When it comes to the software experience, iOS takes the lead with better optimization and resource management. Unlike the availability of Android, iOS has restrictions as it is not the open-source software to build customizations on. We will be discussing the 5 best iOS Emulators for PC Windows and MAC available to run iPhone apps. If one side of the world chooses Android, the other side will choose Apple iOS. If you open your browser's developer's tools (in Chrome F12), there will probably be an option to toggle device mode (in Chrome it is the little smartphone icon at top-left).Īfter choosing this option GUI will change and will provide option to select device to simulate (in Chrome it is at the top - select option 'Device'), after selecting device, refreshing the page is often adviced to ensure simulator's accuracy.The smartphone world is bifurcated by the users according to their choice. This may sound dull, but these simulators/emulators come and go as spring and winter, so always check whether there's something new - example search queries:īrowser device mode - resolution test only Link: X) search for it (other than stackoverflow) This one seems to process the webpage, but it emulates old iPhone - still handy sometimes. Seems to work like recombu, but you can open url directly by text input and you can zoom in/out. Link: 2) responsimulator - seems to just iframe the page Don't be confused that you can't edit address bar in safari - just open deveolper tools (usually F12) and rewrite iframe's source URL to yours. Online simulators / emulators I use 1) recombu - seems to be gone (or at least the assets)įine simulator which - unlike resizing browser window to mobile phone dimensions - acts same as a smart phone. I've encountered cases when even the iOSes themselves behaved differently on 2 iPhones. To emulate real phones, often the best choice is to download a desktop app which, for Windows, is usually paid/freemium (same as online services providing virtual/remote devices), on Mac just use the Xcode one (but I doubt Mac people are looking for this Q/A).įreemium online easy to use that I found recently is Appetize.io it seems to really render the screen according to network, but honestly I didn't really dig into whether it also has identical features and indentically missing features as real iOS.įor the rest - search: ' virtual ios device for testing' Word of advice:īefore release, always test on the real device :)

EDIT 2023: Most of these are basically just to test resolution stuff, some of them even outdated, sadly, mobile browser development went sideways with desktop (especially in Apple), therefore one can't really 'emulate' a real phone with these as mentioned with comment.

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