Accessibility Techniques vs A11y Tester
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Accessibility Techniques
This app provides iOS SwiftUI sample code for accessibility techniques, demonstrating good and bad practices. It helps developers learn how to apply WCAG guidelines to their apps with searchable examples and source code.
- iOS SwiftUI sample code
- WCAG accessibility techniques
- Good and bad examples
- VoiceOver testing
- Searchable index
- Project source code
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iOS SwiftUI sample code demonstrating a variety of good and bad accessibility techniques. Learn how to apply WCAG to iOS SwiftUI apps. Good and Bad examples can be tested with VoiceOver and other iOS accessibility features. 76 accessibility techniques available in an alphabetically sorted and searchable index page. Review accessibility guidance documentation and project source code to learn how to apply the accessibility techniques in working SwiftUI code examples. Find the project on GitHub at https://github.com/cvs-health/ios-swiftui-accessibility-techniques Contribute code or leave issues and suggestions on GitHub.
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 update cadence: Accessibility Techniques at every 3 days against A11y Tester's every 2 weeks. Accessibility Techniques also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 2). A11y Tester's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Accessibility Techniques against 5.0 for A11y Tester. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Accessibility Techniques has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Accessibility Techniques ships an update every 3 days, A11y Tester every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Accessibility Techniques | A11y Tester |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PaulJAdam.com | Eric Felder |
Customer experience
Accessibility Techniques
A11y Tester
In-app purchases
Accessibility Techniques
No in-app purchases
A11y Tester
No in-app purchases
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