No-app ePROUpdated September 29, 2026

ePRO without building an app

Skip the app store, the device provisioning and the update cycle. Participants use a secure link on the phone or tablet they already own, and your team builds every questionnaire in a visual editor.

  • Works in any modern browser
  • Build questionnaires yourself
  • Branded participant portal

Free sandbox · No credit card · 21 CFR Part 11 aligned

From: Capture.Study · Sleep and Recovery Study

Your questionnaire is ready

Hi Anna, your evening diary is open until midnight. Tap the button to start. The link signs you in, no password needed.

Open my tasks

Questions? Reply to reach your study site.

My tasks

Evening diary

Due tonight

Week 4 questionnaire

Opens Monday

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0

app store submissions

0

devices to ship to participants

1

link to open the portal

Any

phone, tablet or clinic device

How it works

A secure link replaces the app

Site staff send a portal link from the subject page, or participants request one themselves with their email. The link signs them in once, then the portal lists every task that is due.

  • Single-use sign-in links, with a short grace window for the same device.
  • Participants can request a new link themselves without revealing whether they are enrolled.
  • Sessions time out after inactivity, and sites can revoke access at any time.
  • Every login is written to the audit trail.

Evening diary

Question 3 of 8

How would you rate your fatigue today?

0 = no fatigue, 10 = worst imaginable

012345678910
Add a photo (optional)
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● Answers saved as they go

Build

Your team builds the questionnaires, not a developer

Create each questionnaire in the same visual editor used for site forms. Describe it or upload the source document and let AI draft it, or start from a template.

  • AI drafts questions from a description or a CSV, XLSX, PDF or DOCX file.
  • Scales, sliders, choices, dates, free text and photos.
  • Show or hide questions based on earlier answers.
  • Separate instructions for participants and for site staff.
See the form builder
Build this form with AI

Question form

CRF or ePRO

Lab table

Analytes, units, ranges

Vital signs form: BP, pulse, temperature, respiratory rate, weight
Upload CSV, XLSX, PDF or DOCX
14 questionsReview before applying
  • 1. Systolic blood pressure

    Required · Number · mmHg · 0 dp

    Number
  • 2. Diastolic blood pressure

    Required · Number · mmHg · 0 dp

    Number
  • 3. Pulse rate

    Required · Number · beats/min

    Number
  • 4. Body temperature

    Required · Number · °C · 1 dp

    Number
  • 5. Position during measurement

    Required · Sitting, Supine, Standing

    Single choice
  • + 9 more questions
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Devices

One questionnaire, every screen size

Because the portal runs in the browser, the same questionnaire adapts to a small phone, a home tablet or a clinic iPad, in portrait or landscape.

  • Bring your own device, or use a clinic tablet on site.
  • Touch-sized controls and readable type on every screen.
  • Answers survive rotating the device mid-questionnaire.
Clinic tablet · landscape5 of 12

How much pain do you feel right now?

No painWorst pain
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See it on your own phone

Build a questionnaire in the free sandbox and open the participant link on your phone in minutes.

Build an ePRO free

Recruitment

Your study, your branding, one QR code

Give the participant portal your study's look, and publish a landing page with a QR code for recruitment posters and clinic rooms. Studies that allow it can let people enrol themselves from the landing page.

  • Branded participant portal.
  • Landing pages with a printable QR code.
  • Optional self-enrolment from the landing page.
Study landing page

Now recruiting

Sleep and Recovery Study

A 12-week study of sleep quality after surgery. Takes 5 minutes a day on your phone.

Check if you can take part
12 weeks5 min a dayNo app needed

Scan to join

Print it on posters and clinic flyers

The difference

A custom ePRO app vs ePRO in Capture

Build
Months of development and testing
Questionnaires built by your team in days
Distribution
App store review, installs and updates
A secure link that opens in the browser
Devices
Provisioned phones or a supported device list
The phone or tablet participants already own
Changes
A new release for every questionnaire change
Edit the form, recorded in the audit trail

FAQ

Questions teams ask before they switch

Something not covered here? Ask us directly.

Can I run ePRO without an app?

Yes. Capture's participant portal runs in the browser. Participants open a secure link on their phone or tablet, with nothing to install.

Is a browser-based ePRO secure?

Sign-in links are single-use, sessions expire after inactivity, sites can revoke access, and every login and answer is recorded in the audit trail with a server timestamp.

Which devices are supported?

Any modern phone or tablet browser, plus clinic devices. The layout adapts to phones and to iPads in portrait and landscape.

Who builds the questionnaires?

Your study team, in a visual editor. AI can draft a questionnaire from a description or a file, including an instrument you hold a licence for.

How do participants get their link?

Site staff send it from the subject page, or participants request a new link with their email address. Studies can also publish a landing page with a QR code.

Do reminders still work without an app?

Yes. Reminders go by email when a task is due, the next day and before the window closes, and they respect quiet hours in the participant's time zone.

Can we brand the portal?

Yes. The participant portal and landing pages can carry your study's branding.

How quickly can we launch?

There is no app to build or approve, so launch depends only on building and approving your questionnaires. You can try it today in the free sandbox.

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Free sandbox with every feature. No credit card, no sales call.

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