Comparison

Thermals vs Haptic Helper

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

Head to head
About

Thermals

Monitor your device's thermal state and processor activity to diagnose performance issues. Understand why your phone might be running slowly, charging slowly, or have reduced brightness due to overheating. Export data for further analysis with other development tools.

Highlights
  • Displays device thermal state
  • Shows active processor count
  • Monitors device uptime
  • Troubleshoots performance issues
  • Helps diagnose slow charging
  • Identifies brightness limitations
  • Exports raw data for analysis
Features
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Phone running slowly, charging slowly or low brightness? See if your device is overheating using Thermals. Thermals displays your device’s thermal state, as well as how many processors are active on your device and its uptime, as reported by iOS. Thermals helps troubleshoot: • Poor performance — iOS reduces processor speed and potentially disables processors temporarily when the device is hot. • Slow charging — battery charging causes a lot of heat and iOS can limit charging speed to reduce the additional heat that might make a device too hot. • Low maximum brightness — if your device screen stays dark despite being on full brightness, it could be limited by iOS due to heat. • Manufacturing defects — if not all processors are active when the device is cool and not in low power mode. Your device's thermal state is monitored regularly in the background and recorded in the app (if Background App Refresh is enabled). Open the app or tap the widget to record a data point manually. Export the raw data to file for corroboration with Screen Time, Xcode's Instruments, or other development tools. Also an independent Apple Watch app shows the thermal status, active processors and uptime, and thermal history of your watch.

About

Haptic Helper

Features
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"Haptics engage people’s sense of touch to enhance the experience of interacting with onscreen interfaces." This app provides a simple demonstration on the different Haptic interactions that are available to users using apple devices.  This app was created from the need to help others to feel and see for themselves how haptics can be used. It is difficult to feel these as the current simulator does not support Haptics. This is intended to help developers and designers to see what haptics may be best for their apps. To use this app, simply open the app and tap on the haptic interaction to feel it for yourself. It also provides useful tools such as descriptions, sample code and links to further information.

Screenshots

Thermals4 screens
Haptic Helper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Thermals at #192 against Haptic Helper's unranked. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thermals ships an update every 3 months, Haptic Helper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Thermals versus Haptic Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThermalsHaptic Helper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideAlexander Kozlowski

In-app purchases

None

Thermals

No in-app purchases

None

Haptic Helper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thermals free?
Thermals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haptic Helper free?
Haptic Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thermals or Haptic Helper have ads?
Neither Thermals nor Haptic Helper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thermals or Haptic Helper?
Thermals ships an update every 3 months, and Haptic Helper every 4 months. Most recently, Thermals was updated on September 22, 2026 and Haptic Helper on September 8, 2026.

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