Hands vs Jewish for iMessage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hands
Express yourself with animated hand emojis. These stickers can be placed on messages, images, or other stickers within your conversations.
- Animated hand emojis
- Sticker pack
- Peel and place stickers
- Overlay on messages
- Overlay on images
- Overlay on other stickers
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Thumbs up or thumbs down with this sticker pack of animated hand emojis. You can peel and place these animated emoji stickers on anything in your conversation — bubbles, images, or even other stickers.
Jewish for iMessage
Enhance your conversations with a unique collection of Jewish-themed stickers. Express yourself with beautiful lettering, cultural phrases, and fun designs, adding a special "heimish" feel to your messages.
- Unique Jewish sticker collection
- Beautiful lettering designs
- Cultural phrases like "Shabbat Shalom" and "sababa!"
- Israeli-themed stickers
- Adds a "heimish" feel to messages
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Give your messages a Jewish flavor with these first of its kind Jewish stickers. Jewish for iMessage is a unique set of Jewish stickers brought to you by a collaboration of the best Jewish designers. Say "Shabbat Shalom" with a beautiful lettering or top off your message with a snazzy fedora. Feeling Israeli? Send a "sababa!" Whatever you choose you can be assured your messages will always give off a "heimish" feel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hands at 4.3 against Jewish for iMessage's 3.3. Hands also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 29%) and ratings volume (166 vs 17). Jewish for iMessage's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hands holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hands has 166 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 29% of Jewish for iMessage's.
Hands ships an update monthly, Jewish for iMessage weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | Jewish for iMessage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (166 ratings) — better | 3.3 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.1% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 166 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apple Inc. | Natanel Niazoff |
Customer experience
Hands
Jewish for iMessage
Bugs and requests
Hands
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot uninstall the app
- App does not download
- Cannot send via iMessage
- App is gray and dull
- Stickers don't move
Requested features
6 requests- More hands/stickers
- More animated stickers
- Ability to choose skin tone
- Add Vulcan salute sticker
- Add heart hands sticker
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- Combine all hand sticker packs into one
Jewish for iMessage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
Jewish for iMessage
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hands free?
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