Comparison

FieldMove Clino vs Touch GIS

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

Head to head
About

FieldMove Clino

This app transforms your iPhone into a digital compass-clinometer for geological data capture. It allows for efficient measurement of planar and linear features, georeferenced photo and note storage, and offline map support for fieldwork.

Highlights
  • Digital compass-clinometer
  • GPS location and orientation sensors
  • Capture georeferenced photos and notes
  • Offline map support
  • Stereonet display for analysis
  • Draw geological features on basemap
  • Export data as MOVE, CSV, or KMZ
Features
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FieldMove Clino Features: FieldMove Clino is a digital compass-clinometer for data capture on your iPhone, designed for simplicity in the field, and optimized to use the device’s GPS location and orientation sensors. This geology app will allow you to use your phone as a traditional hand-held bearing compass as well as a digital compass-clinometer for measuring and capturing the orientation of planar and linear features in the field. FieldMove Clino allows you to quickly take large amounts of measurements, making your data set much more statistically valid. You can also capture and store georeferenced digital photographs and text notes. As well as supporting online maps, FieldMove Clino also supports offline maps, so that you can import your own georeferenced basemaps and collect data while disconnected. Data can be exported as MOVE, CSV or KMZ files and then imported directly into FieldMove™, Move™ or other applications like Google Earth. Additional features: • Display geological data on an equal area or equal angle stereonet, allowing you to perform some basic statistical analysis in the field • Draw contacts, faults and outcrops on your chosen basemap to create a realistic geological map • A new expanded library of symbols for customisation of planar and linear features • KMZ export, view your data in Google Earth A more in-depth guide is available on our website: http://www.petex.com/products/move-suite/digital-field-mapping/ NOTE: FieldMove Clino for iPhone will scale up to fit on the iPad and iPad mini. FieldMove Clino is a Petroleum Experts geological field mapping app designed for forward thinking geologists utilising digital data collection. --------------------------------- * The use of GPS devices and smartphones as navigation aids. * Global Positioning System (GPS) devices are commonly used to aid navigation, having grown in popularity over the past decade. Over the last few years, this has extended to smartphones and digital compasses, which are often equipped with GPS functionality. GPS is a valuable aid to navigation during fieldwork, although it is important to keep safety at the forefront, and we draw your attention to the advice given by a number of mountaineering councils: “Everyone heading into the hills needs to learn how to read a map, and be able to navigate effectively with a paper map and traditional magnetic compass, especially in poor visibility”. Petroleum Experts will accept no liability or loss, resulting from the use or misuse of this product.

About

Touch GIS

This professional tool simplifies field data collection and mapping. It allows users to create and customize data forms, collect various data types offline, and export them to standard GIS formats. Professionals across diverse fields utilize it to enhance their fieldwork.

Highlights
  • Create Points, Lines, Polygons, Circles
  • Customizable attribute forms
  • Offline map tile saving
  • Export to industry standard formats
  • Attach photos to locations
  • Clinometer tool for orientation
  • Add custom base maps and overlays
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Touch GIS is the most intuitive professional field data collection and mapping tool. It's a super-powered field notebook enabling you to collect any kind of data, in any environment, online or offline, and transfer it easily to your preferred desktop GIS. We believe your data collection tools should amplify your capabilities, not limit them, which is why we focus on keeping your forms and attributes totally customizable in the field. Join thousands of professionals utilizing Touch GIS as their mobile GIS app to enhance their field work in geologic mapping, ecological mapping, civil engineering, mineral exploration and mining, natural resource management, landscape architecture, and more. FEATURES - Easily capture new Points, Lines, Polygons, and Circles in the field. - Quickly and accurately draw new lines and polygons with free draw mode and vertex snapping. - Adjust feature class attribute forms in the field at any time. - Get multiple perspectives by switching between basemaps in the field. - Download basemaps for offline use. - Export to many industry standard formats. - Snap, mark up, and attach photos to locations. - Measure planar and linear feature orientation using our clinometer tool with strike/dip, dip/dip direction, or trend/plunge formats. - Add custom base maps with WMS/WMTS. - Add raster images like Geospatial PDFS or GeoTiffs and other overlays to your map to see your location in context. - Add team members so your whole team has access. Supported file types: - Shapefiles - KML and KMZ - Geospatial PDF / GeoPDF - GeoPackage (GPKG) - GeoJSON - GPX - CSV - World File - Geotiff - JPG - PNG Customizable attribute types: - Description - Date & Time - Photos - List Of Values - Checkbox - Address - Number - Website - Phone Number - Attitude / Orientation for Geologic features Pre-loaded feature classes supporting many different use-cases: - Forestry - Geology - Real Estate - Stream Surveys - Water Infrastructure - Wetlands management - Create your own fully customizable data attribute forms, and update them in the field as needed. Terms of Service: https://www.touchgis.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.touchgis.app/privacy

Screenshots

FieldMove Clino4 screens
Touch GIS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FieldMove Clino at none against Touch GIS's 2. FieldMove Clino also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). Touch GIS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Touch GIS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. FieldMove Clino asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FieldMove Clino holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FieldMove Clino's written reviews are positive against 50% of Touch GIS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FieldMove Clino ships an update every 2 months, Touch GIS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FieldMove Clino versus Touch GIS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldMove ClinoTouch GIS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (19 ratings) — better4.0 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1932 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPetroleum Experts LimitedTouchGIS

Customer experience

FieldMove Clino

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral23.8%
Negative9.5%

Touch GIS

All ratings32 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative36.7%

In-app purchases

None

FieldMove Clino

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Touch GIS

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Pro License (Annual)$299.991 Year

Questions

Is FieldMove Clino free?
FieldMove Clino is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch GIS free?
Touch GIS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FieldMove Clino or Touch GIS?
FieldMove Clino is rated higher. FieldMove Clino averages 4.2 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Touch GIS averages 4.0 from 32 ratings.
Do FieldMove Clino or Touch GIS have ads?
Neither FieldMove Clino nor Touch GIS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FieldMove Clino or Touch GIS?
FieldMove Clino ships an update every 2 months, and Touch GIS every 3 weeks. Most recently, FieldMove Clino was updated on September 15, 2026 and Touch GIS on September 24, 2026.

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