Add-on to use Google Forms in mobile devices?

Antonio G
DataScope
Published in
3 min readApr 15, 2020

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TLDR; If you want to use Google Forms in mobile devices to work offline download this Add-On

Why to use Google Forms in a phone or tablet?

Google Forms –as we mentioned in this article offers countless advantages, as long as the user can connect to the Internet. Unfortunately, the possibility of editing the Google Forms offline doesn’t exist yet, becoming an obstacle to perform certain field operations characterized by its offline mode: they don’t allow any Internet access.

How to use Google Forms in your phone or tablet?

Convert your Google Forms in Mobile App in just 5 steps

  1. Install Google Forms Add-On: https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/datascope/926856425180
Install DataScope Add-On

2. Inside your Google Forms Open Add-On button in the Top and open DataScope Add-On.

Open DataScope Add-On

3. Click Export form button in the side bar

Click Export Form in the side bar

4. Fill the form with your name, company name and password to then wait until the form is exported

Fill New Account Form

5. Allow permissions into Google Form Sheet

Must to be shared with “Can edit” permissions and shared to “Anyone with the link”. You need to create a new blank sheet in the Google Forms Spreadsheet. The answers of Mobile App will be in the first blank and the others in the google forms sheet.

6. Now you can access into the mobile App and start filling forms offline, you need to login into the mobile Android and iOS App.

Download DataScope App

Download Android App

Download iOS App

Lets start collecting data offline from your mobile devices

Please comment if you have any suggestion or question regarding this article :)

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Antonio G
DataScope

Learning every day more about Productivity, SaaS Growth, Software and Product Development