An ablation apparatus includes a flexible probe adapted forinsertion into a heart of a living subject. The probe has adistally disposed ablation electrode to be brought into contactwith a target tissue in the heart, and has facilities for measuringcontact force with the target tissue. The apparatus includesa transmitter, operative to transmit an indication ofthe contact force to a wearable device having an actuator operativeto haptically stimulate the operator responsively to theindication.