steadyhandtest.com · revision 2026-05-23 · cc by 4.0
steadyhandtest

Hand Steadiness Test

Measure how steady your hand is.

Person holding a phone with arm extended forward
  1. Hold your phone in one hand.
  2. Tap “begin test” below.
  3. As it counts down, stretch your arm straight out in front of you, unsupported.
  4. Hold it as still as you can.
· awaiting test
· tap to start

What this measures

This is a steady hand test. You hold your phone still for ten seconds and its built-in motion sensors record how much your hand moves. The steadiness score comes from how far the on-screen ball drifts from center and how much it jitters from one frame to the next.

A steady hand is something a lot of people care about — surgeons, dentists, musicians, archers, artists, gamers, and anyone simply curious how steady theirs is, or how it shifts with caffeine, sleep, or focus. This puts a number on it in ten seconds.

It's a technical experiment, not a medical device: it reads motion from your phone's accelerometer and nothing else. Curious about the method? See how it works.

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