Comparison

AskiaFace vs Directions Research

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

Head to head
About

AskiaFace

This application enables the creation and deployment of visually appealing surveys on iPads and iPhones. It integrates with other survey tools for advanced design and fieldwork management, offering offline capabilities and customizable aesthetics.

Highlights
  • Mobile interview completion
  • Offline data collection
  • Seamless integration with survey tools
  • Customizable survey appearance
  • Automatic survey updates
  • Supervisor control over fieldwork
Features
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Unleash the great looks and mass appeal of the iPad & iPhone, with askiaface for iOS. Your CAPI projects will never have looked as good. Askiaface for iOS combines the beauty of the iPad & iPhone with the raw power of our survey design, data collection and agent management tools. With askiaface for iOS you get: - A free iOS app: that lets your agents connect directly (via askiafield) to complete mobile interviews. - Full integration: askiaface for iOS links seamlessly into other Askia products giving you advanced survey design features (askiadesign) and effective fieldwork management (askiafield). - Great looks: as a native iOS app that’s Retina display ready, you can deploy engaging surveys with your own images. - Control over the look and feel: as it’s built using the askiaweb rendering engine you can easily customise your survey with CSS, graphic resources and third party JavaScript, to get the look just right. - Tools that are always ready: agents can conduct interviews on or off-line with off-line data being synced as soon as a device is reconnected. - Tools that are always up to date: you can synchronise data easily using manual, automatic or scheduled connections. This automatically checks the most recent version of survey, quotas, resources and messages making sure your agents are always working with the up-to-date version. Control of your projects: askiaface for iOS’s integration with askiafield means that supervisors can easily update the survey during fieldwork.

About

Directions Research

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Directions is a market research agency based in the UK. This research app is one of the tools we use to shed light on what people think, feel, do and buy. Research participants can capture their thoughts, habits and opinions by uploading their answers through the App via text, audio, photo or video. If you are invited to take part in or observe a study, you simply log in with your unique passcode which will be emailed to you at the start of a project.

Screenshots

AskiaFace4 screens
Directions Research4 screens

Verdict

The call

AskiaFace and Directions Research 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

AskiaFace ships an update every 6 weeks, Directions Research monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AskiaFace versus Directions Research: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAskiaFaceDirections Research
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAskiaMobileMarketResearch

In-app purchases

None

AskiaFace

No in-app purchases

None

Directions Research

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AskiaFace free?
AskiaFace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Directions Research free?
Directions Research is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AskiaFace or Directions Research have ads?
Neither AskiaFace nor Directions Research shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AskiaFace or Directions Research?
AskiaFace ships an update every 6 weeks, and Directions Research monthly. Most recently, AskiaFace was updated on November 1, 2026 and Directions Research on November 3, 2026.

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