attendees who may not have a device or for whom the automatic process fails for reasons such as poor internet connectivity • Co-administrators: Every group can have multiple admins who can collaborate to capture and edit attendance records for the group • Exportable data: All attendance records can be exported to CSV files, both on a per-session as well as consolidated basis • Attendance statistics on the app: Attendees as well as admins can view attendance statistics on the Acadly Here app, both on a per-session as well as consolidated basis About Acadly Acadly Here is a product by Acadly, an audience response system that helps teachers and presenters engage attendees/ students in live events or classes. In addition to automatic attendance, Acadly includes features such as polls, quizzes, word clouds, and Q&A. It also includes Zoom integration and can be used for remote events/ classes. Acadly is used at more than 350 US universities and is among the world’s most widely used lecture engagement solutions for higher education. Acadly Here is a standalone attendance product that uses Acadly’s mesh network technology and makes capturing attendance seamless, simple, and fast. Privacy Policy: https://www.acadly.com/here/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.acadly.com/here/terms Purchase Terms: https://www.acadly.com/here/terms/purchases
Forms for Google Docs
Easily create and manage online forms, surveys, and quizzes directly from your mobile device. Analyze responses in real-time with automatic summaries and graphs. Share forms via various platforms and collaborate with others.
- Create online forms and surveys
- Multiple question types
- Real-time response analysis
- Customizable themes
- Quiz creation with scoring
- AI-powered question generation
- Response notifications and limits
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Google Forms Made Easy! Use FormsApp to create online forms and surveys with multiple question types. Analyze results in real-time and from any device. Create, edit, share, and manage all your Google forms on your iOS, iPhone, iPod or iPad with the free Forms App. With Forms App you can: Easily create and share online forms for surveys, quizzes, orders and activities • Easily create new forms on your phone, tablet or computer • Open any form from your Google Drive on your mobile device • Create multiple question types, insert images and videos • Customize form themes - fonts, colors and backgrounds • Make quizzes, assign point values, set answers, and automatically provide feedback • Add custom logic that shows questions based on answers • Import questions from existing forms or copy forms by importing web links • Generate form questions quickly through AI conversation • Share forms via email, link, social media and more • Customize QR codes for form links and share directly to social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, iMessage, Twitter, etc.) Scan questions and create forms quickly • Scan questions using camera • Scan questions using images from photos library • Scan questions using txt • Scan questions using clipboard Build forms and analyze results together • Add collaborators / editors to your forms to build questions together in real-time • Share edit link to your team Distinctive Features: set responses notifications, responses limit and responses scheduler • Get notified via app push notifications / email whenever someone submits a new response • Set a limit on the number of responses • Set the start and end time for form responses Analyze responses, surveys, and quizzes with automatic summaries • View forms in three modes i.e. Summary, Questions and Individual responses mode • Get real-time responses, analytics and graphs • Analyze responses in different types or charts • Ability to filter form responses by date, email, questions, or score • Ability to copy response charts to clipboard or save them to photos library • Open the raw data with Google Sheets for deeper analysis or automation • Export responses in CSV or Excel file format Disclaimer: This is a third party app not associated with Google. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Your feedback helps us create products you'll love. For more feedback or questions, please reach us via App > Account Setting > Feedback. Terms of Service - https://formsapp-bb4e3.web.app/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy - https://formsapp-bb4e3.web.app/privacypolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Forms for Google Docs at 61% against Acadly Here's 0%. Forms for Google Docs also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (60K vs 5). Acadly Here's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Acadly Here sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Forms for Google Docs sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Forms for Google Docs holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forms for Google Docs has 60K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Acadly Here's written reviews are positive against 61% of Forms for Google Docs's.
Acadly Here ships an update every 5 weeks, Forms for Google Docs every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acadly Here | Forms for Google Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (60K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 60K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #56 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Acetone Designs | Aurora Innovation |
Customer experience
Acadly Here
Forms for Google Docs
Bugs and requests
Acadly Here
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Forms for Google Docs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Responses not syncing correctly
- Forms not publishing or accepting responses as expected
- Inability to refresh or update forms in a timely manner
Requested features
3 requests- Add signature option
- Improve export and data management features
- Reduce paywalled functionality in free version
In-app purchases
Acadly Here
- Bronze$14.991 Month
- Silver$24.991 Month
- Gold$49.991 Month
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- Platinum$74.991 Month
Forms for Google Docs
- Weekly Pro$4.997 Days
- Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
- Weekly Premium, 3 days free3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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- Forms Pro Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Weekly Pro Free-trial3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial2 variants$5.997 Days
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Year Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Year Premium$29.991 Year
- Year Premium$39.991 Year
- Year Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Year Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Yearly Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$59.99
- Lifetime Premium$69.99
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