Comparison

Handstand Timer vs Handstand Quest

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

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About

Handstand Timer

This app helps you time your handstands by automatically tracking successive attempts. It displays your latest time, total attempts, average, and longest handstand duration. A workout is logged upon completion.

Highlights
  • Automatic timing of successive handstands
  • Wrist display for latest time and stats
  • Tracks total attempts
  • Calculates average handstand time
  • Records longest handstand time
  • Logs handstand activity as a workout
Features
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Use Handstand Timer for iPhone and Apple Watch to time handstands without the need to continuously press start and stop after each handstand. - Press "Start Handstands" to initiate the timing of successive handstands - Hold up your wrist to display the latest handstand time, as well as the number of handstands attempted, the average handstand time, and the longest handstand time. - When done, click Stop - A workout is logged for the duration of the Handstand activity when Handstands are stopped

About

Handstand Quest

This app helps you track your handstand practice using your voice. Set goals, monitor your progress over time, and stay motivated with daily reminders and structured programs. Improve your core, balance, and overall fitness.

Highlights
  • Voice-tracked handstand practice
  • Progress tracking and measurement
  • Goal setting and daily practice reminders
  • Pre-built workouts and custom programs
  • Video recording with timer overlay
  • Apple Health & Siri integration
Features
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You “can” achieve much more with the same effort and the right tools. Handstand Quest is an app that lets you use your voice to track your handstands to make sure you are practicing regularly and see how you are improving over time. IS THIS FOR YOU? Whoever you are, if you’re interested in the art of movement, handstands will be there on your list of great things to achieve. You want to do it so you can improve, evolve, and conquer yourself! Beyond the sense of achievement, handstands have direct short term benefits on the body and the mind: - Improve Metabolism - Boost your mood - Perfect your core and balance - Strengthen your bones and muscles Also, if you do any on the following sports, handstands are very important when you want to practice at a more advanced level: - Calisthenics - Yoga - Gymnastics - Climbing - Breakdance - Acrobatics - Crossfit - Capoeira - Bodyweight fitness - Pole dancing - Parkour - Olympic diving - Cheerleading - Martial arts - Skateboarding WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? Depending on the current level, the general theme amongst people for handstand’s goal is to hold it in proper form from 10 seconds to 5 minutes. Identify a realistic goal and set it in the app to track your progress over time towards your goal. SET A DAILY GOAL Great, so you have a handstand hold goal, but how are you going to achieve it? You will need to have a plan and execute it. Regardless of what the plan is, you will need to practice consistently to achieve your goal. The app can be really handy in helping you stay motivated to achieve your daily goal of practice. In addition to guiding you towards completing your daily minutes, the app shows you how you are doing day over day, a month from now, you have clarity on why you did not (or did) make progress. It will also remind you, at your preferred time of the day, that it’s time to practice your handstands, even for just 5 minutes, even if simply meditating about handstands. TRACK AND MEASURE How do you know you are improving if you cannot track and measure your progress? How were you doing last month compared to this month? Thankfully, the app makes it very easy to track your handstand, using your voice. Not only will it help you with tracking your handstands, but also many other exercises that help you strengthen and build progression towards a better handstand. FREE-STYLE IT OR FOLLOW A STRUCTURED PROGRAM The app offers pre-built workouts and programs to help you learn and progress gradually towards your handstand goal. You could also create your own custom workouts or practice one exercise at a time, in prilepin mode. RECORD, SHARE AND STAY MOTIVATED Get your friends to hold you accountable. It’s a great way to get feedback on your development and that nudge when you need it. One way the app can help you here is via the share feature and ability to record videos per exercise with timer overlay. APPLE HEALTH & SIRI INTEGRATION You can launch the app and automatically turn on voice commands by saying: "Hey Siri, let's handstand!" If you give permission, your handstand workouts will now show in Apple Health app, for each exercise interval, total workout time and total workout calories. CONCLUSION We hope the app will have a real measurable impact on improving your handstands. This app has been built based on feedback from the ground up, so if you have anything to share with us, please use the "Give Feedback" menu in the app. We will take your opinion very seriously. TERMS OF USE https://www.handstandquest.com/terms

Screenshots

Handstand Timer1 screens
Handstand Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Handstand Quest at 81% against Handstand Timer's 0%. Handstand Quest also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (87 vs 7). Handstand Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 17.1). On price, ads 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. Handstand Quest sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.79 per month. Handstand Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Handstand Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handstand Quest has 87 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Handstand Timer's written reviews are positive against 81% of Handstand Quest's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Handstand Timer versus Handstand Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandstand TimerHandstand Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (7 ratings)4.6 (87 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings787 — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.2 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDawn McNeilHUMAN QUEST LLC

Customer experience

Handstand Timer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Handstand Quest

All ratings87 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%

In-app purchases

None

Handstand Timer

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Handstand Quest

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Access$3.791 Month
  • Annual Pro Access$37.991 Year
One-time3
  • Today's Log Editor$2.99
  • Full Exercise Catalog$4.99
  • Lifetime Access$73.00

Questions

Is Handstand Timer free?
Handstand Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Handstand Quest free?
Handstand Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Handstand Timer or Handstand Quest?
Handstand Quest is rated higher. Handstand Timer averages 2.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Handstand Quest averages 4.6 from 87 ratings.
Do Handstand Timer or Handstand Quest have ads?
Neither Handstand Timer nor Handstand Quest shows ads.

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