Comparison

FaceSensor vs Fidget Lab

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 discreet 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.

About

Fidget Lab

Features
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Three fidget toys, free forever. No account, no adverts, no timer. Most fidget apps are pictures that wobble. This one you feel and hear: every detent fires the Taptic Engine, and every click is metal synthesized live — a titanium ping, a copper thock, a ratchet drum rolling as a wheel spins down. Nothing is a recorded loop. FREE, PERMANENTLY The Click Slider, Haptic Coin and Free Spinner are yours to keep, fully customisable, with no trial and nothing to cancel. If you never pay a penny, they still work. UNLOCK THE OTHER TEN — ONE PAYMENT £9.99 once, and that is the end of it. No subscription, nothing renews, and it stays with your Apple Account on every device. THIRTEEN MECHANISMS · Click Slider — three firm clicks either way, resistance builds then snaps (free) · Haptic Coin — ten magnetic detents, twists like a dive-watch bezel (free) · Free Spinner — one flick, a long wobble-free spin and a quiet whir (free) · Long Click Slider — twice the travel, thirteen detents · Tuning Fork — struck steel, ringing out as it decays · Roulette Wheel — set 0 to 12 magnets, from silky glide to ratchet drum · Bead Spinner — nine ticks a turn, beads knocking as it settles · Palm Roller — a dense bead track, micro-ticks under the thumb · Twin Rollers — two rollers orbiting, each metal with its own wind note · Ratchet Ring — 24 teeth, one-way pawl, sharp mechanical clicks · Spin Top — a spiral illusion, wobble growing as it slows · Gear Ring — 36 fine teeth you feel more than hear · Orbiter Coin — push it to the rim and feel it land · Shake Stick — flick it, feel the segments rattle home BUILD EVERY ONE YOURSELF Ten chassis shapes, sixteen colours across three slots, three finishes, six body metals, five ball materials and four springs. The material is not a skin: pitch follows the square root of stiffness over density, so stainless rings bright and long where copper gives a low soft thock and Ultem barely rings at all. CLICKS THAT COUNT Every detent is counted across every fidget. Ten stages from 1,000 to 1,000,000 clicks, each one setting off fireworks. Reach a million and you can prestige, up to four times, restyling the whole app in copper, silver, gold and diamond. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No adverts. No sign-up. No account. Nothing collected — the App Privacy label reads Data Not Collected. Works completely offline. For anyone with restless hands: on hold, in a queue, in a meeting, or just wanting something to do that isn't opening the feed. Sound and haptics can each be switched off. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The unlock is a single payment, not a subscription — nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel. Terms of use: https://hapticfidget.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://hapticfidget.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://hapticfidget.com/terms/ Terms of Use (EULA - Apple standard licence agreement): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FaceSensor4 screens
Fidget Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FaceSensor at none against Fidget Lab's 2. Fidget Lab's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 98 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Fidget Lab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FaceSensor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FaceSensor ships an update every 98 months, Fidget Lab weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FaceSensor versus Fidget Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceSensorFidget Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 98 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeutschTechnology Corp.Lee Tobin

In-app purchases

None

FaceSensor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Fidget Lab

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$9.99

Questions

Is FaceSensor free?
FaceSensor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fidget Lab free?
Fidget Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FaceSensor or Fidget Lab have ads?
Neither FaceSensor nor Fidget Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FaceSensor or Fidget Lab?
FaceSensor ships an update every 98 months, and Fidget Lab weekly. Most recently, FaceSensor was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fidget Lab on October 24, 2026.

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