Comparison

Hands vs Keep 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

Keep Browser

This browser organizes your browsing sessions into a tree-like structure, making it easy to compare information and manage multiple tabs. It offers private browsing and ad-blocking for a more secure and comfortable experience.

Highlights
  • Tree-style tab management
  • Tab management with labels
  • Private browsing mode
  • Ad blocking
  • Restoring closed tabs
  • Organizing bookmarks
Features
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Keep Browser turns search results, comparison pages, and research links into organized tree-style tabs. Open links at the top level, in the same group, or in a subgroup so research, shopping, travel planning, work, and study pages stay connected and easy to find. Organized tab groups can be sent as shared links. Share tab groups across supported devices, making it easier to continue research across devices. Useful when you want to: • Open multiple search results and compare them later • Organize products, hotels, restaurants, properties, or other candidates • Keep frequently used pages and pages to read later in groups • Manage many open tabs with hierarchy and labels • Share a group of tabs with family, friends, or another device Main features • Tree-style tab management: Keep related pages in a clear hierarchy. • Tab group sharing: Send selected tab groups as shared links and open them across supported devices. Private tabs are not shared. • Keep Mode: Open tapped links as new tabs in a subgroup and preserve your research flow. • Labels: Add names and colors to tab groups. • Tab List, Tab Map, and related-node preview: Review open tabs and related groups, then jump to the page you need. • Pinned tabs: Keep important pages from being closed by mistake. • Closed tab restore: Restore closed tabs from the list. • Ad blocking: Choose the blocking strength and adjust settings per site to balance cleaner pages with site compatibility. • Private Mode: Browse without saving history or cookies. • Fast scroll: Move quickly through long pages and large tab lists by dragging the scroll bar. • Backup and restore: Back up and restore regular tabs, bookmarks, browsing history, search history, and settings across supported devices. Private tabs, cookies, and login state are not restored. • Bookmarks, history, downloads, page translation, find in page, PDF search, desktop site display, and zoom are also supported. Keep Browser is built not only to open pages, but to organize and preserve them. Manage research, comparison, saving, sharing, and backup in one place.

Screenshots

Hands4 screens
Keep Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Keep Browser at 5.0 against Hands's 3.6. Keep Browser also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Hands's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Keep Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keep Browser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 100% of Keep Browser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands ships an update monthly, Keep Browser every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hands versus Keep Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandsKeep Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (14 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB91 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJames HudsonRSA TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED LIABILITY CO.

Customer experience

Hands

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

Keep Browser

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hands

One-time1
  • Hands-free Favorites$1.99
None

Keep Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keep Browser free?
Keep Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hands or Keep Browser?
Keep Browser is rated higher. Hands averages 3.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Keep Browser averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hands or Keep Browser have ads?
Both Hands and Keep Browser show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hands or Keep Browser?
Hands ships an update monthly, and Keep Browser every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hands was updated on September 9, 2026 and Keep Browser on September 18, 2026.

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