Piles Capacity vs GEO5 Data Collector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piles Capacity
This mobile tool simplifies the design of cast-in-place bored piles for geotechnical engineers. It features a unique soil profile builder, advanced soil parameter input, and generates detailed reports on bearing values. Supports both metric and imperial units.
- Soil profile builder (Touch Soil™)
- Metric and Imperial unit support
- Depth vs. friction/tip capacity graphs
- Detailed layer bearing value reports
- Advanced soil parameter input
- Optional tip resistance correction
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Mobile Design Tool for Cast-in-Place Bored Piles Piles Capacity has a modern design which priorities speed and simplicity. Up-to-date estimation engine documented in a brief and straight-forward online reference manual ( http://www.hetge.com/PCref ) Featuring a unique soil profile builder, Touch Soil™. Visually build required soil profile with the ease and convenience like never before. Works with either Metric (mm, metres, ton, kN, kPa)or Imperial (inch, feet, psi, psf, kips) unit systems. Graphs depth vs. friction, tip and allowable bearing capacities with optional correction of tip resistance with respect to underlying strata. Prepares detailed report for bearing values of each layer with average effective stress, skin friction and tip resistance at top and bottom of layer. Uses advanced soil parameters for more precise estimation such SPT, cohesion increment with depth, diameter reduction in rock as well as partial safety factors for skin friction and tip resistance.
GEO5 Data Collector
This application facilitates geological survey data collection in the field. It allows users to input data, utilize maps and GPS, and attach multimedia recordings. Data can be organized using standard or custom templates for any survey type.
- Field data input
- Map and GPS integration
- Photo, video, and audio recording
- Standard and custom data templates
- Borehole logging support
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Application is used for geological survey data collection (borehole logging). The program GEO5 Stratigraphy is necessary for data transfer between PC and mobile. The App allows inputting data in the field, using maps and GPS, and adding photos, videos or audio recordings. The App allows to input data according to standard or user-defined templates, so any type of data can be defined.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GEO5 Data Collector at Free against Piles Capacity's $199.99. Piles Capacity's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
GEO5 Data Collector is free to download; Piles Capacity costs $199.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Piles Capacity against 5.0 for GEO5 Data Collector. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piles Capacity | GEO5 Data Collector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hetGE LLC | FINE spol. s r.o. |
Customer experience
Piles Capacity
GEO5 Data Collector
In-app purchases
Piles Capacity
No in-app purchases
GEO5 Data Collector
No in-app purchases
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