Comparison

Mobile Data Collection vs TreeCanopy

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

Head to head
About

Mobile Data Collection

This app allows users to collect and update field data in real-time using custom digital forms on mobile devices. It supports offline data capture, various field types including media and signatures, and integrates with a web platform for data analysis and collaboration.

Highlights
  • Custom form builder
  • Offline data capture
  • Real-time synchronization
  • Media-rich data collection
  • Electronic signatures
  • Data analysis and export
Features
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GIS Cloud Mobile Data Collection is a solution for recording and updating data in the field with mobile devices in real time, also allowing instant data access from the office. Digitize your workflow and eliminate errors and time-consuming paperwork! The mobile app enables you to accurately record data, online or offline, by filling in digital custom survey forms. You can create an unlimited number of your own unique forms in the user-friendly form builder, in the connected web app (Mobile Data Collection Portal). Continue working on your data, edit, share, and collaborate through GIS Cloud powerful web Map Editor app. Find everything you need for your workflow in one platform, no need for integrations. Collect points, lines, or polygons! Use GPS to capture data on the go, or switch to manual and use pinpoint and drawing tools for even better precision. Form fields are fully customizable and you can choose from text fields, selects lists, radio buttons, checkboxes, electronic signature, autofill, barcode, photo and audio, hidden fields, and much more. To control data accuracy and eliminate errors, make your form fields required, conditional (dependent on other form fields or data input), or persistent. Manage your field staff and share projects with custom forms to field workers by assigning them the collect and update permissions, and they can instantly start collecting data in the field. Simply sign into your GIS Cloud account (or sign up for free) and send collected data directly to your GIS Cloud app in the cloud. Data is immediately represented on a map, just click on any map feature to access collected data. Generate reports from the web app. Access data through GIS Cloud Map Editor, where you can further edit and style your data, overlay with additional data layers analyze data, share data with colleagues with different permissions to collaborate on projects. You can also export data and much more. Collect field data and conduct field surveys faster and easier than ever before. Start creating forms in the MDC Portal web app on https://giscloud.com and have your team out and about in a quarter of an hour! All you need in the field: - Offline data capture - Offline maps - Points, Lines, and Polygons geometry support - Media (photos & audio) enriched location information - QR code and barcode support - Electronic signature - Dropdowns, lists, input boxes, and comments based on custom forms - Review data attributes directly in the app - Search through data on the map - Control different layers in the map - Edit existing data - Listen to audio and view images - Real-time GPS location - View and explore maps in the field Prepare and analyze in the office: - Cloud-based web apps - Custom forms designer - Rich GIS symbology and visualization - Data editing and exporting - One-click map and data sharing - Real-time collaboration - Map publishing - Spatial Queries & Analysis - Account administration Note! This app will use GPS in the background to give you the most accurate and current location. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at support@giscloud.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.giscloud.com/wp-content/uploads/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.giscloud.com/wp-content/uploads/terms-of-use.html

About

TreeCanopy

Features
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TreeCanopy is the tree survey and job app for tree service companies. Talk the tree in. Send the estimate. Run the job with your crew. Send the invoice. It all starts from one survey. BUILT FOR THE FIELD • Big buttons and big type, made for gloves, sunlight and wet hands. • One orange button shows the next step. Nothing else on the screen competes with it. • Talk a tree in. Species, height, stem, condition and work fill in as fields. Too loud for the mic? Tap "By hand" beside it. • Drop a pin on every tree, GPS-anchored. • Photograph the tree. Pl@ntNet suggests three species. You confirm one. NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM Pins, photos and recordings are saved on your phone first and sent when signal returns. A recording made offline is turned into notes once you are back online. The sync pill shows what is still waiting. FROM SURVEY TO INVOICE • Quotes and estimates: the survey's recommendations become a quote. Send it to the customer from the app. • Jobs: when the customer accepts, the job is drafted for you. Book it and assign a crew. • Crew mode: your crew sees their own jobs. Risk assessment first, then before photos, the work, after photos. The crew lead taps "On my way" and the customer gets an email. • Invoices: invoice the finished job and mark it paid when the money lands. • Reports: tap "Generate report". A PDF drafts from your voice notes. You edit, sign, send. STANDARDS WHEN YOU WANT THEM Standards packs are opt-in, so the simple survey stays simple. A complete BS 5837 pack ships today for UK work. ANSI A300 and TRAQ packs are on the roadmap. Tell us which you need. PRICING • Free trial: 14 days, no card. 20 voice notes and 2 reports, enough for one full survey. • Solo: one seat, 200 voice notes and 20 reports a month. Monthly or annual billing. • Practice Crew: one flat price for 5 office seats. The crew in the field join free, with no limit. • Boost packs: +100 voice notes or +10 reports when you need them. • Enterprise: contract-only for larger teams, councils and consultancies. Contact us. Prices are shown in your local currency at checkout. Annual billing saves at least a third. After the trial, TreeCanopy stays open in read-only mode: every survey you have created stays viewable and exportable, forever. You only pay when you want to create new work. PRIVACY Full policy at treecanopy.app/privacy. WHO IT'S FOR Tree service companies and tree care crews of 1 to 10 people, solo arborists, and consulting arborists doing tree inventories, inspections and reports. ABOUT Made by Aurenia Group, with working and consulting arborists. Short sentences, no jargon, work that earns afternoons back. Questions: support@treecanopy.app Privacy Policy: https://app.treecanopy.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Full subscription terms: https://app.treecanopy.app/terms

Screenshots

Mobile Data Collection4 screens
TreeCanopy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mobile Data Collection and TreeCanopy 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. Mobile Data Collection sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per month and TreeCanopy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mobile Data Collection ships an update every 6 weeks, TreeCanopy every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mobile Data Collection versus TreeCanopy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMobile Data CollectionTreeCanopy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGIS Cloud Inc.Aurenia Group Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mobile Data Collection

Subscriptions1
  • 1 month subscription$39.991 Month
4 purchases

TreeCanopy

Subscriptions2
  • TreeCanopy Solo$24.991 Month
  • TreeCanopy Solo Annual$199.991 Year
One-time2
  • Voice Boost Pack$5.99
  • Report Boost Pack$5.99

Questions

Is Mobile Data Collection free?
Mobile Data Collection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TreeCanopy free?
TreeCanopy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mobile Data Collection or TreeCanopy have ads?
Neither Mobile Data Collection nor TreeCanopy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mobile Data Collection or TreeCanopy?
Mobile Data Collection ships an update every 6 weeks, and TreeCanopy every 4 weeks. Most recently, Mobile Data Collection was updated on October 24, 2026 and TreeCanopy on October 16, 2026.

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