Comparison

Hands Off vs GamePlan

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

Head to head
About

Hands Off

This minimalist widget helps you break phone scrolling habits by providing customizable reminders. It aims to increase focus and presence without tracking or distractions. Reclaim your time and be more intentional with your device usage.

Highlights
  • Customizable reminders
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Home screen widgets
  • Personalized messages
  • No tracking or ads
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Put! Down! Your! Phone! Hands Off is a free, minimalist widget designed to interrupt your scroll habit and remind you to reclaim your time, focus, and presence. No logins. No tracking. No distractions. Just one goal: make you stop using your phone when you didn’t mean to. Features: - Blunt, bold, or kind reminders – you choose. - Lock screen + Home screen widgets. - Customize colors, styles, and messages. - No notifications, adverts, or dopamine traps. - Free. Forever. Take a walk. Drink some water. Be intentional. Do literally anything else, just put down your phone.

About

GamePlan

Effortlessly sync sports and school schedules from various team apps directly into your shared iCloud calendar. Automates updates so your whole family always has the latest event information without manual entry.

Highlights
  • Automated calendar updates
  • Syncs from any ICS feed
  • Works with shared iCloud calendars
  • One-time setup for family
  • Live updates for changes
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Never miss a school event, practice, or game again — no more manual calendar updates for each family member! If your family juggles multiple sports schedules from apps like TeamSnap, SportsEngine, or LeagueApps, you know the frustration: • Every season, every team, every family member has to manually add ICS links to their calendar. • It’s slow, clunky, manual, and… it usually never gets done. GamePlan solves that. How it works: 1. Grab the ICS link for your team’s schedule from their website or sports app. 2. Paste it into GamePlan and choose the shared iCloud calendar you want to keep in sync. 3. Done! GamePlan automatically keeps that calendar up-to-date every day — so your entire family always sees the latest schedule. Why you’ll love it: • Hands-off syncing — updates appear without you reopening the app. • Works with any ICS feed — sports, school, work, community, or personal. • Organized by calendar — keep events sorted into the right shared iCloud calendar. • One setup for everyone — no more duplicate work for each family member. • Live updates — changes and cancellations show up automatically for the entire family. Perfect for: • Families with kids in multiple sports. • Busy parents tired of chasing team schedules. • Anyone who wants their sports events to appear in their existing iCloud calendar. Stop copy-pasting ICS links. Start letting GamePlan handle it for you. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hands Off3 screens
GamePlan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hands Off at none against GamePlan's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GamePlan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Hands Off asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hands Off versus GamePlan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHands OffGamePlan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHudson Heavy IndustriesLAND MK 1

Customer experience

Hands Off

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

GamePlan

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hands Off

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

GamePlan

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited$15.991 Year

Questions

Is Hands Off free?
Hands Off is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GamePlan free?
GamePlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hands Off or GamePlan have ads?
Neither Hands Off nor GamePlan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hands Off or GamePlan?
Hands Off ships an update monthly, and GamePlan monthly. Most recently, Hands Off was updated on September 30, 2026 and GamePlan on October 10, 2026.

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