Formms vs Google Forms

A Google Forms alternative that lives on your phone

Google Forms is fine at a desk. On a phone, it means pinching around a desktop site in a mobile browser, because there is no Google Forms app for building forms.

Formms is a free form builder made for the way you actually work: describe the form you need, AI drafts it in seconds, and you share a short form.ms link or QR code before your coffee goes cold. Every response lands on your phone as a push notification.

Formms

Phone app, AI drafts it

Google Forms

Desktop site, no builder app

Price Free
Where you build Your phone
Switching Import your forms

The case for Formms

Why people switch to Formms

01
A real app, not a squeezed desktop site

Formms is a native iOS and Android app. Building, editing, sharing, and reading responses are all designed for a phone screen, not adapted to one.
02
AI builds the first draft

Type "a signup sheet for Saturday's volunteer shifts" and the form appears with the right question types. Tweak it by hand or ask the AI to refine it.
03
Links people trust, QR codes included

Forms live at short links like form.ms/ekatas, and every form has a downloadable QR code. No docs.google.com string that wraps across three lines of a flyer.
04
Know the moment someone responds

Google Forms makes you open a spreadsheet or dig into settings for email digests. Formms pushes every response to your phone instantly, with email notifications if you want them.

Side by side

Formms vs Google Forms

Feature	Formms	Google Forms
Build forms in a mobile app	Yes, iOS and Android	No, mobile browser only
AI form generation	Built in, describe and go	Limited, tied to Gemini plans
Short link	form.ms/yourform	Long docs.google.com URL
QR code	Built in, downloadable	Needs a separate tool
Instant push notifications	Yes	No push, email digests only
File uploads from respondents	Yes, on any form	Requires sign-in to Google
Price	Free	Free

good news

Already have forms in Google Forms? Formms imports them directly, so you can switch without rebuilding anything.

When Google Forms is still the right choice

Google Forms is still a good pick if your workflow lives inside Google Workspace, you need deep Sheets integration, or you build long forms at a desktop all day. If that is you, keep using it, and Formms can import your existing Google Forms whenever you want the mobile option too.

The bottom line

If forms are something you make at a desk, Google Forms is fine. If they are something you need in line at the venue, between clients, or from the couch, Formms is the version of this tool built for that.