Hands at Work vs Refocus Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Receive prayer updates
- Support vulnerable children
- Engage with global community
- Learn about ministry model
- Connect with the Church in Africa
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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."
Refocus Now
This app offers biblically and clinically based mental health and mindfulness exercises. It provides guided meditations, affirmations, and journaling prompts to help users process emotions and improve their well-being. It's designed as a supplement to therapy for personal emotional health.
- Biblically based meditations
- Therapeutic exercises for grief, identity, relationships, trauma
- Guided prayer and affirmations
- Daily meditations under 10 minutes
- Journaling for emotional processing
- Self-guided education and visualizations
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This isn't your typical mindfulness app. Refocus Now is a biblically & clinically based mental health, mindfulness and meditation app with therapeutic exercises designed for your personal emotional health needs. Including specific categories such as grief, identity & self worth, relationships, trauma, and more. We offer daily meditations with guided prayer. Affirmations from our therapists that provide encouragement for practical everyday situations. And journaling to help you process your thoughts & emotions. This is not therapy, but it can be a great supplement to therapy, providing helpful exercises. Work through self guided education, self analysis, visualizations, and breathing exercises related to various life issues. Start your day off with the right mindset by meditating to God's work by listening to our many biblical meditations, all under 10 minutes. Let our therapists pour words of affirmation into your life through videos that address practical everyday situations. Journal your thoughts on your daily emotions, or answer reflective questions that are assigned to some of the therapeutic topical exercises. While based on Christian principles and scriptures, this app can be helpful for both Christians who are walking in the faith or even those who are simply curious about Christianity. We believe that this app can help you to refocus on living in the now. And journey towards being the person that God created you to be. Subscriptions Pricing and Terms Refocus Now offers an auto-renewing subscription: $1.99 per month These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends, the rest of your free trial will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://refocusapp.com/terms-%26-conditions Read the privacy policy here: https://refocusapp.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hands at Work at none against Refocus Now's 2. Hands at Work also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). Refocus Now's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Refocus Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Hands at Work asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hands at Work holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Hands at Work ships an update every 2 months, Refocus Now every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands at Work | Refocus Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Grappetite LLC | REFOCUS APP LLC |
Customer experience
Hands at Work
Refocus Now
In-app purchases
Hands at Work
No in-app purchases
Refocus Now
- Annual Premium Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Year
- Monthly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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