Comparison

Handy.com vs Murmur

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

Head to head
About

Handy.com

Easily book vetted home cleaners and handymen for various services across North America and the UK. Schedule appointments, manage bookings, and pay securely through the app. Professionals are background-checked and insured, with a happiness guarantee.

Highlights
  • Book top-rated cleaners and handymen
  • Services in over 20 cities
  • Secure in-app payments
  • Manage bookings on the go
  • Background-checked and insured professionals
  • Next-day availability
  • Handy Happiness Guarantee
Features
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Handy is the easiest way to book top-rated home cleaners and handymen, covering over 20 cities in North America, Canada, and the UK. Just tell us what you need and when you need it, then pay securely right from your phone. Manage your bookings on the go, check the progress of your bookings, and rate to help us maintain quality service. Why Handy? • Top-rated professionals. Handy professionals are experienced, friendly, background-checked, and insured. • Next-day availability. Appointments are available 7 days per week. • The Handy Happiness Guarantee. Your happiness is our goal. If you’re not happy, we’ll work to make it right. • 24/7 customer service. Let Handy take care of your home service needs so you can get back to the things you love most! Handy professionals provide the following services: • Home cleaning and office cleaning • Handyman services including hanging pictures and shelves, installing air conditioners, moving help, mounting TVs, interior painting, installing window treatments, and installing knobs and locks • Plumbing services including drains, faucets, toilets, and garbage disposals • Electrical services including light fixtures, fans, and outlets California Pre-Collection Notice: https://www.handy.com/privacy#section5a

About

Murmur

Features
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Murmur is a quiet place to write. A soft journal for women in postpartum, in heavy seasons, and in any season that asks a lot of you. No streaks. No scores. No one watching. Just somewhere soft to land when the day is heavy. — What you can do in Murmur — WRITE FREELY Open Murmur and write whatever's on your mind. A long entry, a few lines, or one sentence. Your words live on your phone — only you can see them. REFLECT WITH GENTLE PROMPTS For the days you don't have words. Murmur offers reflection prompts designed to meet you softly — never to fix you, never to grade you. Pick a theme that matches what's sitting with you, or let Murmur surprise you. THEMES THAT MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE The woman I used to be. Thoughts I don't say out loud. Holding it all alone. Grateful and heavy at once. The anger that surprises me. Who sees me now. Choose a theme when something specific is asking to be named. QUIET SUPPORT FROM OTHER WOMEN Whispers are short, anonymous messages from other women carrying something too. Read them when you need to feel less alone. Share your own when you want to pass on a small kindness — no names, no replies, just presence. KEPT — YOUR WORDS, ONLY YOURS The entries you save, the reflections you keep, the whispers you hold. All stored on your device. Easy to release when you're ready. — Built on a quiet promise — Everything you write stays on your phone. No accounts. No login. No tracking. No ads. No one — not even us — can read your journal entries or saved reflections. The only thing that ever leaves your device is a whisper you choose to share with the community, anonymously. — Who Murmur is for — Women in the months after birth. Women in burnout, grief, big life change, or menopause. Women in no particular season at all — just carrying something heavy, mostly in silence. If any of that sounds like you, Murmur was made with you in mind. — Important — Murmur is a quiet wellness companion. It is not a therapy app, a medical service, or a substitute for professional mental health care. If you are struggling significantly, please reach out to a doctor, therapist, or local support line. Made with care. murmurforher.com @murmurforher

Screenshots

Handy.com4 screens
Murmur4 screens

Verdict

The call

Handy.com and Murmur are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Handy.com versus Murmur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandy.comMurmur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (29K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings29K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHandybook, Inc.Vinni maria shelsha Irudayaraj

Bugs and requests

Handy.com

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Booking system issues, unable to manage bookings properly
  • Incorrect or misleading information provided through the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow customers to choose preferred service providers
  • Improve communication and transparency around bookings
  • Offer phone support for better customer service

Murmur

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Handy.com

No in-app purchases

None

Murmur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handy.com free?
Handy.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Murmur free?
Murmur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Handy.com or Murmur have ads?
Neither Handy.com nor Murmur shows ads.

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