Comparison

FieldMove Clino vs SMART Mobile for Conservation

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

SMART Mobile for Conservation

Features
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SMART Mobile is designed to enable data collection by Rangers, Scientists and community members.

Screenshots

FieldMove Clino4 screens
SMART Mobile for Conservation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SMART Mobile for Conservation at every 10 days against FieldMove Clino's every 2 months. FieldMove Clino's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

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

FieldMove Clino ships an update every 2 months, SMART Mobile for Conservation every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FieldMove Clino versus SMART Mobile for Conservation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldMove ClinoSMART Mobile for Conservation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB181 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPetroleum Experts LimitedCyberTracker Conservation

In-app purchases

None

FieldMove Clino

No in-app purchases

None

SMART Mobile for Conservation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FieldMove Clino free?
FieldMove Clino is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SMART Mobile for Conservation free?
SMART Mobile for Conservation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FieldMove Clino or SMART Mobile for Conservation have ads?
Neither FieldMove Clino nor SMART Mobile for Conservation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FieldMove Clino or SMART Mobile for Conservation?
FieldMove Clino ships an update every 2 months, and SMART Mobile for Conservation every 10 days. Most recently, FieldMove Clino was updated on September 15, 2026 and SMART Mobile for Conservation on September 8, 2026.

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