Differences between the desktop and mobile app

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Read on to learn what you can and can’t do on the Smartsheet mobile app.

There are many similarities between the mobile and desktop apps. However, you can do the following tasks on the go only when you use the mobile app:

Use your GPS to enter your location into a sheet or form field
Take a photo with your device, edit it, and upload it directly to a sheet or form submission
Scan a barcode or QR code to update or search for sheet data
Access your forms quickly from the Home or Recents screen

To learn more about the above capabilities, check out the following articles:

The mobile app is robust, but it has some limitations. Use the desktop app if you want to do any of the following:

Build automated workflows
Create and edit sheet filters
Once filters have been created on a sheet from your desktop, you can turn them on and off in the mobile app.
Manage your users or plan information
Manage project settings in a sheet
Create and edit dashboards
Create new reports or edit the report builder Once configured, you can edit data in a report from the mobile app.