MobileEventPad vs Capture by Gecko
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MobileEventPad
Capture student details at recruitment events offline on iPads. Easily collect information, customize forms, and sync data to your CRM when connected. Ensures data security and GDPR compliance.
- Offline data capture on iPads
- Customizable enquiry forms
- Temporary on-device storage
- Automatic data synchronization
- GDPR compliant consent collection
- Secure student data handling
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Use your university’s iPads to capture students' details at student recruitment events, even with no WiFi. MobileEventPad is for Student Recruitment teams working for universities and colleges who need to capture students' details at HE and FE recruitment events anywhere in the world. On an iPad. Even with no WiFi. MobileEventPad makes it easy to capture each enquirer’s name, address, email, mobile, year of entry, course of interest and much more magical information at recruitment events. You decide which events you are attending, what information to collect, and how each enquiry form looks. Then just ask each student who comes to your stand to tap in their details. These are stored temporarily on your iPad during the recruitment event, and are then synchronised off your iPad and up into your Student CRM when you next get an Internet connection. The beauty is you don’t even need an internet connection to start collecting students' details. Simply capture, sync and send our automated emails or SMSs, whilst you go to the next event. All you need to get started is a paid subscription to MobileEventPad running in your Student CRM account. Yay! So not only do you eliminate the risk of ever leaving students’ names and numbers on the train on the way home, you no longer have to type up scrappy notes or waste time deciphering other people’s handwriting. What’s more, you comply with the new Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR, keeping students’ details safe and secure, and collecting proper GDPR consents and topics.
Capture by Gecko
Streamline lead capture at events with custom digital forms. Ditch paper and improve data quality with automated marketing messages and offline capabilities. Design branded forms easily without coding.
- Custom digital forms
- Offline data capture
- Automated marketing messages
- Branded forms
- No-code form design
- Data export
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Simple lead capture for your next event, trade show, exhibition, conference, competition, survey or recruitment fair! Ditch your paper forms, and replace them with branded, digital forms that can automatically trigger marketing messages, and improve the quality of the data you'd like to capture. Using Capture is easy, you can design complex forms without any knowledge of programming, then brand them with your own logo and colours, all within just a few taps. Benefits: * Complex forms without any code * Wave goodbye to illegible handwriting * Save hours with automation * Capture data even when you're offline * Stand out with custom branding * Tag data at events and measure success * Export your data with zero fuss
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MobileEventPad at 100% against Capture by Gecko's 0%. MobileEventPad also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Capture by Gecko's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MobileEventPad ships an update every 2 months, Capture by Gecko every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileEventPad | Capture by Gecko |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Harvesting | Gecko Labs Limited |
Customer experience
MobileEventPad
Capture by Gecko
In-app purchases
MobileEventPad
No in-app purchases
Capture by Gecko
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MobileEventPad free?
Is Capture by Gecko free?
Do MobileEventPad or Capture by Gecko have ads?
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