Comparison

LOCK MEMO vs Hands

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LOCK MEMO

This app offers a straightforward way to create and manage private notes with robust passcode protection. It's designed for intuitive use, requiring no complex setup to keep your personal information, ideas, and daily entries secure and organized.

Highlights
  • Passcode protection
  • Create and edit notes
  • Folder management
  • Search notes
  • iCloud backup
  • Adjustable font size
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LOCK MEMO is a simple and secure note app with password protection. Designed with simplicity in mind, anyone can use it intuitively without complicated steps. No complex setup is required. Start using it today. ※ Password protection must be enabled in settings. ** Features ** • Create and edit notes • Passcode protection • Adjust font size • Character and line counter • Search notes • Folder management • iCloud backup • URL scheme (pwmm:) Perfect for storing private information, ideas, daily notes, and personal content securely. Keep your notes safe and organized with LOCK MEMO. ■ Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en

About

Hands

Features
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Say it, and it's calculated. Wet hands, gloves, both arms full — none of it stops you. ■ Speak and it calculates Say "twelve plus sixty-two times thirty-six" and the expression and result appear at once. Hold the button while you speak, or press once and keep talking — your choice. ■ Misheard? Fix it by voice No need to clear everything and start over. Say only the part that's wrong, and only that part changes. ■ Read the numbers off a photo Photograph a scale readout, a delivery slip, a label or a receipt, and the numbers are found and listed for you. Pick the ones you need and drop them into the calculation. When a number is blurred or partly hidden, you're told it isn't certain rather than being handed a guess. Photos already in your gallery work too. ■ It's a proper calculator as well Where talking isn't practical, use the keypad — brackets, square root, powers and logarithms are all there. ■ Keep a record, get the totals Save a calculation and it's grouped by today, yesterday, this week and this month, with totals. Values in different units are kept apart rather than mixed. A calculation read from a photo keeps that photo alongside it. ■ No recordings are kept Your voice is sent only while it is being turned into text. It is never saved as a file — not on the device, not on our servers. Your calculations and settings stay on this device and are never uploaded. You decide whether photos are kept at all, and for how long: one day, one month, one year, or never delete. Anything past that is removed when you open the app. Kept photos go in a private app folder — no other app can read them, and they don't appear in your gallery. There is no sign-in. We never ask for your name, email or phone number. ■ What it costs to use Calculating by voice or reading a photo uses AI units (au). You get 30 au when you install. Keypad calculations, your saved records and totals never cost anything. Without using voice or photos at all, it still works as a complete calculator. ■ Built for - Working in gloves on site, adding up weights or counts - Typing in numbers one at a time from a scale printout or slip - Driving, or with both hands occupied and no way to look at a screen - Finding small printed figures hard to copy across by eye ■ Languages English, 한국어, 日本語 You can pick the app's language yourself in Settings.

Screenshots

LOCK MEMO2 screens
Hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hands at none against LOCK MEMO's shown. Hands also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LOCK MEMO sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Hands sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LOCK MEMO versus Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLOCK MEMOHands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (496 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings496 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB50 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEasterEggsSUPARAIN,Inc.

Bugs and requests

LOCK MEMO

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Notes disappearing from folders
  • Edit function becomes unavailable
  • App incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • Touch ID not functioning despite advertised
  • Password recovery issues
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  • App crashes or freezes

Requested features

9 requests
  • Alphabetical sorting of notes
  • Search functionality
  • Touch ID/biometric authentication
  • Text formatting options (bold, underline, italics)
  • Ability to share or export notes
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  • Picture upload capability
  • Increased storage space
  • Option to purchase ad-free version
  • Dark mode option

Hands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LOCK MEMO

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan$0.991 Month
2 purchases

Hands

One-time2
  • 1,000 AI Units$9.99
  • 3,500 AI Units$29.99

Questions

Is LOCK MEMO free?
LOCK MEMO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LOCK MEMO or Hands have ads?
LOCK MEMO shows ads; Hands does not.

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