Haptic Testing vs TinyWalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haptic Testing
This tool allows developers to test and visualize haptic feedback on iOS and watchOS devices. It provides code snippets for implementation and includes an Apple Watch simulator for convenient testing.
- Comprehensive haptic testing
- Advanced haptics visualizer
- Apple Watch haptics testing
- Apple Watch haptics simulator
- Developer-focused design
- Code snippets for implementation
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Haptic Testing is the tool for iOS developers and designers who want every touch to feel just right. Feel every haptic on iPhone and Apple Watch, see it visualized, and copy the Swift code straight into Xcode. FEEL EVERY HAPTIC • Impact: Light, Medium, Heavy, Soft and Rigid — for buttons, toggles and collisions • Notification: Success, Warning and Error — the feel of an outcome • Selection: the light tick of a changing value • Try haptics with native iOS elements: stepper, context menu, rotation and more CUSTOM PATTERNS • Compose Core Haptics patterns with intensity, sharpness and timing • Combine short (transient) and long (continuous) events • Play them on iPhone and Apple Watch ADVANCED VISUALIZATION • See the shape of every haptic — what you feel, on screen • Compare with ease: Light vs Heavy, Soft vs Rigid APPLE WATCH • Feel every watchOS haptic right on your wrist • No watch at hand? Use the built-in Apple Watch simulator on your iPhone READY-MADE CODE • A Swift snippet for every haptic • Copy or share with one tap — less guesswork, more time saved WHO IS THIS APP FOR? • App developers: find the right feedback for every action • Game developers: craft immersive tactile experiences • UX/UI designers: bring interfaces to life with haptics • Tech enthusiasts: learn how tactile feedback works PREMIUM A few haptics are free to try. Premium unlocks unlimited haptics, all code snippets, the pattern editor and Apple Watch haptics.
TinyWalk
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TinyWalk is a developer utility for generating synthetic HealthKit test data on a real device. Building or QA-testing an app that reads step counts, walking distance, or workouts? Populating a test dataset by hand in the Health app is slow, and the iOS Simulator cannot reproduce device-only HealthKit behavior. TinyWalk writes well-formed sample data in one tap so you can exercise your read paths, charts, aggregation windows, and permission flows against realistic input. [What it writes] • HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount — as one sample per write, or split into per-minute samples • HKQuantityTypeIdentifierDistanceWalkingRunning — derived at 0.75 m/step, and optional • HKWorkout (.walking) — wraps the per-minute samples in a single session, so your workout-reading code has something to parse [Features] • Seven dataset options: presets at 100, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 steps, plus a custom target — type any step count up to 100,000, or set a duration up to 4 hours and let it run until time is up. • Provenance control: write samples tagged HKMetadataKeyWasUserEntered (as the Health app does for hand-typed values) or untagged like device-recorded data. Most apps branch on this flag, so testing that branch needs both. • Back-dated generation: spread a dataset minute-by-minute across a past time range, so you can test how your app aggregates historical data without waiting in real time. • Live generation: write progressively over a countdown, to test how your app reacts to HealthKit data arriving while it runs. • Background continuation: a live run keeps writing after you switch apps or lock the screen, and notifies you when it finishes (requires iOS 26 or later). • Realistic variance: samples carry ±12% per-minute variation and a configurable cadence (walk / jog / run) so your charts and averages are tested against non-uniform input instead of a flat series. • Local log of every dataset written, so you can find and clean up what you generated. • No account required. Core data generation runs entirely on your device — with in-app feedback (Settings → Feedback) available if you choose to send a message or screenshot to our support channel. [Important] The data TinyWalk writes is synthetic. It is intended for developing and testing your own software. Do not use it to represent real activity, and do not use it in fitness challenges, insurance or workplace wellness programs, games, or any other context where step counts earn rewards. Samples written by TinyWalk can be deleted at any time from the Health app. [Pro Lifetime Unlock] The 100-step and 1,000-step presets are free. A single one-time purchase permanently unlocks the 2,000 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 10,000-step presets, custom step and duration targets, and background continuation, and removes daily generation limits. Privacy Policy: https://certaindaniel.github.io/en/tinywalk/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TinyWalk at none against Haptic Testing's 3. TinyWalk also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Haptic Testing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Haptic Testing sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TinyWalk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Haptic Testing ships an update every 2 weeks, TinyWalk weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haptic Testing | TinyWalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Obodianskyi | Lu Cheng Wei |
In-app purchases
Haptic Testing
- Lifetime Access$1.99
- Lifetime Forever$3.99
- Haptics Feedback VIP Tool$5.99
TinyWalk
No in-app purchases









