Purpose-built for African research institutions

Survey data that never
disappears.

TafitiLens captures every response — including the unfinished ones. Auto-saves every 60 seconds. Brings respondents back where they left off. All data flows directly into your own Google Drive.

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app.tafitilens.com/?id=Alumni_Impact_Survey_2026
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Welcome back, Amara!
You reached page 4 of 6 — yesterday. Your partial response is already captured.
Background
Education
Employment
4
Skills
5
Impact
6
Feedback
How would you rate the quality of mentorship at your institution?
Poor
Fair
Good ✓
Very Good
Excellent
✦ Auto-saved 42 seconds ago · 3 of 6 sections captured
Even if you close now, your data is safe
60s
Auto-save interval
100%
Data sovereignty — your Drive, always
$0
Infrastructure cost to run
3 steps
From XLSForm to live survey
What we offer

Everything you'd expect.
And the layer that changes everything.

TafitiLens starts with the complete foundation every serious research platform provides — then adds a set of capabilities the industry has never prioritised for African institutions.

The foundation — industry standard
  • XLSForm & ODK-compatible form design
  • Skip logic, branching & complex conditionals
  • 25+ question types (text, media, GPS, select)
  • Offline data collection on any device
  • Multi-language support
  • Role-based access and team permissions
  • Real-time submissions dashboard
  • CSV and Excel export
The TafitiLens layer — built on top
  • Partial response capture — every dropout is data Unique
  • "Continue where you left off" resume banner Unique
  • Review all answers before submitting Unique
  • Mobile-responsive Likert / rating matrices Unique
  • Data stays in your own Google Drive Unique
  • Visual section progress stepper for respondents
  • Branded impact screen with confetti on submit
  • Zero server infrastructure required
Feature deep-dives

The details that make the difference

UNIQUE CAPABILITY
Partial response capture

Every 60 seconds, TafitiLens silently pushes the respondent's current progress to your Google Sheet — flagged as partial, with page reached recorded. A respondent who quits on page 3 of 7 is not lost data. They are data.

TimestampRespondentStatusPage
09:14 AM Amara D. complete 6/6
09:22 AM Kwame A. partial 3/6
09:31 AM Fatima N. partial 5/6
DRIVES COMPLETION
Resume where they stopped

When a respondent returns on the same device, they see a personalised banner showing their exact progress and when they left. One tap, and they're back exactly where they stopped.

🔖 Welcome back!
Page 4 of 6 · saved 2 hours ago · data already captured
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Section progress stepper

Respondents always know where they are. Completed sections turn green, the active section glows. Uncertainty is the top cause of survey abandonment — this eliminates it.

Background
Skills
3
Impact
4
Feedback
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Mobile-first rating grids

Likert matrix questions reflow automatically on small screens — from a table grid on desktop to tappable stacked cards on mobile. No zooming. No horizontal scroll.

Technical skills
1
2
3
4
5
Leadership
1
2
3
4
5
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Your data. Your Drive.

Responses submit directly from the browser to your Google Sheet. TafitiLens never touches or stores your response data. Full sovereignty by architecture, not policy.

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ZERO MIGRATION FRICTION
Your existing XLSForms work on day one

TafitiLens is fully compatible with the XLSForm standard — the same format used across ODK, KoboToolbox, and other research platforms. If you have existing survey designs, they run on TafitiLens without modification. No vendor lock-in. No rebuild. Upload your Excel file and you're live.

# Convert your XLSForm to live survey
$ upload Alumni_Survey.xlsx
→ Converting with pyxform...
✓ Live at app.tafitilens.com/?id=Alumni_Survey
How it works

From Excel to live survey
in three steps

No backend to manage. No IT team needed. No per-submission fees. Just your survey and your Google Drive.

1

Upload your XLSForm

Design your survey in Excel using the XLSForm standard. Upload it to TafitiLens — we convert it automatically using the same ODK engine researchers trust.

2

Connect your Google Drive

Link your Google account once. All responses — complete and partial — flow directly into a tab in your Google Sheet in real time. Your data never leaves your Drive.

3

Share and capture everything

Share a clean URL by email, WhatsApp, or QR code. TafitiLens auto-saves progress, nudges drop-offs to return, and ensures no response is wasted.

"We sent the survey to 400 alumni. 280 submitted fully. Of the remaining 120 who stopped halfway, TafitiLens captured 94 partial responses we would have otherwise lost — that's 94 data points we never had before."

Head of Impact & Measurement — Leading African University
Pricing

Simple, honest pricing.
No surprises.

No per-submission fees. No data egress charges. No feature gating behind enterprise tiers. Cancel any time.

Starter
$29/mo
For small teams running 1–3 active surveys.
  • 3 active surveys
  • 1,000 responses per month
  • Partial response capture
  • Resume banner
  • Google Drive integration
  • Section progress stepper
  • Custom domain
  • Priority support
Get started
Institution
Custom
For universities, NGOs, and multi-team organisations with governance needs.
  • Unlimited everything
  • Dedicated onboarding & training
  • White-label (your brand, our engine)
  • SLA and uptime guarantee
  • Invoice billing available
  • Data processing agreement
  • Multi-team management
  • Named account manager
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response today

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