FormMaker vs Jotform on Mobile: Which Fits Your Workflow?
Quick answer: They solve different problems. Jotform is its own form platform — powerful, template-rich, with payments and advanced logic, but your forms live in Jotform under its plans and limits. FormMaker (our app) is an iOS app that creates real Google Forms through your Google account, keeping everything in the free, unlimited Google ecosystem with responses in Google Sheets. Already in Google Workspace? FormMaker. Need payments or white-label forms? Jotform.
Disclosure up front: FormMaker is our app, so read accordingly — though the comparison here is genuinely apples to oranges, and Jotform wins some categories outright. The real question isn't "which app is better," it's "which platform should your forms live on." Jotform is a complete, independent form platform with mobile apps as one entry point. FormMaker is a mobile front door to Google Forms. Once you frame it that way, the choice usually makes itself.
The fundamental difference: whose platform holds your forms
When you build a form in Jotform, that form lives on Jotform's servers. Respondents open a jotform.com link (or a custom domain on higher plans), submissions land in Jotform's tables, and your account's plan determines how many forms and monthly submissions you can have. That's not a criticism — it's how every standalone form platform works, and it's what lets Jotform offer features Google doesn't.
FormMaker takes the opposite approach: it doesn't host anything. You sign in with your own Google account, and the app creates and edits ordinary Google Forms through Google's APIs. The share link is a regular Google Forms link, responses land in the form's response view and its linked Google Sheet, and the form is fully editable at forms.google.com from any computer. Delete FormMaker and your forms remain exactly where they always were — in your Google account.
Price and limits
This is the Google route's strongest card. Google Forms is free with any Google account — no cap on the number of forms, no cap on responses. FormMaker itself is free to download and try. Jotform offers a limited free tier that caps the number of forms and monthly submissions, with paid plans raising those ceilings and unlocking features like more storage and branding removal. For a teacher running weekly quizzes or a club collecting RSVPs all year, "unlimited and free" versus "limited free tier" is often the whole decision. For a business that needs Jotform's advanced features, the subscription is usually worth it — just know it's part of the deal as you scale.
Mobile experience
Credit where due: Jotform has invested seriously in mobile. It offers full-featured apps for both iOS and Android where you can build forms, browse thousands of templates, and review submissions. If you're on Android today, Jotform simply has an app and FormMaker doesn't yet (Android is coming soon).
On iPhone, FormMaker's pitch is different: Google itself offers no Google Forms app at all, so the choice on the Google side used to be "desktop website in Safari." FormMaker replaces that with a native touch editor — create a form, add and reorder questions, share by link or QR code, and check responses, all from the phone. It covers the everyday essentials rather than every advanced setting; for deep configuration you open the form in the web editor later, because it's a real Google Form.
Features: depth vs ecosystem
On raw feature count, Jotform wins comfortably. It offers payment collection through processors like PayPal, Stripe and Square, advanced conditional logic, a huge template library, e-signatures, approval workflows, white-label branding, and hundreds of integrations. Google Forms — and therefore FormMaker — offers none of the payment or white-label capabilities, and its branching logic is simpler.
What the Google route offers instead is the ecosystem. Responses stream live into Google Sheets, where formulas, pivot tables and sharing already work the way your team expects. Forms sit in Google Drive next to your Docs. School and work Google accounts can use it without procuring a new vendor, and quizzes plug into Google Classroom. If your organization already runs on Google Workspace, the integration you'd be paying Jotform to build is one you already have for free.
Data and account considerations
Schools and companies on Google Workspace often prefer form data to stay inside the domain the IT team already manages — Google Forms does that by default, and FormMaker doesn't change it, since it only acts on your own account. Adopting Jotform means adding a second vendor that stores respondent data, which is routine but may involve an approval process at bigger organizations. Conversely, if you're an agency building branded forms for clients, keeping forms out of a personal Google account and inside a white-label platform is exactly what you want — advantage Jotform.
Comparison table
| FormMaker + Google Forms | Jotform | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | iOS app that edits real Google Forms | Standalone form platform |
| Where forms live | Your Google account | Jotform's platform |
| Price | Forms free and unlimited; app free to try | Limited free tier; paid plans for more |
| Mobile apps | iOS now, Android coming soon | iOS and Android |
| Payments | No | Yes (PayPal, Stripe, Square, more) |
| Advanced logic | Basic section branching (web editor) | Extensive conditional logic |
| Templates | Google's small gallery | Thousands of templates |
| Response analysis | Live Google Sheets link | Jotform Tables, reports, integrations |
| White-label / branding | No | Yes, on paid plans |
| Works with school/work Google accounts | Yes, natively | Separate vendor and account |
Verdict by use case
- You already live in Google Workspace or analyze data in Sheets: FormMaker + Google Forms. The free, unlimited, Sheets-connected pipeline is unbeatable there.
- Teachers, students, clubs, event organizers: FormMaker + Google Forms — zero cost, no submission caps, works with school Google accounts.
- You need to collect payments through a form: Jotform. Google Forms can't do this.
- Complex conditional logic, approval flows, or e-signatures: Jotform.
- Client-facing, white-label forms: Jotform on a paid plan.
- Android-first today: Jotform has an app now; FormMaker for Android is coming soon.
- iPhone user who just needs solid forms fast and free: FormMaker.
FAQ
Is FormMaker the same kind of app as Jotform?
No. Jotform is a standalone platform — forms live on its servers under its plans and limits. FormMaker is an iOS app that creates real Google Forms through your own Google account, so forms and responses stay in Google Forms and Google Sheets.
Which is cheaper?
Google Forms is free with no caps on forms or responses, and FormMaker is free to try. Jotform's free tier is limited, with paid plans raising the caps. For unlimited free collection, the Google route wins.
When is Jotform the better choice?
When you need what Google Forms doesn't offer: payments, advanced conditional logic, white-label branding, e-signatures, or a large template and integration library.