doForms Mobile Data Platform vs IMS Made Simple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
doForms Mobile Data Platform
This platform offers a robust solution for mobile data collection and workforce automation. It allows for the creation of custom forms with features like barcode scanning and payment processing, alongside comprehensive tools for time management, expense reporting, and live dashboards.
- Customizable mobile forms
- Barcode scanning
- Mobile payment acceptance
- Live dashboard creation
- Time management and payroll
- Expense and incident reporting
- GPS tracking
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doForms is the most affordable and feature-rich mobile data collection platform available today. doForms provides a powerful platform for rapidly developing mobile solutions. doForms offers two products for automating your mobile workforce: **** Mobile Forms **** Build your own forms or we can build them for you! Either way, your efforts will result in a powerful data collection tool for your mobile employees that goes far beyond simple data collection. Integrating many technologies is never easy but the results are always amazing. With doForms, you can enhance your mobile forms with the following features: - Scan Barcodes - Accept mobile payments - Provide driving directions - Get ETA’s - Text customers - Print labels, receipts and much more! These are not your static “fill-out-once-and-submit” forms. Our forms can send updates to the server while being filled out and populate our live dashboards so that management is never in the dark when it comes to managing their mobile employees in the field. **** WorkFORCE **** Want more than mobile forms? WorkFORCE is a comprehensive solution suite that includes an array of critical functions for all of the following: - Creation of Live Dashboards - Time Management and Payroll - Expense Reporting - Incident Reporting - Vehicle Inspection - Messaging - GPS Tracking and more! doForms has also done the heavy lifting. With a powerful suite of solutions for integration, doForms makes sharing data between our platform and your systems achievable with minimum effort and cost. Our automated workflow allows for doForms to exist throughout your organization and beyond. Our forms exist throughout the workflow and can be rendered on any platform. More importantly, our forms have built-in rules and permissions by entity to maintain security and data integrity of data as it moves from person to person. doForms is versatile in all industries. We provide HIPAA compliance for healthcare, database tools for retail and warehousing and TMS integration for proof of delivery and transportation. With doForms it’s easy to get started. You can build your own forms, have us build them for you, or you can get in touch and with us and we can come up with the perfect customized solution for your organization. doForms has been in business for almost 15 years and has automated thousands of companies around the world. We provide mission critical support and a secure platform to ensure you have the best experience possible. Getting started is easy and the price is a fraction of the cost and time of traditional development. No technical expertise is required. All we need is your business knowledge and you are all set.
IMS Made Simple
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IIMS Made Simple is a powerful, easy-to-use inventory management app built for multi-location businesses that need real control over their stock. Originally designed for the unique demands of dental and medical practices — where supplies move fast across surgical suites, clinical operatories, and front offices — IMS now serves any business that manages inventory across multiple locations. KEY FEATURES Multi-Location Inventory Track stock levels across every office, clinic, or storeroom from a single dashboard. No more spreadsheets, no more guesswork. Real-Time Low-Stock Alerts Set custom reorder thresholds per item and get notified the moment stock drops too low. Stop running out at the worst possible time. Order Management & Reconciliation Create, approve, and fulfill purchase orders with full visibility into what was ordered, what arrived, and what's still outstanding. The built-in reconciliation workflow lets admins compare ordered quantities against received quantities, flag discrepancies, and correct inventory — all tied to a permanent order reference number for vendor communication and audit tracking. Product Transfers Move inventory between locations with a full request, approval, and confirmation workflow. Every transfer is logged and traceable. Product Catalog Browse your full product catalog with variant selection, SKU lookup, and category filtering — making reordering fast and accurate. Vendor Management Keep your supplier list organized with contact info, item catalogs, and order history all in one place. Role-Based Access & Configurable Navigation Owners, managers, and staff each see exactly what they need — no more, no less. Admins can grant employees access to specific screens, set each team member's default home screen, and manage the entire team from a single User Management panel. GL Integration Journal entries are automatically generated for inventory events and synced with your accounting system — keeping your books clean without manual entry. Activity Logging Every change is tracked. Audit who adjusted what, when, and why — essential for compliance-driven industries. Secure Cloud Sync Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with automatic sync across every device on your account. BUILT FOR BUSY TEAMS IMS Made Simple was built by someone who actually manages inventory across multiple offices every day. Every feature exists because it solves a real problem — not a hypothetical one. Whether you run a single practice, a multi-location group, or any business with stock to manage, IMS gives you clarity, control, and confidence. Sign up free. Set up your first location in under five minutes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IMS Made Simple at daily against doForms Mobile Data Platform's fortnightly. 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.
doForms Mobile Data Platform ships an update fortnightly, IMS Made Simple daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | doForms Mobile Data Platform | IMS Made Simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | doForms Inc. | JMWINC Developers LLC |
In-app purchases
doForms Mobile Data Platform
No in-app purchases
IMS Made Simple
No in-app purchases
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