What MOBILedit does

MOBILedit, operated by Compelson s.r.o. and headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, is a digital forensics software vendor specializing in extraction and analysis of evidence from mobile phones, smartwatches, cloud accounts, and dive computers. Founded in 1996, the company has built a 28+ year track record serving law enforcement, military, government agencies, forensic professionals, expert witnesses, universities, and NGOs globally. The flagship product, MOBILedit Forensic, is offered in Standard, PRO, and ULTRA editions and supports Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, KaiOS, and feature phones, with application parsing for over 1,200 apps including many regional and local variants.

The technical platform centers on proprietary security-bypassing methods (UNISOC, Exynos, MTK, Kirin chipsets), Live Updates delivery architecture for incremental capability rollout, physical image extraction with FDE/FBE decryption, smartwatch-specific hardware readers, cloud extraction across major SaaS providers, and integrations that import Cellebrite UFED and GrayKey file system extractions. Companion modules include MOBILedit Cloud Forensic, Camera Ballistics, Smartwatch Kit, Connection Kit, Apple Watch Kit, SIM Cloning Tool, MOBILedit Phone Manager, Contacts Optimizer, and the MOBILedit Academy training platform.

The business model is primarily one-time perpetual software licensing supplemented by subscription maintenance, hardware kit sales, and training/professional services, distributed through a direct online store, a global authorized reseller network, and direct enterprise sales. Pricing is not publicly disclosed but is positioned as a fraction of competitor Cellebrite's pricing. The company has been bootstrapped since founding with no external funding rounds disclosed, operates with a founder-led structure under CEO Dusan Kozusnik, and is subject to EU Council Regulation 2021/821 dual-use export controls on its advanced ULTRA edition capabilities.

Name

MOBILedit

Legal name

Compelson s.r.o.

Website

https://mobiledit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MOBILedit, operated by Compelson s.r.o. from Prague, develops digital forensics software for extracting evidence from mobile phones, smartwatches, and cloud accounts, primarily serving law enforcement, government, and forensic professionals across global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Forensics Software

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Forensics & Evidence Collection (Endpoint, Mobile, Cloud) (BPAKAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Security & Privacy Services (DLP, Encryption, Privacy Ops) (BPAKAHAM)

Keywords

• Mobile forensics software
• Digital forensic tools
• Smartphone data extraction
• Cloud forensic analysis
• Smartwatch forensics

Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: MOBILedit generates revenue primarily through software licensing. License types include Single-User, Multi-User/Network, and Volume licenses. The software requires a License Key or hardware dongle for activation. Perpetual and subscription-based maintenance options are available. Licenses can be purchased directly through the online store (card/PayPal) or through authorized resellers. The company describes its pricing as a fraction of competitors like Cellebrite UFED.
2. Hardware Products: Hardware kits are sold alongside software, including the Smartwatch Kit (with readers for Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch, Garmin cables, adapters), Connection Kit, Apple Watch Kit, and SIM Cloning Tool. These physical products enable the forensic extraction capabilities.
3. Training and Education: MOBILedit Academy provides training at their Prague facility and online. Training covers Advanced Bypassing Techniques, ISP/Chip-off/JTAG forensics, and software usage. The company also offers free online webinars for customer education and product training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

MOBILedit develops digital forensic software (MOBILedit Forensic) that extracts evidence from mobile phones, smartwatches, and cloud services for law enforcement, government agencies, military, and forensic professionals. The platform supports over 1,200 applications, advanced security bypassing for locked Android/iOS devices, physical image extraction with FDE/FBE decryption, and produces court-admissible reports. Companion products include hardware kits (Smartwatch Kit, Connection Kit, Apple Watch Kit), Camera Ballistics, and MOBILedit Cloud Forensic, plus consumer-facing Phone Manager and Contacts Optimizer.

Product overview

MOBILedit offers a comprehensive suite of digital forensic products centered on MOBILedit Forensic software, with specialized editions (Standard, PRO, ULTRA) for law enforcement and investigators. The product ecosystem includes cloud forensic analysis (MOBILedit Cloud Forensic), smartwatch forensics with dedicated hardware kits (Smartwatch Kit, Apple Watch Kit), camera ballistics analysis, connection accessories (Connection Kit), and SIM cloning tools. Consumer offerings include MOBILedit Phone Manager and Contacts Optimizer app, while the MOBILedit Academy and User Portal provide training and license management. The products work together to enable extraction of evidence from mobile phones, smartwatches, clouds, and dive computers, supporting over 1,200 applications with advanced security bypassing capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MOBILedit Forensic: Professional forensic tool for phone, smartwatch, and cloud data extraction used by law enforcement
• MOBILedit Cloud Forensic
• MOBILedit Phone Manager
• Camera Ballistics
• Smartwatch Kit
• Contacts Optimizer
• MOBILedit Academy

