Hands Off vs OwHello
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.
OwHello
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OwHello is a local-network browser for Bonjour (mDNS). It lists the services and devices that announce themselves on the network the device is connected to, and explains what each one is: a printer, an AirPlay speaker, a HomeKit or Matter accessory, a NAS and so on. A full network sweep can be done to find devices which are not broadcasting their services. There is no account, no sign-in and no server; nothing leaves the local network, and no data is collected. Optimized for iPhone Duo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hands Off at 18.0 against OwHello's 26.0. 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.
| Parameter | Hands Off | OwHello |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hudson Heavy Industries | iDEOwen b.v. |
In-app purchases
Hands Off
No in-app purchases
OwHello
No in-app purchases
