A Google Forms alternative for signed tattoo consent

Google Forms has no native signature field, so studios using it for consent rely on a typed name, a tick box, a paid add-on or a separate signing step. In Wavrr, the client draws their signature with a finger and the artist countersigns before the record is complete.

• Client signs with a finger on their own phone or a studio tablet
• Artist adds their own signature to finish the waiver
• Guardian name and signature added automatically below your age threshold
• Signing blocked below your minimum age
• Required questions and consent boxes checked before submission

Forms collects answers into a response summary or a linked Google Sheet. Wavrr turns each signing into a PDF, emails the client a copy and files it under that customer, so you can find it again months or years later.

• Automatic signed PDF with your studio logo
• Confirmation email with the client's copy
• One customer record with their full consent history
• Bulk exports of waivers and ink passports for inspections
• Ink registration and ink passports per session

Google's help page says respondents must sign in to a Google account to answer a file upload question, which matters if you want a photo of the client's ID. Wavrr clients never install an app or create an account: they open a link or scan a QR code and sign.

• Signing by link, QR code or on your own device
• Optional photo ID attached to the waiver
• Front-desk tablet resets itself for the next client
• Tattoo, piercing and PMU templates you can customise
• iOS and Android apps for signing in the studio

Google Forms costs nothing with a personal Google account, most clients have seen one before, and it takes minutes to set up. For a booking questionnaire, a design brief, an aftercare check-in or a feedback survey, it is a sensible choice and Wavrr is not trying to replace it.

If you already pay for Google Workspace, Forms is part of every plan, and answers flow straight into Google Sheets. Studios that only need to collect unsigned information, and are happy to manage the spreadsheet themselves, may not need anything else.

A consent record has to show who agreed, to what wording, on which date, and that they signed. Google Forms collects answers well but has no signature question type, so studios build workarounds: a typed name, a third-party signature add-on from the Workspace Marketplace, or a follow-up document sent through Docs eSignature. Each adds a step, and some add a separate monthly fee.

There is also the record itself. Responses sit in the form's summary and a linked sheet, and any uploads go into a folder in the form owner's Google Drive. Matching an answer row, an ID photo and a later session to the same client is work the studio has to organise by hand. Wavrr does that filing automatically, with a PDF per waiver and a history per customer.

Consent forms contain health disclosures, dates of birth and sometimes ID photos. With Google Forms, that data lives in whichever Google account owns the form, alongside everything else in that account's Drive. If an artist builds the form on a personal account and later leaves, the records leave with them. Check Google's current terms and data region options for your plan if location matters to you.

Wavrr stores waivers, PDFs and ID photos with Supabase inside the European Union, encrypted in transit and at rest where supported. You remain the data controller for your clients' data, and the records stay with the studio account rather than in a personal Drive.

Forms on its own is free. The cost appears when you add signatures: either a Workspace plan that includes eSignature (listed from Business Standard at $14 per user/month on Google's pricing page in October 2026), or a third-party signature add-on, which is priced by its own vendor. Remember that Workspace is priced per user, so a studio with several artists pays per account.

Wavrr's Artist plan is $14.50/mo and the Studio plan is $39.50/mo for multi-artist studios, with unlimited consent forms and no per-waiver fees. The free plan includes three consent forms with the full feature set, so you can compare the signing flow side by side before paying anything.