Explicit Gesture vs Touchless Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explicit Gesture
Streamline daily device tasks with quick shortcuts. Launch frequently used actions like calling, emailing, or visiting websites directly from your Today View, reducing multi-step processes to a single tap.
- Create custom shortcuts
- Launch from Today View
- Call/text contacts
- Draft emails quickly
- Access favorite websites
- Check current location
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Explicit Gesture now makes daily tasks on your device much much easier. It's the best shortcut launcher for your device. Benefits of making shortcuts from Explicit Gesture by launching via Today View : - You can call/text your friends/family. - Draft an email using shortcuts(no need to keep entering the email address every time). - Check your current address anytime you want. - Open favorite websites. With just a tap from Today's view, writing emails, accessing websites, messaging friends and more are now just a shortcut. Customize your own actions using the interactive platform to make daily recurring tasks more fun. Want to find your current location, no problem. Want to draft an email to your colleague, no problem. Want to see your favorite NFL team's stats, no problem. Using the simple easy to use interface, customize your actions, and launch them without even opening the app or unlocking your phone making the same old boring tasks a relief. That's not all, the easy setup interface allows you to change your actions anytime and anywhere you want Your multi-step processes are now over. It is all one step from the Today view Explicit Gesture offers a variety of options plus more for you to choose from. - Access current location with just a tap - Open your desired websites with just a tap - Text family and friends with just a tap - Call loved ones with just a tap - Email clients with just a swipe Let's Take Emailing as an example, the process of drafting an email has all ways been lengthy. Just to type in an email address used to be 4 steps, now it's 2. It Used to be: 1. Find and open the Mail App 2. Tap the compose button 3. Enter the Email address 4. Start drafting Now using Explicit Gesture 1. Pre-Enter the email address using the intuitive interface 2. Tap the email widget from Today's view and bam start drafting. Email is just one of many examples, take advantage of the other options. Using your phone has become much much easier than it has ever been! Icons by Icons8(https://icons8.com)
Touchless Browser
Control your web browsing experience using only hand gestures detected by your device's camera. Ideal for situations where touching the screen is inconvenient or impossible, allowing for remote navigation and interaction with websites.
- Hand gesture recognition
- On-screen pointer
- Pinch-to-click functionality
- Gesture-based scrolling
- Back/Forward navigation via gestures
- Web search via audio input
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"Touchless Browser" is a browser that can be operated remotely by using the recognition of hand gestures by the camera. When you eat a hamburger and don't want to touch the screen with your dirty hands, When you want to move the recipe screen while cooking, When you want to operate from a distance such as the back seat of a car, When you want to operate the screen placed next to you from the bed, etc. Let's browse freely in various situations. App features - The camera recognizes the hand and the position appears as a pointer. - Pinching is equivalent to left-clicking the mouse. You can tap the link etc. - Moving while pinching is equivalent to dragging. You can scroll the screen. - You can perform the "back" operation by bending the ring finger and little finger and raising the other finger. - You can check the above operations at any time from the help in the app. - Twitter Live: display new tweets about the set word. What you can do remotely - Scroll - Click the link - "Back" "Forward" - Web Search using Audio Input Things that cannot be done remotely - Operation of special elements such as seek bar of video site Some websites do not work well with remote control, so try the websites you want to use during the free trial. - Recommended distance from screen to hand 30 cm to 200 cm - Recommended device Devices with A12bionic or higher chips (older models may not work) - Term of Use https://www.akikan.llc/remote_hand_browser/term_of_use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Explicit Gesture at none against Touchless Browser's 4. Explicit Gesture also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). Touchless Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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
Both are free to download. Touchless Browser sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Explicit Gesture asks for nothing beyond the download.
Explicit Gesture holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Explicit Gesture's written reviews are positive against 100% of Touchless Browser's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Explicit Gesture ships an update every 7 months, Touchless Browser every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explicit Gesture | Touchless Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gautam Prothia | akikan LLC |
Customer experience
Explicit Gesture
Touchless Browser
In-app purchases
Explicit Gesture
No in-app purchases
Touchless Browser
- Monthly Usage Fee1 Month trial$3.491 Month
- 1 month ticket$0.99
- Touchless Browser Lifetime Access$1.99
- 1 year ticket$7.99
Questions
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