Comparison

Bentos vs Hands Time

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

Head to head
About

Bentos

Design and visualize retail display bays in 3D. Effortlessly create, test, and share product arrangements using customizable fixtures and realistic store environments. Preview designs in augmented reality.

Highlights
  • 3D bay visualization
  • Fixture and product placement
  • Realistic store environments
  • Augmented reality preview
  • Customizable templates
  • Shareable design exports
Features
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Bentos is a merchandising playground that helps you quickly visualize virtually any bay for use in an Avenue. Effortlessly design, test, and share endless displays in minutes, all in 3D. Bay Builder: Choose a 5-foot or 10-foot bay. Select a backdrop or make your bay a Graphic Panel. Add fixtures like counters, shelves, and drawers. Add products like phones, trays, and tablets. Adjust the position, rotation, stock, and style of items in your bay. Store Environments: Choose between five realistic environments to see how your bay will look in a real store. Toggle between day and night mode. AR Preview & Sharing: Preview your designs in augmented reality and share AR Quick Look files, ZIP archives, video tours, and snapshots with friends and colleagues. Customizable Templates: Start with a built-in template and rearrange fixtures or add new products. Asset Library: Extend your bay with custom artwork and 3D models. Bentos is available on iOS and iPadOS.

About

Hands Time

Customize your device's home screen with unique, minimalist time widgets. Choose from various themes and styles, add personal photos or colors, and enjoy fluidly animated clock hands. Offers light and dark modes, 12/24 hour formats, and real-time weather updates.

Highlights
  • 7 Themes, 10+ Styles
  • Customizable backgrounds with photos/colors
  • Ad-free minimalist design
  • Animated clock hands
  • Light and Dark modes
  • Real-time local weather
Features
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Hands Time is more than a minimalist time widget - it's an invitation to shape time with your hands. FEATURES · 7 Themes, 10+ Styles available: Choose from a variety of ingenious crafted time widgets that suit your style and mood: Dots / Astronomy / Minimalist / LCD / Science Fiction / Historic. · Craft your widgets, easy to make time uniquely: Add your favourite photos or colours as widgets backgrounds. Decorate your timeless memories. · Made for Minimalists: Finding peace by effortlessly hiding date, scale, and second hand elements at any time. Immerse yourself in pure timekeeping and focus time itself. Ad-free. · Animated clock hands: The hour, minute, and second hand move seamlessly and fluidly, providing a visual representation of the passage of time. · Light and Dark modes: Seamlessly switch between different modes to match your preferences. · 12 and 24-hour time format. · Real-time local weather updates. · Countless free widgets, timers, world clocks and much more about TIME coming soon. TIME PREMIUM PASSPORT - ABOUT SUBSCRIPTION · With Hands Time Premium Passport, you'll enjoy unlimited access to ALL our time collections and be among the first to experience our exclusive premium-only creations. We continuously release new time collections in collaboration with visionary designers. · Hands Time offers three free widget spaces for everyone. Upgrade to Premium Passport for unlimited widget storage, effortlessly editing, managing, and unleashing your creative potential. · Personalise your Home Screen with a variety of Hands Time app icons. · Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. · Subscription automatically renew unless auto renew is turned off at least 24-hour prior to the end of the current period. · Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour prior to the end of the current period. · Switch off anytime by accessing your account settings. SUPPORTS · Website: handstime.app · X: @handstime_app · Instagram: @handstime.app · Collaboration, Supports and Inquiries: handstime.app@gmail.com · Write a review in-app. Share your Hands Time moments. Terms of Use: https://handstime.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://handstime.app/privacy

Screenshots

Bentos4 screens
Hands Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bentos at 5.0 against Hands Time's 4.5. Bentos also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Hands Time's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Hands Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bentos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bentos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 13 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bentos ships an update every 7 months, Hands Time every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bentos versus Hands Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBentosHands Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.5 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings813 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael Steeberyuhang lu

Customer experience

Bentos

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hands Time

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

None

Bentos

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hands Time

Subscriptions2
  • Time Premium Passport Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Hands Time Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Bentos free?
Bentos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hands Time free?
Hands Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bentos or Hands Time?
Bentos is rated higher. Bentos averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Hands Time averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Bentos or Hands Time have ads?
Neither Bentos nor Hands Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bentos or Hands Time?
Bentos ships an update every 7 months, and Hands Time every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bentos was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hands Time on October 24, 2026.

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