Take the register at the gate, zero bars
You're stood at the gate with no signal, marking children in. Tap each one present and it's saved to the device on the spot.
Works offline
An offline forest school app that works in the woods, signal or not.
Plenty of woods have no signal past the gate. The Forest School App is built offline-first: take the register at the gate, log a dynamic risk by the fire, add an observation with a consent-checked photo, all with no signal. Everything you tap is saved on the device straight away and synced when you're back in range.
- What it does
- The field app saves everything to the device the instant you tap it (register, dynamic risk, observations, consent-checked photos) and syncs the moment you're back in range.
- Who it's for
- Leaders working in woods where the signal stops at the gate.
- What it costs
- Free for individual practitioners. Organisations: Solo £8/month, Team £29/month flat, unlimited woods on every plan, free trial, no card to start.
- What makes it different
- The whole field app works with no signal, on iPhone and Android.
Log a dynamic risk by the fire
The wind picks up, a branch comes down, the fire circle shifts. Once it's dealt with, add what changed, what you did and when it happened, deep in the trees with no connection. It's saved the instant you tap, ready to sync later.
Observe with a consent-checked photo
A child does something wonderful with a den. Snap it, then write a line or record a voice note, signal or none. The voice note turns into words once you're back in range. A photo of a child without photo consent is kept for your own records and never shared with a family.
Register, risk and observations, all offline
Every action in the field app saves to the device the instant you tap it: marking a child present, adjusting the adult-to-child ratio, logging a fresh hazard, noting a tool or fire activity, recording an incident or a dose of medication, or capturing an observation with a photo. You can run a whole session, register to reflection, with the phone in flight mode.
When you reconnect
It syncs itself, and tells you it's done.
When the signal comes back, in the car park or at your desk, the app uploads everything in the background, with no button to press. Each record shows as saved on the device and then uploaded to the back office. Once it says uploaded, you can close the app, hand the tablet over or head home. See where the record lands.
Saved on your phone
No signal
3 things waiting to sync
- Register · Thursday groupSaved
- Dynamic risk × 4Saved
- Observations × 6Will upload
It's all on the device. It uploads itself the moment you're back in range.
No duplicates when it syncs
Sync twice, lose signal halfway through an upload, or have two leaders working the same session on two devices, and you still get one set of records with no duplicates to untangle.
One app, your phone and the back office
In the wood you run the app on your phone or tablet, iPhone or Android. Back at your desk, the same records open in any browser: review the day, share observations with families, build your bookings and registers for next week. Everything you logged in the wood is already there when you sit down. See all the features or what it costs.
Offline questions
The things leaders ask first.
Does it really work with no signal?
Yes, completely. The field app is offline-first, so the register, risk log, observations, incidents and photos all save to the device the instant you tap them, with no connection at all. You can run a whole session in flight mode and lose nothing.
How do I know my records actually saved?
Every record shows a clear status: saved on the device straight away, then uploaded once you're back in signal. There's no manual submit.
Will I get duplicates when it syncs?
No. Syncing twice, or from two devices on the same session, still gives you one set of records.
Run your next session offline.
Set your forest school up free for 30 days, no card needed. Take the app into the wood and it syncs when you're back.