1. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising: capturing one or more touch events from an operating system of a client device for touch actions that occur on a touchscreen coupled to the client device; interpreting the one or more touch events as a gesture; capturing an application event from an application, where the captured application event occurs in response to the gesture; determining, in response to interpreting the one or more touch events as the gesture, an expected application event corresponding to the gesture; comparing the captured application event against the expected application event; when the captured application event matches the expected application event, identifying the gesture as a responsive gesture; and when the captured application event does not match the expected application event, identifying the gesture as a non-responsive gesture.