Accessibility Inspector vs A11y Tester
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Accessibility Inspector
Customize your device to meet individual needs with a suite of accessibility features. Quickly toggle these settings on or off using a triple-click of the side button.
- Customize device for individual needs
- Configure accessibility features
- Triple-click side button to toggle
- On-device settings management
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Accessibility features help you customise your iPhone for your individual needs. Configure and then triple-click the side button to toggle accessibility features on or off.
A11y Tester
This app helps users test mobile web pages for accessibility issues and WCAG compliance. It scans pages, identifies potential barriers, and offers guidance to improve web content accessibility for mobile devices.
- Mobile web page accessibility testing
- WCAG compliance checks
- Automatic scanning for issues
- Highlights accessibility barriers
- Guidance on WCAG criteria
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A11y Tester is an iOS application designed to help users evaluate mobile web pages for accessibility and compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The app allows users to enter or load web pages and automatically scans them for common accessibility issues. A11y Tester highlights potential barriers, provides guidance on WCAG criteria, and helps users improve the accessibility of their mobile web content. The service is intended for developers, designers, and anyone seeking to test and enhance the accessibility of web pages on mobile devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: A11y Tester at 5.0 against Accessibility Inspector's 2.0. A11y Tester also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 59 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A11y Tester holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Accessibility Inspector's written reviews are positive against 100% of A11y Tester's.
Accessibility Inspector ships an update every 59 months, A11y Tester every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Accessibility Inspector | A11y Tester |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | George Garside | Eric Felder |
Customer experience
Accessibility Inspector
A11y Tester
In-app purchases
Accessibility Inspector
No in-app purchases
A11y Tester
No in-app purchases
Questions
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