iPad test - full diagnostic check
Check an iPad's screen, touch, cameras and condition before money changes hands.
Which device are you checking?
Pick the device in front of you. The checks are tailored to it — a desktop is never marked down for having no battery.
Device details
Everything here is optional. It appears on the report so a buyer knows which device was tested.
Running the checks
Inspection complete
The same Safari limits as an iPhone
Vibration cannot be triggered from any browser on iPadOS, motion sensors need a permission tap, and battery health is not readable by a web page. Each is recorded honestly rather than guessed at.
What matters most on a used iPad
Screen uniformity, because iPads spend their lives being pressed against. The grey field shows pressure marks and backlight bleed that a photograph on a listing never will.
Touch response along the edges, where a bent chassis first shows. An iPad that has been sat on flexes slightly and the digitiser is the first thing to complain.
Activation Lock, which is not checkable from here. An iPad still tied to another Apple ID cannot be set up. Ask for it to be erased and taken past setup in front of you.
Apple Pencil and keyboard covers
Neither can be tested from a browser. If they are part of the sale, check them on the device itself — the report has space to note what you found.
Related tools
Quick answer
Open it in Safari on the iPad. Screen uniformity and edge touch response are the two checks that most often reveal a problem. Activation Lock and Apple Pencil cannot be tested from a browser.
Key facts
- Vibration is unavailable on all iPadOS browsers
- Activation Lock cannot be checked by any website
- Apple Pencil and keyboard covers must be checked on the device