Comparison

FieldNotes vs Capsla

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

Head to head
About

FieldNotes

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FieldNotes e' il compagno ideale per il lavoro sul campo in archeologia, etnografia e ricerca ambientale. Raccogli dati geospaziali, note vocali, foto, sketch e scansioni 3D, tutto offline e tutto in un'unica app. RACCOLTA DATI SUL CAMPO - Crea survey etnografiche, archeologiche, architettoniche e paesaggistiche - Geotagging automatico con coordinate GPS, altitudine e precisione - Modalita' Quick Entry per acquisire dati rapidamente - Sistema di tag per organizzare e ricercare le osservazioni NOTE VOCALI E TRASCRIZIONE - Registra note vocali in alta qualita' - Trascrizione automatica on-device con Apple Speech - Dettatura in tempo reale per inserimento rapido - Supporto italiano e inglese FOTO, VIDEO E SKETCH - Scatta foto e registra video direttamente dall'app - Galleria multimediale con anteprime - Disegno a mano libera con PencilKit e supporto Apple Pencil - Annota foto con sketch sovrapposti SCANSIONI 3D (dispositivi con LiDAR) - Scansione oggetti, stanze, ambienti esterni - Fotogrammetria da foto (iOS 17+) - Visualizzatore 3D interattivo - Esportazione in USDZ, OBJ, PLY, DXF - Estrazione automatica planimetrie GEOSTATISTICA E ANALISI SPAZIALE - Matrice delle distanze tra punti di rilievo - Analisi altimetrica e calcolo pendenze - Modello di Tobler per tempi di percorrenza - Minimum Spanning Tree e statistiche descrittive - Grafici e visualizzazioni INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE (opzionale) - Analisi immagini con OpenAI o Anthropic - Miglioramento note e suggerimento tag - Generazione report professionali in 9 sezioni - Assistente AI per il campo - Apple Intelligence on-device (iOS 26+) - Ricerca web con Brave Search ESPORTAZIONE PROFESSIONALE - Report PDF con mappe, foto e trascrizioni - Esportazione GeoJSON per software GIS - GeoPackage per dati geospaziali - Condivisione via email con allegati PRIVACY E OFFLINE - Funziona completamente offline - Tutti i dati restano sul dispositivo - Nessun server, nessun tracciamento - Chiavi API nel Keychain sicuro Disponibile per iPhone, iPad e Mac.

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Capsla

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Capsla is a quiet Pomodoro timer for studying, deep work and anything that needs your full attention. Set your focus length, short and long breaks, and the number of cycles. Block distracting apps while you focus: Capsla asks for Screen Time access and lifts the block the moment the phase ends. The timer is wherever you look: in a Live Activity and the Dynamic Island, on the Lock Screen, on Apple Watch, in widgets, in Control Center and on the Action button. Ask Siri to pause or start, and the answer comes with a card and buttons for the next step. You rarely need to open the app. Capsla has its own Apple Watch app. Start, pause and reset from your wrist, even when your iPhone isn't nearby, and the two stay in step. Turn the Digital Crown to set the focus length, feel a tap when a phase ends, and keep the timer on your watch face or in the Smart Stack. Phases you finish on the watch count in your statistics on iPhone. Notifications do real work. A quiet heads-up a few minutes before focus ends, a signal when a phase is over, buttons to start the break or the next focus right from the banner, and a reminder if you forget to come back after a break. Notifications are Time Sensitive, so they come through Do Not Disturb. Statistics show where your attention went: net focus time by week, month and all time, a chart by day, the hours you focus best, days in a row and time by tag. History starts the day you install Capsla, and the app never fills in numbers it did not record. Export all of it as a CSV file whenever you like. On iOS 27, the statistics widget can fill a whole Home Screen page. FEATURES • Custom focus and break lengths from 1 to 999 minutes, 1 to 10 cycles • Block distracting apps during focus • Add one or five minutes to a running focus • Live Activity, Dynamic Island and a Lock Screen widget with a start button • An Apple Watch app with complications, a Smart Stack card and a Control Center button • Timer and statistics widgets, a Control Center control, the Action button • Siri and Shortcuts: start, pause, resume, skip a break, ask how long you focused today • Tags with icons and colors; a Focus filter can pick the tag for you • 16 sounds and three vibration patterns, chosen separately for each phase • Calm animated backgrounds, including a slow breathing mode • Dark Mode, VoiceOver, larger text and increased contrast • 17 languages BUILT HONESTLY No ads. The core of Capsla, including the timer, the Apple Watch app, app blocking, statistics, tags, widgets and Siri, is free and stays free. There are no screens asking you to buy anything, and no buttons that stop working until you pay. There is no Capsla account. Tags and focus history sync only through your own iCloud; settings stay on your iPhone. The Privacy screen lists every event the app has sent, a real list from your device, and two switches turn collection off.

Screenshots

FieldNotes4 screens
Capsla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Capsla at weekly against FieldNotes's monthly. FieldNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FieldNotes ships an update monthly, Capsla weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
FieldNotes versus Capsla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldNotesCapsla
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB24 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerenzo coccaRamiz Kichibekov

In-app purchases

None

FieldNotes

No in-app purchases

None

Capsla

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FieldNotes free?
FieldNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Capsla free?
Capsla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FieldNotes or Capsla have ads?
Neither FieldNotes nor Capsla shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FieldNotes or Capsla?
FieldNotes ships an update monthly, and Capsla weekly. Most recently, FieldNotes was updated on October 1, 2026 and Capsla on October 7, 2026.

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