Comparison

Hands Time vs Wallmix

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

Wallmix

Discover and download high-quality static, dual, 3D, and live wallpapers for your iPhone. Preview designs, save favorites, and browse new additions. Unlock premium content with a subscription or watch rewarded ads for free downloads.

Highlights
  • Static, Dual, 3D, and Live wallpapers
  • Full-screen previews
  • Search and category filters
  • Favorites and download history
  • Regularly updated collection
  • PRO version for premium content
Features
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Wallmix brings wallpapers and widgets together to make your iPhone your own. Explore a collection of high-quality static, dual, 3D, and Live wallpapers. Preview designs before saving, discover new and popular styles, and keep your favorites close at hand. Create custom Lock Screen widgets with your own text and photos. Remove photo backgrounds and adjust image scale, position, and rotation. Choose rectangular, circular, or inline widgets to complement your screen. Bring inspiration and discovery to your day with ready-made widgets featuring vocabulary and translations, motivational quotes, world capitals, and interesting facts.

Screenshots

Hands Time4 screens
Wallmix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hands Time at 71% against Wallmix's 21%. Hands Time also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Wallmix's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Wallmix sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hands Time holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Hands Time's written reviews are positive against 21% of Wallmix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Wallmix every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hands Time versus Wallmix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHands TimeWallmix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews — better21.4% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryuhang luTimur Smailov

Customer experience

Hands Time

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative23.5%

Wallmix

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral35.7%
Negative42.9%

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
2 purchases

Wallmix

Subscriptions2
  • Wallmix PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Wallmix PRO Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Hands Time free?
Hands Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wallmix free?
Wallmix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hands Time or Wallmix?
Hands Time is rated higher. Hands Time averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Wallmix averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hands Time or Wallmix have ads?
Wallmix shows ads; Hands Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Hands Time or Wallmix?
Hands Time ships an update every 2 weeks, and Wallmix every 2 days. Most recently, Hands Time was updated on November 11, 2026 and Wallmix on November 10, 2026.

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