Comparison

StraboField vs proteGO

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

proteGO

Features
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BECOME A SENTINEL FOR YOUR TERRITORY The heritage around you deserves attention. With proteGO you can help protect cultural, natural and urban heritage simply by using your smartphone. Explore the map, discover the places near you, contribute to monitoring campaigns and report any visible issues. The app guides you through each shot, helping you collect geolocated content that can be compared over time. Every contribution becomes part of a shared visual memory: useful documentation for observing changes, issues and signs of deterioration. With proteGO you can: discover places to monitor near you; contribute to monitoring campaigns; report visible issues; follow your contributions over time; help your community protect what surrounds it. You don’t need to be an expert: proteGO guides you step by step. PRIVACY We collect only the data needed to run the service: your email address, your GPS location only while the app is open and needed to geolocate your contributions, and the photos you choose to upload. Your data is never sold to third parties. Find out more at intelligearth.com

Screenshots

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proteGO4 screens

Verdict

The call

StraboField and proteGO 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

StraboField ships an update every 9 days, proteGO every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
StraboField versus proteGO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStraboFieldproteGO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB67 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe University of KansasIntelligearth S.r.l

In-app purchases

None

StraboField

No in-app purchases

None

proteGO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StraboField free?
StraboField is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is proteGO free?
proteGO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StraboField or proteGO have ads?
Neither StraboField nor proteGO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StraboField or proteGO?
StraboField ships an update every 9 days, and proteGO every 3 weeks. Most recently, StraboField was updated on October 24, 2026 and proteGO on October 20, 2026.

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