Comparison

Adaptivity (B) vs Cheat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Adaptivity (B)

Visualize how app layouts appear on various devices and adapt to different settings like orientation, multitasking, and text size changes. This free version offers essential tools for developers and designers to preview their work.

Highlights
  • Visualize layout sizes
  • Display sizes in points or pixels
  • Toggle status bar visibility
  • Support for iPad multitasking
  • Dark appearance support
  • Force right-to-left layout
  • Handoff actions
Features
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Adaptivity is an invaluable tool for developers and designers. Use it to visualize how Size Classes and margins for layout, readable content and the safe area look on real devices and how they change with respect to orientation, iPad multitasking and Dynamic Type size changes. This free version has reduced features. TESTIMONIALS • “Adaptivity is not just highly recommended – it’s essential” — Paul Hudson, Hacking With Swift article “8 essential apps for iOS developers”, 30th March 2020. • “It's a very, very good tool as a reference for both developers and designers” — Gui Rambo, Stacktrace podcast episode #77, 1st April 2020. • “I'm not trying to spend your money, but to me this is a no-brainer” — Sean Allen YouTube video “Indie Dev Apps”, 12th April 2020. MAIN FEATURES • Visualize sizes for full view, layout margins, readable content guide and safe area layout guide. • Sizes displayed in points or pixels. • Regular or large navigation bar titles. • Toggle status bar and navigation bar/toolbar/tab bar visibility. • Activity View Controller for sharing a snapshot image of each view. • iPad multitasking (see note). • Dark appearance support (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). • Setting to force right-to-left layout. • Handoff actions from Adaptivity (B) on one device to Adaptivity (A) on another. OTHER VIEWS • Popover, Form/Page Sheet, Full Screen and Automatic modal presentations. • Customise Sheet Presentations on iOS/iPadOS 15 or later. • Tab Bar Controller • Class style Split View Controller. • Dynamic Type styles for the current Content Size Category. The full version of the app, Adaptivity (A), includes many more features: • Table View Controller. • Double and triple column style Split View Controllers (requires iOS/iPadOS 14 or later). • Keyboard Dodging and Custom Keyboard. • Safe Area Layout Guide. • Explore Pointer Interactions (requires iPadOS 13.4 or later and a trackpad or mouse). • Explore System Colors. • Explore System Fonts. • Explore System Images (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). Choose which SF Symbols data set to view, configure rendering modes and much more. • Explore System Materials (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). • Keyboard shortcuts. • Keyboard navigation (requires iPadOS 15 or later). • Home Screen Quick Actions (requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later). • Siri shortcut with custom response UI. • Handoff support. • External display support. • Pre- and post-iOS 14 style Widgets to show layout. • iOS 14 style Widgets to show random System Images. • iOS 14 style Widgets to show Dynamic Type text styles. • iOS 16 lock screen Widgets to show layout. • iOS 16 lock screen Widgets to show random System Images. • Notification Content Extension. • Watch App. • iMessage App. Note: Adaptivity (A) supports multiple windows on iPadOS 13 or later. On earlier iOS versions, Adaptivity (A) and (B) must be downloaded to run Adaptivity twice using iPad multitasking. Adaptivity (A) is a universal purchase and includes a Mac Catalyst version of the app. Buying one allows the other to be downloaded at no extra cost using the same Apple ID. Adaptivity (C) has the same reduced features as Adaptivity (B) but only supports iPhone. Use it to visualize how an iPhone‑only app appears on iPad. For more information see https://hacknicity.com/adaptivity

About

Cheat

This app provides a quick reference for SwiftUI UI elements and their corresponding source code. It helps developers quickly find and test code examples for various controls, making UI development faster and more intuitive across Apple platforms.

Highlights
  • SwiftUI UI element showcase
  • Example source code for each element
  • Interactive control testing
  • UIKit to SwiftUI element mapping
  • Fast UI development reference
Features
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SwiftUI is an innovative, exceptionally simple way to build user interfaces across all Apple platforms. You're faster in development and it's easier to separate design and logic. SwiftUI CheatSheet show all UI elements and the needed source code. Each UI element is presented in one or more variations. You can try the control and check the functionality. Below the example you see the corresponding code to get this result. It's easy, try it! To allow experienced coders an easier changeover to SwiftUI, all elements from UIKit are assigned to the corresponding SwiftUI elements.

Screenshots

Adaptivity (B)4 screens
Cheat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Adaptivity (B) at every 2 months against Cheat's every 53 months. Adaptivity (B) also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Adaptivity (B) against 5.0 for Cheat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adaptivity (B) has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Adaptivity (B) ships an update every 2 months, Cheat every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Adaptivity (B) versus Cheat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdaptivity (B)Cheat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 53 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeoff HackworthBansemer Consulting GmbH

Customer experience

Adaptivity (B)

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cheat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Adaptivity (B)

No in-app purchases

None

Cheat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Adaptivity (B) free?
Adaptivity (B) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cheat free?
Cheat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Adaptivity (B) or Cheat?
Adaptivity (B) and Cheat are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Adaptivity (B) or Cheat have ads?
Neither Adaptivity (B) nor Cheat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Adaptivity (B) or Cheat?
Adaptivity (B) ships an update every 2 months, and Cheat every 53 months. Most recently, Adaptivity (B) was updated on August 24, 2026 and Cheat on September 14, 2026.

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