Products and services

• MOBILedit Forensic Primary forensic software for extracting evidence from mobile phones, supporting Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, KaiOS, and feature phones. Available in Standard, PRO, and ULTRA editions with advanced security bypassing for over 1,200 applications.
• MOBILedit Cloud Forensic Cloud forensic module that extracts login information from phones to access evidence stored in cloud services including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Slack, Twitter, and email protocols (IMAP/POP3).
• Smartwatch Kit Hardware kit with specialized readers and cables for extracting data from Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch, and Garmin smartwatches, including physical and wireless diagnostic port readers.
• Connection Kit Hardware kit containing cables, adapters, and tools for connecting various mobile devices to forensic workstations including SIM cloning tools and Bluetooth modules.
• Apple Watch Kit Specialized hardware kit for extracting data from Apple Watch devices, including physical diagnostic port readers for Series 0-6 and wireless readers for Series 7-10 and Ultra.
• Camera Ballistics Forensic module for analyzing photos to extract EXIF data including GPS geolocation, timestamp, and device information for photo source identification.
• MOBILedit Phone Manager Consumer-focused phone management software for backing up and managing contacts, messages, and media on mobile devices. Available in Home and Enterprise editions.
• MOBILedit Forensic Personal Personal use version of the forensic tool allowing individuals to check what information can be extracted from their own phones, including parental control features.
• Contacts Optimizer Mobile application for Android and iOS that intelligently cleans and organizes phone contacts by finding duplicates, fixing formatting, and merging entries.
• SIM Cloning Tool Built-in SIM cloning functionality that copies investigated SIM cards to rewritable MOBILedit SIM Clone Cards to isolate phones from mobile networks during forensic analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,200+ applications supported for data parsing, including regional and niche apps
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Stop! Violencia de Género DigitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 August 2021MOBILedit partnered with Stop! Violencia de Género Digital, a Spanish nonprofit organization fighting digital domestic violence. The partnership provides forensic tools for investigating digital harassment, social media abuse, and technology-facilitated domestic violence cases. Encarni Iglesias Periera's organization uses MOBILedit Forensic to extract evidence from phones, prepare reports for police, and support criminal convictions in domestic violence cases across Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
• UNICARIBE (Fundación Educativa del Caribe)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 11 May 2021Compelson and Fundación Educativa del Caribe signed a cooperation agreement to establish the first fully equipped MOBILedit forensic laboratory in the Dominican Republic. The partnership provides university students access to professional forensic tools for investigations and education. The initiative responded to 46% growth in cybercrime in Dominican Republic in 2020. Dusan Kozusnik, CEO of Compelson, stated commitment to educating future forensic professionals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Emerging players

• SUMURI: SUMURI provides forensic hardware, software (Talino, RECOVER), and training for digital investigators. It is a smaller niche player whose focus on investigator workstations and Apple/macOS forensics overlaps with MOBILedit's professional forensic customer base.
• ADF Solutions: ADF Solutions makes triage tools (Triage-G2, DEI) for on-scene mobile and computer forensic triage by field investigators. It is a smaller specialist serving an adjacent market segment (field triage) that intersects with MOBILedit's broader extraction offering.

Direct peers

• MSAB (Micro Systemation): MSAB develops XRY, a leading mobile device extraction and analysis tool for law enforcement. Both companies target police and government forensic labs with software that extracts, decodes, and reports on mobile device data across major operating systems.
• Grayshift: Grayshift is the maker of GrayKey, a leading iOS device unlocking and extraction appliance used by law enforcement. MOBILedit Forensic supports importing GrayKey file system extractions, indicating direct competitive overlap in the iOS advanced-access segment.
• Oxygen Forensics: Oxygen Forensics offers the Detective and Forensic Suite for mobile device extraction, cloud data, and reporting. It competes directly with MOBILedit on the same law enforcement / forensic professional customer base with overlapping application parsing and cloud extraction capabilities.
• Paraben Corporation: Paraben provides mobile, IoT, and cloud forensic investigation tools (E3 Forensic Platform). It serves the same law enforcement and corporate forensic customer base as MOBILedit with overlapping device and app analysis capabilities.
• Magnet Forensics: Magnet Forensics (now part of Grayshift) builds tools like Magnet AXIOM and GrayKey for mobile and cloud forensics. It competes with MOBILedit in the law enforcement / DFIR market, with overlapping iOS/Android extraction and application analysis functionality.
• Cellebrite: Cellebrite is the dominant mobile forensics vendor (UFED Premium, Inseyets) used by law enforcement globally. Both companies compete head-to-head on phone extraction, app parsing, and security bypassing for iOS/Android devices, and MOBILedit explicitly benchmarks itself against Cellebrite on price and app-parsing coverage.

Broad incumbents

• AccessData (Exterro): Exterro/AccessData offers FTK (Forensic Toolkit) for digital investigations across computers and mobile devices. It is a broader DFIR platform player that overlaps with MOBILedit in mobile forensics but also spans e-discovery and enterprise investigations.

Others

• VeraLab (Compelson partner ecosystem): Authorized MOBILedit resellers and training academies (e.g., UNICARIBE, Stop! Violencia de Género Digital) represent partner-channel participants that resell MOBILedit and run forensic training programs; comparable as ecosystem/ distribution touchpoints in the same digital forensics market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MEforensic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/compelson

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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