Globezones vs Hands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Globezones
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Globezones lets you visualize your contacts timezones, as well as convert timezones with just one horizontal drag. Features: → Add all your friends, family, and colleagues in their timezone → Set availability for your contacts, so you know if they are busy/sleeping → Easily see what time it is in another timezone in the past or future by dragging cards → Easily reset to the current time → Enjoy dark mode
Hands
Design and customize your own analog clock widgets for your Home Screen. Choose from various hand and numeral styles, colors, and sizes. Share your creations with the community and explore designs made by others.
- Design custom analog clock widgets
- Configure hand and numeral styles
- Adjust size, weight, and colors
- Use catalog clocks as starting points
- Browse and share community designs
- Send clocks to friends
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The analog clock workshop. Design your own clock widget, then put it on your Home Screen. Configure the hand style, numeral style, numeral position, size, and weight, colors, second hand, and more. Start from scratch, or use one of the clocks in the Catalog as a starting point. Browse Community Clocks to see designs other people have made and shared, and share your own back: send a clock to a friend and they can add it straight to their own library. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Globezones at none against Hands's 3. Globezones also leads on iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Hands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Globezones asks for nothing beyond the download.
Globezones ships an update every 2 days, Hands every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Globezones | Hands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JOAO MANUEL A ARAUJO | Christian James Sheehan Lowry |
In-app purchases
Globezones
No in-app purchases
Hands
- Hands Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Hands Pro Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Hands Pro Lifetime$24.99
