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24 alternatives to iOS Motion Library – detect a backtap, knock and wave in your app
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iOS Motion Library is an alpha-stage framework that enables developers to integrate gesture detection into iOS apps. It recognizes three motion-based inputs: back-taps, knocks, and waves. The library is designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. iOS Motion Library – detect a backtap, knock and wave in your app launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Upon getting a Leap Motion and wanting to hack the ever-loving crap out of it, we decided to make some gesture recognizers that allow listening and handling motions such as: Did swipe right with x fingers, y hands Did pan on screen with x fingers, y hands Did tap with x fingers, y hands Did rotate with x fingers, y hands Did pinch with x fingers, y hands These libraries make it easy to create a WPF or a Cocoa Mac OS X application for manipulating and using the Leap Motion. These are built on top of the Leap SDK, and a level of abstraction up. We hope that this can be the foundation for a…
2013 · its alternatives →
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A book about designing animations for iOS
2014 · designthencode.com · its alternatives →
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Spotted in Prod▲801Work with the best design teams on iOS
2025 · spottedinprod.com · its alternatives →
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Transcribe + summarize audio and phone calls in any language
2024 · its alternatives →
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Rooms 3.0▲276Add motion, sound, particles, & more with just a few taps
2024 · rooms.xyz · its alternatives →
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Magic 2.0▲268Detects emotions in real-time and animates selfie-videos
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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App Animations ▲403Gallery of beautiful iOS animations to inspire your next app
2015 · appanimations.com · its alternatives →
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I made this iPhone app called "Affine Tuning" which is a collection of body-interactive musical pieces: https://affinetuning.com/ It uses body tracking (Motion Capture from RealityKit) to shape dynamic compositions. The app is completely free and will be updated in the future with more songs and other interactive features.
2022 · its alternatives →
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Measure input-to-output latency with your iPhone
2017 · isitsnappy.com · its alternatives →
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Framer Motion▲420A truly simple production-ready React animation library
2019 · motion.dev · its alternatives →
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Polaroid Swing▲119Create moving photos with one easy tap
2016 · theindianadrones.com · its alternatives →
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Wave▲73A fast, minimalistic gesture-based music player app
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Beautiful motion design videos, daily
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Motion (prev Framer Motion) is a fast, production-grade animation library for React, JavaScript and Vue. Build smooth UI animations at a tiny footprint.
2021 · motion.dev · its alternatives →
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A modern JavaScript touch gesture library. Allows developers to configure pre-existing gestures and even create their own using ZingTouch
2016 · zingchart.github.io · its alternatives →
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Frame.io for iOS▲140Real-time video collaboration, now with a native iOS app
2016 · frame.io · its alternatives →
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Clipsa▲114Shoot videos, change their speed and apply motion effects
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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TapMeasure▲166An elegant AR utility to measure your space with your iPhone
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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