Comparison

Hands vs Tabless

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

Head to head
About

Hands

Surf the web without touching your screen using hand gestures. Ideal for cooking, repairs, or workouts, it allows vertical scrolling and page navigation. Offers an optional add-on for hands-free favorite page management.

Highlights
  • Hands-free vertical scrolling
  • Gesture-based page navigation
  • Optional 'Hands-free Favorites' add-on
  • Customizable 'drop hand' gesture (iPhone only)
  • Integrated help and feedback
  • Bookmark favorite sites
  • Time spent waiting meter
Features
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Getting your hands dirty? With this app you can surf the web without touching the screen. It's fantastic for reading recipes while you cook, following repair instructions with greasy hands, working out, putting on makeup, or catching up on news while you are doing household chores whilst wearing gloves. This app has also proven useful to people with arthritis, or when fine movement is difficult or painful. You use similar gestures to those you would use on a touch screen, so it feels natural right away. IMPORTANT: watch the video here to see how the gestures work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWI7b9NzQPc Please take 10 seconds to check how to actually use the app before giving it 1 star review! Simply browse the web normally to the page you want, then put down or dock your device. You can now use upwards or downwards hand gestures in front of your phone to scroll the page vertically, or "swipe" sideways to move between your favorite pages. Features • Hands-free Browser has been in the top utility 10 apps in many countries worldwide. • Slick, fully functional web browser with vertical scrolling gesture support • Optional "Hands-free Favorites" add-on lets you navigate through all your favorite pages by swiping, 100% hands-free! • Bonus "Hands-free Favorites" feature: a "drop hand" gesture which you can assign to any browsing action you like! (iPhone only) • Get similar gesture features on your iPhone/iPad to those found on some other latest brands of phones, right now! • Integrated help and feedback tips to show you how the gestures work right away. • Bookmark your favorite sites quickly and easily. • Turn off the on-screen help, for advanced users. • "Time spent waiting for load" meter. See how much of your life you are wasting while waiting for webpages to load! • Prompt support from the developer, accessible from within the app. If you want a feature added or have some problems, the developer is happy to help. This app uses the front-facing camera and computer vision algorithms to detect hand motion over the device camera. It works reliably under normal lighting conditions, from distances of 20cm up to 1 metre.

About

Tabless

This web browser prioritizes focus by opening a fresh session each time, eliminating distractions from previous searches. It includes optional built-in content blocking for enhanced privacy and reduced intrusions.

Highlights
  • Opens fresh each time
  • Search-based browsing
  • Optional content blocking
  • Enhanced privacy
  • Reduced distractions
Features
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The intentional search-based web browser. Focus on what you're looking for: - Tabless opens fresh each time you open it, so you aren't distracted by whatever you were searching for last. - Tabless has built-in (optional, off by default) content blocking to keep browsing private and reduce intrusions.

Screenshots

Hands4 screens
Tabless2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tabless at 4.8 against Hands's 3.6. Tabless also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Hands's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tabless asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tabless holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabless's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands ships an update monthly, Tabless every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hands versus Tabless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandsTabless
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (14 ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better12
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJames HudsonEric Bomgardner

Customer experience

Hands

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.1%

Tabless

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hands

One-time1
  • Hands-free Favorites$1.99
None

Tabless

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabless free?
Tabless is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hands or Tabless?
Tabless is rated higher. Hands averages 3.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Tabless averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Hands or Tabless have ads?
Hands shows ads; Tabless does not.
Which is updated more often, Hands or Tabless?
Hands ships an update monthly, and Tabless every 5 months. Most recently, Hands was updated on September 27, 2026 and Tabless on October 7, 2026.

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