FaceSensor vs Hapticly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FaceSensor
This app uses your iPhone camera and haptic feedback to alert you to the presence of people nearby. It provides tactile sensations that vary in intensity and pattern based on distance and direction, offering a discreet awareness of your surroundings.
- Detects people using iPhone camera
- Varying haptic feedback for distance
- Directional haptic patterns
- Discrete awareness of surroundings
- Apple Watch integration for reinforced feedback
- Stationary use only
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FaceSensor is an entertaining way to use haptics to provide information to a blind user of the presence of another person as viewed by the iPhone camera. It does this gently and quietly by way of tactile sensations. These sensations will vary depending on the distance to the observed individual. Farther distances result in fainter signals and closer distances result in stronger signals. Left, center, and right sectors are also differentiated by varying haptic patterns. It is the discrete way to be aware of someone nearby. The Apple Watch can also be used with FaceSensor for reinforced sector information. FaceSensor is for stationary use only.
Hapticly
Experience music through touch with this innovative beat maker. It utilizes the iPhone's haptic engine to translate sounds into vibrations, creating a unique sensory musical landscape. This app is ideal for those with hearing impairments but enjoyable for everyone.
- Haptic engine integration
- Create tactile music landscapes
- Vibration-based sound experience
- Share sensory music experiences
- Accessible for hearing impaired
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This App requires iPhone 8 or later The new beat maker that takes advantage of the iPhones Haptic engine. Share experiences from a whole new angle with this app! Instead of audibly hearing a sound, you feel it. With an infinite number of haptics , you can create landscapes of feeling. From short taps to long vibrations, you can produce a new musical experience. This app solely relies on sense of feeling, which makes it perfect for those with hearing damage or impairment. But it is not limited to this, because anyone can enjoy Hapticly and all it has to offer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FaceSensor at none against Hapticly's 1. FaceSensor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 13.0). Hapticly's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 4). On price, rating 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. Hapticly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FaceSensor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for FaceSensor against 4.7 for Hapticly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively.
| Parameter | FaceSensor | Hapticly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeutschTechnology Corp. | Jacob Zyla |
Customer experience
FaceSensor
Hapticly
In-app purchases
FaceSensor
No in-app purchases
Hapticly
- Hapticly Max$0.99
