Comparison

Hands at Work vs Piary

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

Head to head
About

Hands at Work

Receive regular prayer updates and engage with a global community focused on caring for vulnerable children and families in Africa. This app supports the mission of the local Church in Africa through prayer and community intervention.

Highlights
  • Receive prayer updates
  • Support vulnerable children
  • Engage with global community
  • Learn about ministry model
  • Connect with the Church in Africa
Features
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"Receive regular prayer updates from Hands at Work in Africa. Join us in praying for vulnerable children, their families, those who lovingly care for them as well as the Hands at Work community in Africa and around the world. ""Prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out."" — Ephesians 6:18 (The Message) Vision: We envision the local Church in Africa effectively caring for the orphaned, the widowed and the dying, and unified in this mission with the Church outside Africa. Mission: Our mission is to, through relationship with the local Church in Africa, challenge, encourage, develop and support the ministry of servanthood among those in need in their community through the replication of the Hands at Work community intervention model. We believe the biblical mandate to care for the orphaned, the widowed and the dying is not only for the Church in Africa, but also elsewhere, and Hands at Work will be a prophetic voice to the Churches outside Africa, challenging them to fulfill their mandate."

About

Piary

Combine photos and journal entries to create a visual diary of your daily life. See your memories fill a calendar with personalized backgrounds. A simple way to document your experiences.

Highlights
  • Photo and diary entries
  • Calendar view of memories
  • Customizable calendar background
  • Daily recording
  • Personalized memory calendar
Features
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Picture × Diary = Piary! Piary is an application like a picture diary that can record events of the day in photos and diaries. Since registered pictures are displayed in the list in the calendar, if you record every day, the calendar will be filled with more and more photos. You can change the background of the calendar to your favorite picture. Record every day and make your own my calendar!

Screenshots

Hands at Work3 screens
Piary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hands at Work at none against Piary's 1. Hands at Work also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Piary's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating and ads 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. Piary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hands at Work asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hands at Work against 5.0 for Piary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands at Work ships an update every 2 months, Piary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hands at Work versus Piary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHands at WorkPiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrappetite LLCHaruki Saburi

Customer experience

Hands at Work

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Piary

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hands at Work

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Piary

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Hands at Work free?
Hands at Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Piary free?
Piary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hands at Work or Piary?
Hands at Work and Piary are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Hands at Work or Piary have ads?
Both Hands at Work and Piary show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hands at Work or Piary?
Hands at Work ships an update every 2 months, and Piary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hands at Work was updated on October 6, 2026 and Piary on October 18, 2026.

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