Comparison

Hands Time vs Jamboree

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

Head to head
About

Hands Time

Customize your device's home screen with unique, minimalist time widgets. Choose from various themes and styles, add personal photos or colors, and enjoy fluidly animated clock hands. Offers light and dark modes, 12/24 hour formats, and real-time weather updates.

Highlights
  • 7 Themes, 10+ Styles
  • Customizable backgrounds with photos/colors
  • Ad-free minimalist design
  • Animated clock hands
  • Light and Dark modes
  • Real-time local weather
Features
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Hands Time is more than a minimalist time widget - it's an invitation to shape time with your hands. FEATURES · 7 Themes, 10+ Styles available: Choose from a variety of ingenious crafted time widgets that suit your style and mood: Dots / Astronomy / Minimalist / LCD / Science Fiction / Historic. · Craft your widgets, easy to make time uniquely: Add your favourite photos or colours as widgets backgrounds. Decorate your timeless memories. · Made for Minimalists: Finding peace by effortlessly hiding date, scale, and second hand elements at any time. Immerse yourself in pure timekeeping and focus time itself. Ad-free. · Animated clock hands: The hour, minute, and second hand move seamlessly and fluidly, providing a visual representation of the passage of time. · Light and Dark modes: Seamlessly switch between different modes to match your preferences. · 12 and 24-hour time format. · Real-time local weather updates. · Countless free widgets, timers, world clocks and much more about TIME coming soon. TIME PREMIUM PASSPORT - ABOUT SUBSCRIPTION · With Hands Time Premium Passport, you'll enjoy unlimited access to ALL our time collections and be among the first to experience our exclusive premium-only creations. We continuously release new time collections in collaboration with visionary designers. · Hands Time offers three free widget spaces for everyone. Upgrade to Premium Passport for unlimited widget storage, effortlessly editing, managing, and unleashing your creative potential. · Personalise your Home Screen with a variety of Hands Time app icons. · Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. · Subscription automatically renew unless auto renew is turned off at least 24-hour prior to the end of the current period. · Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour prior to the end of the current period. · Switch off anytime by accessing your account settings. SUPPORTS · Website: handstime.app · X: @handstime_app · Instagram: @handstime.app · Collaboration, Supports and Inquiries: handstime.app@gmail.com · Write a review in-app. Share your Hands Time moments. Terms of Use: https://handstime.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://handstime.app/privacy

About

Jamboree

This app allows users to create their own mini-games without coding. Design characters, items, and superpowers to build unique game worlds and share them with others. Play and collaborate on creations with friends and the community.

Highlights
  • Invent characters and items
  • Add superpowers and special abilities
  • Design mini-games with simple rules
  • No coding required
  • Share games instantly
  • Play community creations
  • Collaborate on games
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Make your own games, right on your phone. No code needed. Create and animate your characters. Add music and sound effects. Shape the gameplay. Tweak every detail until it feels just right. Then share it with the world. START FROM ANYTHING Got a weird idea? Type it. Saw something funny? Take a photo.Draw something? Bring it to life. Have a screenshot or style you like? Use it as a reference. Or pick from a library of game ideas, styles, themes, and filters and start from there. BRING YOUR IDEAS TO LIFE Create animated characters, artwork, sounds, music and gameplay. Make platformers, racers, 1v1 battles, tower defense games, and more! In 2D or 3D. TAP ANYTHING. CHANGE ANYTHING. Use the visual editor to change size, speed, position, timing, movement, sound, controls, and more. See the changes in real time. MAKE IT YOURS Start from scratch or remix another game. Change the visuals, gameplay, sounds, and animations however you want. PUBLISH & SHARE Publish your game, let your friends & others play it, get feedback, remix ideas, and see what everyone else is making. Jamboree is the game studio, right in your pocket. ___________ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hands Time4 screens
Jamboree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Jamboree at weekly against Hands Time's every 2 weeks. Jamboree also leads on ratings volume (89 vs 13) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, rating, 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. Hands Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Jamboree sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Hands Time against 4.4 for Jamboree. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jamboree has 89 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Hands Time's written reviews are positive against 75% of Jamboree's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Jamboree weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hands Time versus Jamboree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHands TimeJamboree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better4.4 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1389 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryuhang luEike Drescher

Customer experience

Hands Time

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%

Jamboree

All ratings88 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hands Time

Subscriptions2
  • Time Premium Passport Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Hands Time Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Jamboree

One-time3
  • Coins Small$4.99
  • Coins Medium$9.99
  • Coins Large$19.99

Questions

Is Hands Time free?
Hands Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jamboree free?
Jamboree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hands Time or Jamboree?
Hands Time is rated higher. Hands Time averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Jamboree averages 4.4 from 89 ratings.
Do Hands Time or Jamboree have ads?
Neither Hands Time nor Jamboree shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hands Time or Jamboree?
Hands Time ships an update every 2 weeks, and Jamboree weekly. Most recently, Hands Time was updated on October 30, 2026 and Jamboree on October 30, 2026.

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