Hands Off vs SMS Filter Pro
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.
SMS Filter Pro
Organize and manage your text messages with custom rules and advanced filtering. Utilize regular expressions for precise control over message categorization and blocking. Keep your rules synchronized across devices and ensure your privacy with local filtering.
- Custom rules for blocking/categorizing messages
- Advanced filtering with regular expressions
- Manual rule ordering for execution priority
- iCloud sync for rules across devices
- Export and backup of rules
- Privacy-focused local filtering
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Key Features: • Custom Rules: Block or categorise messages using keywords. • Advanced Filtering: Utilise regular expressions for precise control. • Manual Rule Ordering: Arrange rules to set execution priority. • iCloud Sync: Keep your rules synchronised across all your devices. • Export & Backup: Save rules locally or share them with others. • Native Experience: Adapted for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass UI. • Privacy First: All filtering occurs locally — your messages never leave your device. • Free & Optional Support: Completely free of adverts and subscriptions; optional in-app purchases to support development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hands Off at none against SMS Filter Pro's 3. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. SMS Filter Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hands Off asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hands Off against 5.0 for SMS Filter Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands Off | SMS Filter Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hudson Heavy Industries | 一周 许 |
Customer experience
Hands Off
SMS Filter Pro
In-app purchases
Hands Off
No in-app purchases
SMS Filter Pro
- Small Tip$0.99
- Coffee Tip$4.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
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