Hands vs Local Memo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hands
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Hands-free Counterは、名前の通り、iPhoneに触れずに数をカウントできるアプリです。 iPhone前面上部にある近接センサーが反応すると、カウントアップ or カウントダウンします。また、普通に画面をタップしてもカウントできます。 手を衛生的に保ちたい時、手が汚れている時などiPhoneに触れずに数をカウントしたい場合や、左から右に物を移動させた回数をカウントしたい場合(例えば、小物の移し替えや封筒の糊付け作業)などで役に立つかもしれません。 カウント時の効果音や数の読み上げ機能も利用でき、障がいの有無によらず、誰にでも使いやすくすること(ユニバーサルデザイン)をめざして開発されています。
Local Memo
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Keep your notes close. Local Memo organizes notes, folders, photos and voice recordings on your iPhone or iPad, without an account or cloud sync. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create as many folders as you need, nested up to 15 levels deep. Choose folder colors from a palette or fine-tune them with hue, saturation and brightness sliders. Move items between folders, use drag and drop, and switch between grid and list views. WRITE AND COLLECT Write notes with bold, red or blue text. Add photos directly to folders or attach photos and files to notes. Record and play voice memos alongside your writing. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Search folder names, note titles and text, photo names and attachment filenames. Matching text is highlighted to help you find the right item. LOCK PRIVATE FOLDERS Protect selected folders with Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode. Your device must have a passcode set. The app does not store your password. Locked content is excluded from the Home Screen widget. MAKE IT COMFORTABLE Choose your own background color and black or white text. If a combination becomes hard to read, restore the default colors in Settings. Red and blue note text keeps its own color. QUICK ACCESS Use the small widget to create a new note, or the medium and large widgets to read a selected note. The layout adapts to iPhone and iPad, including landscape orientation. ON YOUR DEVICE Your notes and files stay in the app on your device. There is no account, advertising, analytics or in-app purchase, and the app does not sync through iCloud or an external server. Keep a device backup: deleting the app also deletes its contents. Links to the developer’s other apps open the App Store. 20 LANGUAGES Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Local Memo at 2 against Hands's —. Hands's advantage is iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.
| Parameter | Hands | Local Memo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masaya Fukushima | tomohide yanome |
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
Local Memo
No in-app purchases









