Phone Diagnostics vs TouchGap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phone Diagnostics
Easily test and check all mobile device functionalities. This app is useful before purchasing a device, sending it for repair, or after receiving it back. It also helps you locate nearby repair shops.
- Test device functionalities
- Check hardware before buying
- Verify repairs
- Find local repair shops
- Improve QC processes
- Facilitate trade-in
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Phone diagnostics helps the end user to easily test and check the functionalities of mobile devices before buying, sending to repair shop, or after repair. It helps to find the repair shop near you. This app can also be used by QC in repair shop or refurbish factory. Most of the refurbish/repair factory is using manual QC process. The QC staff tends to skip/miss the test items and some items need several steps to perform one test case. With this app you can improve the quality and productivity of QC process significantly. Contact us for factory version where all steps running automatically, ads are removed and the result is uploaded to factory shop floor control system. You will have real time data for analysis and improve the production. It helps to facilitate the trade-in, enable the another life for the mobile device.
TouchGap
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Does your screen sometimes seem to miss a touch, but you cannot show exactly when or where it happens? TouchGap is a visual diagnostic tool that draws the touch events delivered to the app by your iPhone or iPad. It goes beyond drawing lines by showing time between events, samples per second, cancellations, and recurring locations so you can examine touch continuity. Five guided test modes • Trace Test: Follow a guide to review the input path across different screen areas. • Hold Test: Keep a finger down and watch whether contact remains continuous. • Multi Test: Move one, two, or three fingers together to check multitouch input. • Ghost Watch: Leave the screen untouched and record unexpected input delivered to the app. • Tap Test: Review recognition of single, double, and triple taps. See the path. Measure the timing. • A different colored trail and live contact point for each finger • Red dotted segments when the interval between received events exceeds your selected threshold • Samples per second, maximum event interval, suspected gap count, and cancellation count • A result summary marked Stable, Caution, or Retest • Diagnostic records with device model, OS version, and test time • Save a result image or share a PDF report Repeat the same test before and after removing a case or charger, or before and after a repair, to compare results under different conditions. No ads are shown on the active test screen, keeping the touch area clear. Important limitation TouchGap does not confirm or guarantee a hardware diagnosis. Every value and visual is based only on events that iOS delivers to TouchGap. Slow movement, system load, display refresh-rate changes, system gestures, and accessories can also affect event timing. Compare several repeated tests under the same conditions. If the issue continues, contact Apple or an authorized service provider for a hardware assessment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TouchGap at none against Phone Diagnostics's 1. Phone Diagnostics's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12 vs 16.0). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Phone Diagnostics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TouchGap asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Phone Diagnostics | TouchGap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (86 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HITEK_NOVA | nowApp Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Phone Diagnostics
Reported bugs
33 issues- Camera/microphone activity noticed after download
- Charged $149.99 at Apple Store during testing
- NFC check missing
- Repair suggested for skipped NFC test
- Memory tests missing
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- 3D touch test inaccurate
- Multi-touch test only checks for 2 fingers
- Barometer test function not working on iPhones
- Sound test marks iPhone 15 as faulty (when it's not)
- App dials 900 (Sberbank) during testing
- App froze iPhone
- Volume up during microphone test woke up house
- Glitchy on iPad Pro, fails multi-touch test
- Ads block testing area
- Test page won't stay up
- Speaker test plays sound through earpiece on second run
- 900 number test for phone calling function not working
- Tests for features not present (e.g., headphone port on iPhone 8+)
- Developer website is useless, no feature request or bug reporting
- No user support
- Video ad played suddenly and loudly
- Cancelling a test results in a failure
- Latest update is buggy, fires off automated test sequence randomly
- Headset button ad covers it
- 3D Touch only registers to 83%
- Takes away identification data without knowledge
- Ad at the bottom covers headset button
- Multi-tap failed even though it worked
- Flash didn't work after screen repair, app fixed it
- Dead pixels on screen identified
- Zoomed camera lens issue not identified
- App immediately bumps volume and plays music on first launch
- Test results are sometimes incorrect
Requested features
10 requests- Add NFC/antenna tester
- Add memory tests
- Add eSIM check
- Improve 3D Touch test accuracy
- Improve multi-touch test (more than 2 fingers)
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- Add support for blind users (VoiceOver)
- Add option to remove ads via in-app purchase
- Detect phone model to modify test suite
- Test Bluetooth headphone features on newer iPhones
- Provide more detailed battery information (life expectancy, condition)
TouchGap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phone Diagnostics
- Phone Diagnostics Pro$4.99
TouchGap
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Phone Diagnostics free?
Is TouchGap free?
Do Phone Diagnostics or TouchGap have ads?
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