OnSpot Social Email Collection vs ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnSpot Social Email Collection
This app helps businesses collect customer information like emails, leads, and social media follows instantly at any location. It can also engage customers with digital coupons, videos, and games, and seamlessly integrate with popular marketing services.
- Collect emails, leads, and social followers
- Engage with digital coupons and videos
- Use offline or online
- Integrates with CRM and email marketing
- Customizable forms and templates
- Remote management for multiple devices
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OnSpot Social is an email collection app and lead capture app you can use on your iPad or iPhone at events and trade shows. Since 2012, thousands of businesses have used OnSpot Social to collect millions of email addresses and leads. From a simple email sign-up sheet to a custom lead capture form, give visitors an easy way to share their details. Let them enter their own information on your iPad or iPhone, or have your staff collect it during a conversation. Use the devices you already own at community events, trade shows, conferences and expos. Choose only the features you need. Add lead qualification or badge and business card scanning when they fit your event. Use games and contests to encourage email signups. Connect to email marketing and CRM services such as Mailchimp, Constant Contact and Salesforce to automatically forward your collected contacts. Start your free trial today. REPLACE PAPER EMAIL SIGN-UP SHEETS Collect email addresses, names, phone numbers and other contact information in a form designed for visitors to use. Large input fields, a progress bar and format checking help make entry straightforward. Spend less time deciphering handwriting and typing up paper lists after an event. FULLY CUSTOMIZE YOUR FORMS Add your logo, brand colors and backgrounds. Keep your form short for quick email signups, or add custom questions, preferences and opt-in fields when you need more detail. EXPORT TO EXCEL OR FORWARD TO EMAIL MARKETING / CRM Download your contacts as a CSV or Excel file, or automatically forward them to your email marketing service or CRM. SEND AUTOMATED FOLLOW-UP MESSAGES Send automated follow-up emails or text messages as soon as a new email address or lead is captured. Share a thank-you, coupon or useful information with customers and leads. SCAN TRADE SHOW BADGES Use OnSpot Social as a trade show badge scanner and lead retrieval app. Capture available contact information and add notes and qualifying answers to build a more useful lead record. Use it at any trade show or conference without needing to rent a different badge scanner for each event. SCAN BUSINESS CARDS Use the business card scanner to extract contact information from printed business cards. Save time on data entry and reduce the transcription errors that come from manually retyping card details. QUALIFY LEADS AND ADD NOTES Go beyond a name and email address. Ask qualifying questions, record notes and score leads so your team knows who to follow up with and what to discuss. Keep the context of each conversation with the contact details. CAPTURE LEADS WITHOUT WI-FI Collect email addresses, complete forms, and scan badges and business cards without relying on venue Wi-Fi. Captured information syncs when your device reconnects. INCENTIVIZE WITH GAMES AND CONTESTS Add a giveaway with the Random Winner Picker or a Scratch & Win game to give visitors another reason to take part. Use these features for customer email signups or business lead capture. SET UP ONCE FOR ALL YOUR EVENTS AND DEVICES Manage your entire account from a single online Control Panel. Customize your forms once in the Control Panel and then use the forms on all your devices at every event. COMPARE YOUR EVENT RESULTS Use Event Reporting to view email signups and leads for each event. Compare results to evaluate event ROI and decide where to invest next. Download OnSpot Social and start your free trial today!
ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad
Capture leads offline with customizable forms. Seamlessly sync contact information to your ActiveCampaign account for email marketing. Ideal for events, sales, and businesses looking to grow their contact list.
- Offline lead capture
- Seamless ActiveCampaign sync
- Customizable form branding
- Kiosk mode
- Multi-device support
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Say goodbye to the days of needing a physical sign up sheet or guestbook to capture leads. With ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad you can capture leads on the go — even if you're offline. Set up a kiosk or hand your iPad to a customer so they can quickly sign up for your email updates and newsletters. • Seamlessly sync contact info into your ActiveCampaign account. • Customize your form with image backgrounds and branding. • Capture leads without an internet connection, we'll upload them when you reconnect. • Designed for open houses, conferences, point of sale, or kiosks; you can set up your form and require a gesture to hide it. • Your forms will live in your ActiveCampaign account and can be shared between multiple devices. ActiveCampaign Forms helps brick-and-mortar stores, realtors, salespeople on the go, and professionals grow their email marketing list by making it easy to capture customer contact information. Once your contacts are in ActiveCampaign, you can deliver email and SMS messages to educate them on what you offer, bring them back to your store, and increase word of mouth referrals. Please note, this app requires an ActiveCampaign account and cannot be used without one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad at none against OnSpot Social Email Collection's 10. ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). OnSpot Social Email Collection's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. OnSpot Social Email Collection sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for OnSpot Social Email Collection against 5.0 for ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnSpot Social Email Collection has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
OnSpot Social Email Collection ships an update every 3 months, ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnSpot Social Email Collection | ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnSpot Social | ActiveCampaign, LLC |
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OnSpot Social Email Collection
ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad
In-app purchases
OnSpot Social Email Collection
- Standard- 1 Month Subscription$34.99
- OnSpot Social Subscription2 variants$49.99
- Plus - 1 Month Subscription$54.99
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- Premium - 1 Month Subscription$74.99
- OnSpot Social Subscription$124.99
- OnSpot Social Subscription$174.99
- Standard - 1 Year Subscription$179.99
- Plus - 1 Year Subscription$299.99
- Premium - 1 Year Subscription$449.99
ActiveCampaign Forms for iPad
No in-app purchases
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