Comparison

SmallTube vs Slappy Hands

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

Head to head
About

SmallTube

A native iOS client for watching videos, offering ad-free viewing with picture-in-picture and background playback. Enjoy a streamlined experience for embeddable content.

Highlights
  • Ad-free viewing
  • Picture-in-picture playback
  • Background playback
  • Native iOS experience
  • Embeddable video support
Features
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A simple and native YouTube client for iOS with no ads, picture-in-picture, and background playback. For picture-in-picture to work, toggle it while in fullscreen and then exit to home. After that, background playback will also work! Limitations: - Only embeddable video can play (most songs and copyrighted material are not available) - The app requires an API key from the YouTube Data API. You can easily create one for free.

About

Slappy Hands

This app translates wrist movements into escalating sound effects, starting realistic and progressing to absurd explosions. It offers instant response and visual feedback, designed for a continuous, engaging experience without menus or tracking.

Highlights
  • Motion-activated slap sounds
  • Escalating sound tiers
  • Instant response
  • Visual feedback on hits
  • Rage-shake detection
  • Works on either wrist
  • Launches from watch face
Features
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Slap the air. Your watch cracks back. Slappy Hands turns a flick of your wrist into a sound you can feel. Motion in, sound out — no menus, no setup, no waiting. That tight little loop is the whole point, and it's the reason people keep doing it long after the joke has landed. Then it escalates. The first slaps sound real. Keep going and they drift into cartoon, then absurd, then full explosions — a designed arc, not random noise — with rotating one-liners along the way. Tap the flame to skip straight to chaos. Built for feel: • Instant response — motion detection tuned by ear, not by spec sheet • Four sound tiers that escalate as you go, then reset so the arc can run again • No sound repeats back-to-back, so it stays alive the hundredth time • Keeps sounding even when the screen dims mid-session • Visual feedback timed to every hit: pulsing ring, color shift, flash • Rage-shake detection for when you really commit • Works on either wrist, arms itself when you raise it, sleeps when you don't • Launches straight from a watch face complication • Tap to see your slap count for the session No account. No ads. No tracking. Nothing leaves your watch. Just slap.

Screenshots

SmallTube1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slappy Hands at 5.0 against SmallTube's 2.0. Slappy Hands also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). SmallTube's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slappy Hands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmallTube ships an update every 2 days, Slappy Hands monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmallTube versus Slappy Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmallTubeSlappy Hands
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperIoannis NotarisTom Pardee

Customer experience

SmallTube

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Slappy Hands

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SmallTube

No in-app purchases

None

Slappy Hands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmallTube free?
SmallTube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slappy Hands free?
Slappy Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmallTube or Slappy Hands?
Slappy Hands is rated higher. SmallTube averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Slappy Hands averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SmallTube or Slappy Hands have ads?
Neither SmallTube nor Slappy Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmallTube or Slappy Hands?
SmallTube ships an update every 2 days, and Slappy Hands monthly. Most recently, SmallTube was updated on November 4, 2026 and Slappy Hands on October 31, 2026.

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