Which stylus works best on capacitive touch screens?

Proporta’s Dibber stylus has a rubberised tip which is perfect for prodding icons and menus with some degree of accuracy, but is so grippy as to be completely unusable when trying to scroll. This makes it useless for drawing or handwriting recognition and leaves you flitting between stylus and fingers for general use too.


The official HTC effort scores points for its metal shell, but loses them pretty much everywhere else. The stylus doesn’t have a tip as such, but rather a flat plastic end at a 45-degree angle that needs to be placed flat on the screen to respond. It can tap and scroll, but feels like it’s going to scratch the screen, and will almost certainly snap off eventually as well.

Kondor’s Kit stylus is not just for iPhone, it will work on any capacitive screen. This one has a foam tip and so can glide across the screen with neither friction nor scratching fears. You have to press a little harder for it to register, so it’s probably less precise than the Dibber stylus, but with the lowest price and best overall performance it is the undoubted champion.

Best stylus on capacitive touch screens
source : Android Tips, Tricks & Apps - Volume 1, 2013