Field forest inventory

Forest surveys with a smartphone.

Forest Assist is an iOS app for forest owners, foresters and estate managers. Geolocated observations, detailed inventories, basal area, GPS tracks and voice notes — fully offline, with no account and no connection.

Features & guides

From map to report, the whole forest survey

The iPhone becomes the forester's instrument: its sensors work for you, with no network, across several estates. Each feature leads to its guide.

Map

Locate your estates, draw your parcels and find your points again in the field.

  • GPS
  • Compass
  • Gyroscope
  • Camera

Observe

Measure and document every point, hands-free and with no network.

  • GPS
  • Augmented reality
  • Camera
  • Gyroscope
  • LiDAR
  • Microphone
  • Geolocated observations — filed automatically in their estate and parcel.
  • Tracked trees — species, diameter, height, quality, remeasured from one visit to the next.
  • Plots — augmented-reality relascope: timber, coppice, poles, regeneration, deadwood.
  • Photography — each photo placed on the observation's map.
  • Voice notes — dictated, transcribed on the device.
  • LiDAR measurement — distance, diameter and height of a tree.

Diagnose

Analyse your plots, write the report, pass on your records.

  • On-device computing
  • Offline
  • iOS sharing

Download

Available on the App Store

Forest Assist is an iOS app, compatible with iOS 18.5 and later, available in 10 languages. The app is free to download and gives you 50 credits; more can be bought in the app: Credits.

Download Forest Assist on the App Store

About

Forest Assist

The app is designed for forest owners, foresters and estate managers who need reliable, offline, privacy-friendly field tools. Learn more: Privacy policy.

Write to us

A question about the app, or feedback from the field? Contact us by e-mail.

Contact us

No mail app set up? Write to:
info@forest-assist.eu