Comparison

FairyFace vs Hands

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

Head to head
About

FairyFace

Features
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Make your Apple Watch as cute as you are. FairyFace is a curated watch face store packed with illustrated, kawaii, and pastel-aesthetic themes, install them directly to your Apple Watch in one tap. No computer, no cables, no hassle. Just open the app, find a face you love, and tap Install. ------------------------------------- CUTE THEMES, INSTANTLY ------------------------------------- Browse a growing collection of handcrafted watch face themes; from soft pastels and floral illustrations to dreamy fairy-tale art. Every design is made to make your wrist look adorable. ------------------------------------- ONE-TAP INSTALL ------------------------------------- FairyFace installs watch faces directly on your paired Apple Watch using Apple's official API. Just tap the Install button and your new watch face is ready to wear, no Settings app digging required. ------------------------------------- SMART COMPATIBILITY ------------------------------------- FairyFace automatically detects your paired watch's watchOS version and selects the best-matching face file. You always get the most compatible and best-looking version for your device. ------------------------------------- Privacy Policy: https://fairyface.pages.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://fairyface.pages.dev/terms/ ------------------------------------- Download FairyFace and give your wrist a magical new look today.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

FairyFace4 screens
Hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hands at none against FairyFace's shown. Hands also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). FairyFace's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FairyFace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FairyFace ships an update every 6 weeks, Hands every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FairyFace versus Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairyFaceHands
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuan Tran MinhChristian James Sheehan Lowry

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FairyFace

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$14.99
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 FairyFace free?
FairyFace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FairyFace or Hands have ads?
FairyFace shows ads; Hands does not.
Which is updated more often, FairyFace or Hands?
FairyFace ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hands every 3 days. Most recently, FairyFace was updated on October 28, 2026 and Hands on October 31, 2026.

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