Comparison

Hands vs CronApp Browser

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

CronApp Browser

This utility app allows web developers and designers to instantly test and inspect their projects on their mobile devices. It connects to an app running on Cronapp Studio for real-time feedback.

Highlights
  • Real-time project testing
  • Connects to Cronapp Studio
  • Instantaneous feedback
  • Device inspection
Features
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Cronapp Browser is a test tool to web developers and designers who use Cronapp Studio. After installing Cronapp Browser, you can connect to your app that is running on Cronapp Studio to check and test instantaneously your project on your device.

Screenshots

Hands4 screens
CronApp Browser3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CronApp Browser at 100% against Hands's 58%. CronApp Browser also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Hands's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, 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. CronApp Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands ships an update monthly, CronApp Browser every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hands versus CronApp Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandsCronApp Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB51 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperJames HudsonTechne Engenharia e Sistemas Ltda

Customer experience

Hands

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

CronApp Browser

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hands

One-time1
  • Hands-free Favorites$1.99
None

CronApp Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CronApp Browser free?
CronApp Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hands or CronApp Browser have ads?
Hands shows ads; CronApp Browser does not.
Which is updated more often, Hands or CronApp Browser?
Hands ships an update monthly, and CronApp Browser every 8 months. Most recently, Hands was updated on September 27, 2026 and CronApp Browser on October 10, 2026.

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