StraboField vs enTIMS LRS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StraboField
This mobile application helps geologists record field observations, capture data like photos and sketches, and create geologic maps. It supports various geological subdisciplines and allows for offline use with data syncing capabilities.
- Record field data with photos, sketches, and notes
- Collect georeferenced orientation and spatial data
- Use custom or built-in basemaps offline
- Create multi-scale observations with nested Spots
- Organize and back up data locally or to StraboSpot.org
- Fully functional offline for remote fieldwork
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StraboField is a powerful, all-in-one mobile app designed to streamline your geological fieldwork. Record observations, capture photos and sketches, collect orientation data, create geologic maps and stratigraphic sections — all from a single, map-centered platform. Easily collect spatially referenced data using point, line, or polygon-based Spots. Work across multiple scales using nested Spots and high-resolution image basemaps. Designed by geologists, for geologists, StraboField supports workflows across subdisciplines including structural geology, sedimentology, petrology, volcanology, and geomorphology. ** Key Features: ** * Capture field data with photos, sketches, and notes * Collect georeferenced orientation and spatial data * Use custom or built-in basemaps offline * Create multi-scale observations with nested Spots * Organize and back up data locally or to StraboSpot.org * StraboField is fully functional offline, making it ideal for remote fieldwork. Once online, your data can be synced to the StraboSpot digital data system at StraboSpot.org — an open- source platform supported by the National Science Foundation.
enTIMS LRS
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For the proper functioning of this app, please turn on wifi, Location Services and Enable tracking. Before you install this app, please follow the following steps 1. Please Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and turn on Location Services 2. Please go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking and turn on Tracking The app will automatically ask users to permit tracking and location. Please Allow all the necessary permission. This app will send the device's latitude and longitude to the server. The user needs to register their device's UUID at the server in order to use this service. The user can manually send the coordinate by pressing the Send button. Moreover, the app will automatically send device coordinates once every 30 seconds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StraboField at every 9 days against enTIMS LRS's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StraboField ships an update every 9 days, enTIMS LRS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StraboField | enTIMS LRS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The University of Kansas | ENZAN (ASIA) PTE LTD |
In-app purchases
StraboField
No in-app purchases
enTIMS LRS
No in-app purchases









