Comparison

hand vs AppCan XP

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

Head to head
About

hand

Capture and share time/date stamped and geo-tagged photos and videos for your business. Add contextual information and send media in real-time to a securely hosted database.

Highlights
  • Time/date stamping
  • Geo-tagging
  • Contextual information addition
  • Real-time media sharing
  • Securely hosted database
Features
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Digital images and media have become important assets for many businesses regardless of industry sector. hand-e-pix™, uses innovative technology within the latest mobile devices to capture and share photographs or video which are time/date stamped and geo-tagged. Contextual information can also be added to the images which are sent in real time to a securely hosted database. Note: hand-e-pix™ for iOS (iPhone & iPad) photo management application requires use of the hand-e-pix™ media manager, access to this system is available on a subscription only basis.

About

AppCan XP

This app empowers field-based professionals to collect data, access crucial documentation, and receive important updates directly on their mobile devices. It offers customizable forms, secure data storage, and efficient communication tools for businesses.

Highlights
  • Customizable data collection forms
  • Secure document access in the field
  • Broadcast alerts with read receipts
  • Data interrogation and export
  • Secure, banking-grade encryption
  • Web-based configuration
Features
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AppCan – everything your company needs for field working. AppCan for iPhone and iPad is the perfect tool for field-based staff such as engineers, data audit collectors or inspectors. You can use it to collect data, distribute safety-related documentation, and even send alerts to your people in the field. What’s more, it’s secure, and you can easily customise it to suit your company’s needs. APPCAN – THE TOOL FOR BUSINESS FIELD WORK AppCan gives you the power and flexibility you need in fieldwork software, without the expensive development costs. And it’s all wrapped up in the convenience of a mobile app. You can configure AppCan to suit your business using our clean, simple and intuitive web interface. TAILOR YOUR FIELD DATA COLLECTION Using AppCan’s web interface, you can create data collection forms, tailor-made for your business. Your employees can then collect the data your business needs in the format you prefer. MAKE DATA COLLECTION EASIER BY DESIGNING YOUR OWN REPORTS ‘Report Builder’ is a simple web interface that lets you create bespoke report templates for presenting data collected using AppCan. Soft copies of these reports can be printed to PDF and re-distributed via AppCan to users as key safety-related material. ACCESS IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION – IN THE FIELD No need to carry hard copies or search online, AppCan lets your field workers access craft manuals, safety product sheets, technical specifications or other important information directly from their iPad or iPhone. AppCan’s web interface lets you build your own folder structure for storing documents, before deciding which documents are pushed to AppCan on your users’ devices. KEEP EVERYONE UP-TO-DATE AppCan’s ‘Alerts’ function lets you broadcast messages to selected employees. Far more efficient than text messages or email, even offering a ‘read’ function, to let you know which of your recipients have seen your message. INTERROGATE YOUR DATA ANY WHICH WAY What’s the point in gathering data if you can’t slice and dice it the way you like? Our exceptional data grids let you edit, sort, filter, group, print and export your mobile records to your heart’s content. KEEP ALL YOUR INFORMATION SECURE AppCan uses security of the same standard you’d find on a banking app, with high security encryption on the web backend too. Speaking of your data, it’s worth mentioning here that we guarantee your data is always yours. If you choose, you can even exclude AppCan staff from having access to the data held within your part of our cloud storage solution.

Screenshots

hand4 screens
AppCan XP3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: hand at 100% against AppCan XP's 0%. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hand ships an update every 5 weeks, AppCan XP monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
hand versus AppCan XP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhandAppCan XP
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB176 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKamlesh LadvaAppCan Ltd

Customer experience

hand

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AppCan XP

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

hand

No in-app purchases

None

AppCan XP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hand free?
hand is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AppCan XP free?
AppCan XP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do hand or AppCan XP have ads?
Neither hand nor AppCan XP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, hand or AppCan XP?
hand ships an update every 5 weeks, and AppCan XP monthly. Most recently, hand was updated on September 8, 2026 and AppCan XP on September 15, 2026.

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