--- title: Test on Real iPhones Online | TestingBot description: Test your website or mobile app on real iPhones in the cloud. The modern iPhone simulator alternative, with iPhone 6s through iPhone 17, real Mobile Safari and Appium automation. source_url: html: https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone md: https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone.md --- Real iPhone cloud # Test on real iPhones, online Run manual, automated, visual and responsive tests on real iPhones in the TestingBot cloud, the modern iPhone simulator alternative. From iPhone 6s through iPhone 17, with real Mobile Safari, real iOS apps and real touch input. No iPhone emulator approximations, no jailbroken devices. [Start free](https://testingbot.com/users/sign_up) [Request a demo](https://testingbot.com/demo) - **iPhone models:** 6s to 17 - **iOS versions:** 12 to 26 - **Uptime SLA:** 99.9% _A real iPhone running Mobile Safari with animated tap gestures_ Trusted by some of the world's most innovative companies 30-second answer ## Why test on real iPhones with TestingBot? Real iPhones, not a simulator TestingBot connects you to physical, unaltered iPhones in our datacenter. Real Apple silicon, real Mobile Safari, real touch and motion sensors. Not an iPhone simulator, not an iOS emulator, not a screenshot service. Every iPhone since the 6s Pick from iPhone 6s, SE, 7, 8, X, XR, XS, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 across iOS 12 through iOS 26. Match what your customers actually carry in their pockets. Manual, automated, app & web Drive an iPhone live from your browser, run Appium suites against the device cloud, capture screenshots for visual regression, or upload your IPA and exercise the real iOS app. What you can do ## Everything iPhone testing needs Live debugging, automated Appium runs, mobile-web and native-app testing, gestures, network throttling, geolocation. All on a fleet of real iPhones in our datacenter. - ### Live & manual testing Take an iPhone in your browser. Tap, swipe, type, rotate and inspect, with full DevTools through Mobile Safari. Same as if you were holding the phone in your hand. - ### Appium automation Run Appium 1, 2 and 3 suites against real iPhones in parallel. WebDriverAgent, XCUITest and full XCTest support, no Mac required on your side. - ### Native iOS app testing Upload your IPA, install it in seconds, and exercise it on real iPhones. App permissions, biometrics, keyboards, push and deep links all behave like real hardware. - ### Real Mobile Safari Test your website on Mobile Safari, the only browser engine Apple permits on iOS, on real Apple hardware. The Safari your iPhone customers actually use. - ### Visual & screenshot testing Capture pixel-perfect screenshots across every iPhone model and iOS version, then diff them automatically with the visual testing service. - ### Tap, swipe, pinch and rotate Drive every multi-touch gesture exactly as a customer would, including pinch zoom, long-press, scroll, three-finger swipes and device rotation. - ### Network throttling Test on WiFi, 5G, 4G, 3G, Edge and offline conditions. Catch slow-network bugs before App Store reviewers do. - ### Responsive testing Switch between portrait and landscape, swap between iPhone Pro Max and iPhone SE in one click, and validate breakpoints on real Safari, no device-emulator approximations. Device coverage ## Test On Different iPhones Online Real iPhones from iPhone 6s through the latest iPhone 17, plus iPad. Real Apple silicon, real Mobile Safari, real touch input. ### iPhone models - [iPhone 17 Pro Max](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-17-pro-max) - [iPhone 17 Pro](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-17-pro) - [iPhone 16 Pro Max](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-16-pro-max) - [iPhone 16](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-16) - [iPhone 15 Pro](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-15-pro) - [iPhone 15](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-15) - [iPhone 14 Pro](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-14-pro) - [iPhone 14](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-14) - [iPhone 13 Pro Max](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-13-pro-max) - [iPhone 13 Pro](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-13-pro) - [iPhone 13](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-13) - [iPhone 13 mini](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-13-mini) - [iPhone 12 Pro Max](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-12-pro-max) - [iPhone 12](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-12) - [iPhone 12 mini](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-12-mini) - [iPhone 11 Pro Max](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-11-pro-max) - [iPhone 11 Pro](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-11-pro) - [iPhone 11](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-11) - [iPhone XR](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-xr) - [iPhone XS Max](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-xs-max) - [iPhone X](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-x) - [iPhone SE (2022)](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-se-2022) - [iPhone SE (2020)](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-se-2020) - [iPhone 8 Plus](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-8-plus) - [iPhone 8](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-8) - [iPhone 7](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-7) - [iPhone 6s Plus](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-6s-plus) - [iPhone 6s](https://testingbot.com/test-on-iphone/apple-iphone-6s) [View all iPhones and iPads](https://testingbot.com/support/app-automate/devices) ![iOS](https://testingbot.com/assets/environments/svg/ios-383468addf160fa18d0e431f529420739d7f7d1206175f682fead627d2e99a52.svg) ### iOS versions - iOS 26 - iOS 18 - iOS 17 - iOS 16 - iOS 15 - iOS 14 - iOS 13 - iOS 12 Latest iOS releases land on the cloud within hours of Apple shipping them. Older majors stay around for legacy regression coverage. Real iPhone vs iPhone simulator ## Real iPhones beat an iPhone simulator every time An iPhone simulator running on macOS or a browser-based iPhone emulator will render most pages, but neither behaves like the iPhone in your customer's pocket. Here is how a real-iPhone