mobidb.mobi

What It Is

MobiDB Database is a no-code relational database app for personal and business use, covering iOS, Android, and Windows. It focuses on using a visual designer to create custom databases, lists, catalogs, and business forms, with cloud-drive synchronization for use across multiple devices and among multiple users.

Core Capabilities

The product supports multi-table relational modeling, including one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationships. It also provides more than 20 field types, such as text, numbers, dates, email, phone numbers, images, attachments, addresses, GPS coordinates, dropdowns, table relationships, and nested tables. Users can design data-entry forms via drag and drop, sort, filter, and display summaries in adjustable table views, and view individual record details as cards. For fieldwork scenarios, its map view and GPS coordinate fields are particularly useful, allowing users to view, mark, and add records on a map.

For data exchange, MobiDB supports CSV import and export, making it compatible with tools such as Excel, MS Access, and FileMaker. It also supports PDF export and printing. Synchronization and collaboration are mainly handled through Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive, enabling changes to be synced across different devices and team members.

Pricing

The official website only shows “Subscription Pricing - contact us” and “Buy now,” indicating a subscription model, but it does not disclose specific plans, pricing, seat limits, trial options, or free-version information. Further confirmation is needed before purchasing.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are a low barrier to database creation, a rich set of field types, support for relational data structures, and fairly complete coverage across mobile platforms and Windows. It is suitable for long-tail use cases such as inventory, CRM, orders, invoices, project management, asset management, geological exploration, and personal collections. Its CSV and PDF capabilities also make it easier to integrate with traditional office workflows.

The drawbacks are that the official website does not appear to provide details on fine-grained permissions, role management, audit logs, enterprise-grade security compliance, APIs, or webhooks. Collaboration depends on third-party cloud drives, which may not suit organizations with strict IT governance requirements. Pricing transparency is also relatively low.

Who It’s For and Access in China

It is better suited to individual users, small teams, field data collectors, and business users who want to quickly build lightweight database applications. The review text does not provide information on accessibility from China, and the availability of some third-party cloud drives used for synchronization may be affected by the local network environment. Testing before actual use is recommended.