What is Epicollect5
Free and easy-to-use mobile data-gathering platform.
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Free and easy-to-use mobile data-gathering platform.
Last updated
is a mobile & web application for free and easy data collection developed by the based at the .
It provides both web and mobile applications for the generation of forms (questionnaires) and freely hosted project websites for data collection.
Projects are created by using the web application at () and then downloaded to the device to perform the data collection ().
Data are collected (including GPS and media) using multiple devices and all data can be viewed on a central server (via map, tables, and charts).
Data can be exported in csv
and json
format
The mobile app is currently available for both Android (10+) and iOS (15+)
Epicollect5 is 100% free to use without any limits(*). You can create as many projects and upload as many entries as you wish.
Epicollect5 is financially supported by the and we implement open-source technologies to provide the service for free.
Please note that Epicollect5 is developed by a small team of Oxford University researchers, not by a commercial tech company, and is provided as a free service on an “as-is” basis, without any guarantees. For mission-critical projects where occasional disruptions, bugs, performance limitations, or missing features could pose significant challenges, we recommend considering alternatives such as , , or , which may better suit your needs.
(*) We kindly remind you of our fair usage policy, which remains in effect.
For instance, uploading 500 videos, each at 500MB, would consume a total of 250GB of storage space.
While there are no restrictions preventing you from doing so, it's essential to note that our resources are finite, and Epicollect5 is not designed as a free storage solution.