cloud compares to running the iOS simulator locally. | Capability | TestingBot, real iPhones | iPhone simulator / emulator | | --- | --- | --- | | Hardware | Real Apple silicon, real iPhone in our datacenter | x86 or ARM Mac, no real Apple radios or sensors | | Mobile Safari | Real WebKit shipped on the device by Apple | Simulator WebKit, drifts from shipped Safari | | Touch & gestures | Real multi-touch, real haptics, real rotation | Mouse-faked taps, no haptics | | Native apps | Real iOS, real frameworks, real ClassKit and StoreKit | Some Apple frameworks missing or stubbed | | Device coverage | iPhone 6s through iPhone 17, iOS 12 to 26 | Whatever Xcode you have installed | | Video, logs and HAR | HD video, device logs, HAR and screenshots | Roll your own recording and capture | Native iOS apps ## Native iOS app testing Upload your IPA and TestingBot installs it on a real iPhone in seconds. Drive the app live or via Appium, capture full HD video, syslog and crash reports, and exercise biometrics, push notifications, deep links and the iOS keyboard exactly as your customers will. [Read more](https://testingbot.com/features/automation/appium) upload-and-test.js // 1) Upload your IPA to TestingBot storageconst TestingBot = require('testingbot-api'); const tb = new TestingBot({ api\_key: 'YOUR\_KEY', api\_secret: 'YOUR\_SECRET' }); tb.uploadFile('./MyApp.ipa', (err, res) =\> { // res.app\_url → "tb://..."// 2) Run your Appium test on a real iPhone driver.init({ platformName: 'iOS', 'appium:deviceName': 'iPhone 17', 'appium:platformVersion': '26', 'appium:realDevice': true, 'appium:app': res.app\_url }); }); Live exit nodes 10+ countries United States United Kingdom Germany France Spain Belgium Australia China Japan Geolocation testing ## Geolocation Testing on iPhones Run iPhone tests from real exit nodes around the world to verify geo-targeting, geo-blocking and localisation from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Australia, China, Japan and more. Secure Tunnel ## Test internal & staging sites on real iPhones Use our [secure tunnel](https://testingbot.com/support/tunnel) to run iPhone tests against firewalled staging sites, internal dashboards or apps still on localhost. Encrypted end-to-end, no inbound firewall rules required, ready out of the box for popular CI providers. ![TestingBot secure tunnel for iPhone](https://testingbot.com/assets/features/tunnel-diagram-poster-8c25e19e6fe4f7276a46a96b31a0ad0e07bb4f5bf98dc192d2b70897cfbb1a26.png) [Read more](https://testingbot.com/support/tunnel) Secure devices ## Real iPhones. Wiped after every session. Each session locks a single iPhone for your test only. The moment your test ends, the device is wiped, all installed apps are deleted, caches are cleared, and the iPhone is returned to the pool ready for the next customer. SOC 2-aligned, GDPR-compliant, with SAML SSO and audit logs available for enterprise teams. - One real iPhone per session, never shared - Wiped between every session - Encrypted IPA uploads with per-app retention controls 1 customer per session Datacenter hosted Wiped after each test SOC 2 aligned GDPR compliant SAML SSO enterprise Test without a Mac ## Test on iPhones from any OS, no Mac required On Windows or Linux and need to validate something on an iPhone? You don't have to buy a Mac, set up Xcode, or chase down a borrowed iPad. TestingBot streams a real iPhone from our datacenter directly to any browser, so you can drive a physical iPhone from Windows 11, 10, Linux or any older PC. The streamed session is the real device, with Mobile Safari, the iOS keyboard, biometrics and notifications. You drive it from any browser on your local machine, without installing Xcode or owning Apple hardware. [Start free](https://testingbot.com/users/sign_up) No Mac to buy No Xcode to install Real iPhone in your browser FAQ ## Frequently Asked Questions Which iPhones and iOS versions are supported? TestingBot supports physical iPhones from iPhone 6s through iPhone 17, including the Pro and Pro Max line, plus the iPhone SE family. iOS versions range from iOS 12 through iOS 26. New flagship phones are added on or close to the day Apple ships them. How do I test a mobile app on iPhone? Testing your iOS app on a variety of iOS devices is important before publishing to the App Store. TestingBot lets you upload your IPA and install it on a number of different iPhones in our datacenter. Choose between various iOS versions and screen sizes to make sure your mobile app works correctly on every iPhone your customers might own. Why is testing your website on an iPhone necessary? iPhone has roughly a 28% global mobile market share, much higher in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia. Your website needs to look and behave correctly on Mobile Safari for those users. Mobile Safari is the only browser engine Apple permits on iOS, so testing on Chrome, Firefox or any other browser does not represent the experience your iPhone customers actually have. Why use a real iPhone instead of an iOS simulator? Running an iOS simulator or iPhone emulator is slow. It is slow to start up, slow to interact with, and it pretends to be an entire iOS on top of macOS, which is never quite the same. Simulators do not match the performance of the iPhone they pretend to be. Several Apple frameworks (StoreKit, ClassKit, biometrics, push) are missing or stubbed, and the WebKit shipped by the simulator drifts from the WebKit shipped on a real iPhone. Can I test Mobile Safari on a real iPhone? Yes. TestingBot provides physical, unaltered iPhones, straight from the store and never jailbroken. Run your manual or automated tests against real Mobile Safari on a physical iPhone in our datacenter, with full Web Inspector, network panel and console. Can I test on iPhone without owning a Mac? Yes. TestingBot streams real iPhones to any Windows, macOS or Linux browser. You get the real device, real Mobile Safari and real iOS, without owning a Mac, an iPhone or a copy of Xcode. Can I run Appium against your iPhone cloud? Yes. TestingBot supports Appium 1, 2 and 3 against real iPhones, with full XCUITest and WebDriverAgent. Point your existing Appium suite at our hub and pick a device through capabilities. ## Ready to test on real iPhones? Get started with iPhone testing today. Run your tests on real iPhones in the TestingBot cloud, no jailbreak, no simulator surprises. [Start a free trial](https://testingbot.com/users/sign_up)