Hands Off vs TickDown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable reminders
- Lock screen widgets
- Home screen widgets
- Personalized messages
- No tracking or ads
- Minimalist design
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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.
TickDown
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TickDown helps you count down to the moments that matter. Create simple timers for holidays, birthdays, events, or personal goals—and see them instantly on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. With iCloud sync, your timers are always up to date across all your devices. When the countdown ends, you’ll get a clear local notification so you never miss what’s important. Features • Custom timers -- set countdowns for any future date or time. • Widgets -- view your upcoming timers right on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. • iCloud sync -- your timers appear on all devices signed in with the same Apple ID. • Notifications -- get reminded the moment your timer expires. • Privacy first -- your data stays private in your iCloud account. No tracking, no analytics. Whether it’s a holiday, a birthday, or a personal milestone, TickDown keeps you on track in the simplest way possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TickDown at every 3 days against Hands Off's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hands Off ships an update monthly, TickDown every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands Off | TickDown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hudson Heavy Industries | Yaroslav Salimov |
In-app purchases
Hands Off
No in-app purchases
TickDown
No in-app purchases
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