Spring vs curve

Tap a lane to send both dots across. Tap again mid-flight, or drag a dot and throw it. Reverse mid-flight shows the difference best.

Reduce Motion is on, so the dots jump straight to their target and the chart shows the motion instead.
Spring · keeps velocity
Curve · 400 ms, cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)
Spring position Curve position Target
Damping ratio Apple bounce Settles