Comparison

Clock Widget Creator vs Hands

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

Head to head
About

Clock Widget Creator

Design and personalize modern clock widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Choose from various styles like analog, digital, LCD, and flip clocks, and customize colors, time formats, and time zones. Enjoy a clutter-free experience with no ads.

Highlights
  • Design custom clock widgets
  • Modern clock face collection
  • Customize colors and time format
  • Set preferred time zone
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen support
  • Pro features unlock full library and sync
Features
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Clock Widget Creator lets you design and customize modern clock widgets that look great on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Create clock widgets that truly match your style — from clean analog designs to modern digital, LCD, and flip clocks. Every widget reflects exactly what you design in the app. What you can do: • Choose from a growing collection of modern clock faces • Customize colors, numerals, and time format • Set your preferred time zone • Create widgets that update beautifully throughout the day • See the same clock in the app preview, on your Home Screen, and on your Lock Screen Pro features: • Unlock the full clock face library • Create unlimited clocks • Enable iCloud sync across devices • Save and manage favorite clock designs • Access advanced customization options Designed for clarity, precision, and a delightful Home Screen and Lock Screen experience. No ads. No clutter. Just beautifully crafted clock widgets. Terms of Use: https://customeclockwidget.netlify.app/#terms

About

Hands

Create and customize analog clock and weather widgets for your home screen. Design every element from hand styles to colors, or explore community creations. Share your unique widget designs with friends.

Highlights
  • Design custom analog clocks
  • Create weather widgets
  • Choose hand styles, numerals, and colors
  • Browse and share community widgets
  • Add widgets to Home Screen
  • Weather forecasts with barometer inspiration
Features
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Hands is an analog widget app. Design your own clock and weather widgets, then put them on your Home Screen. CLOCKS Choose the hand style, the numerals and where they sit, size, weight, colors, the second hand and more. Start from scratch, or start from a design in the Catalog. WEATHER Inspired by old-school barometers, weather widgets have two hands. The short, wide hand shows the weather right now. The long needle points to the worst weather coming in the next few hours. Show weather symbols or your own words for each condition, for where you are or any place you choose. Style them just like your clocks. SHARE Browse Community Widgets to see designs other people have made, and share your own: send a widget to a friend and they can add it straight to their library. Small and large widgets. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Clock Widget Creator3 screens
Hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hands at every 3 days against Clock Widget Creator's monthly. Clock Widget Creator's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Clock Widget Creator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Hands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clock Widget Creator holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock Widget Creator ships an update monthly, Hands every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clock Widget Creator versus Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock Widget CreatorHands
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemi HerbietChristian James Sheehan Lowry

Customer experience

Clock Widget Creator

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

Hands

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Clock Widget Creator

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Clock Widget Pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Clock Widget Pro Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Hands

Subscriptions2
  • Hands Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Hands Pro Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hands Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Clock Widget Creator free?
Clock Widget Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clock Widget Creator or Hands?
Clock Widget Creator is rated higher. Clock Widget Creator averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hands averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Clock Widget Creator or Hands have ads?
Neither Clock Widget Creator nor Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock Widget Creator or Hands?
Clock Widget Creator ships an update monthly, and Hands every 3 days. Most recently, Clock Widget Creator was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hands on November 6, 2026.

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