# Mobile data collection (MDE) **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/mobile-data-collection-mde/81204 **Category:** Ask for Help **Created:** [April 6, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/mobile-data-collection-mde/81204 "2025-04-06T08:33:07Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh) #### Post date: [April 7, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/mobile-data-collection-mde/81204/4 "2025-04-07T00:03:32Z")
> [@Can offline apps be created, and if so how?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-offline-apps-be-created-and-if-so-how/57678/4): > > Think of it this way. When you are connected to the internet and open the app, it performs a sync to download all of the data to your device into a temporary cache that only exists while the app is open. Also, the data does not store images, but rather the url to the image. Those images are only downloaded and stored in your cache when they need to be displayed in your app. Now the offline capability comes into play if you already have the app open, because much of the data is already cached… Here’s a great comment to sum up what Glide can offer for the offline mode. However, I’m not sure if they still offer it. I searched on the [pricing page](https://www.glideapps.com/pricing) and can’t find it. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/mobile-data-collection-mde/81204)._