Presometer vs Hands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Presometer
Monitor the US President's approval and disapproval ratings with a clean, up-to-date widget. Data is sourced from public information and presented like a stock ticker for easy tracking.
- Track approval ratings
- Track disapproval ratings
- Widget functionality
- Data from public sources
- Clean interface
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Track the President's Approval Like a Stock Ticker Presometer lets you follow the US President's approval and disapproval ratings over time, powered by public data from Nate Silver. Clean, up-to-date, available in an app or a convenient widget
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 rating: Presometer at 5.0 against Hands's 2.7. Presometer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.2). Hands's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Presometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Presometer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Presometer ships an update every 4 months, Hands every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Presometer | Hands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Kneeland | Christian James Sheehan Lowry |
Customer experience
Presometer
Hands
In-app purchases
Presometer
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
