Comparison

ChoreWheel vs Hands

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

Head to head
About

ChoreWheel

Features
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ChoreWheel helps couples, roommates and families split household chores fairly, keep everyone accountable, and even make it a little fun. No more "whose turn is it?" — let the wheel and the points settle it. - Register chores with an icon and a point weight, then assign them to members. - Assign several members to a chore and the turn rotates automatically on each completion. - Can't decide who does it? Spin the ChoreWheel to pick a member fairly, then assign the chore in one tap. - Mark a chore done to award points and log it to history. - See who's contributing most with a weekly / all-time leaderboard. - Private by design: no account, no login, no cloud. Everything stays on your device. Perfect for shared households that want chores to feel fair, clear and drama-free.

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

ChoreWheel4 screens
Hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChoreWheel at none against Hands's 3. ChoreWheel also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ChoreWheel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ChoreWheel versus Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChoreWheelHands
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuki OkawaChristian James Sheehan Lowry

In-app purchases

None

ChoreWheel

No in-app purchases

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 ChoreWheel free?
ChoreWheel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hands free?
Hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChoreWheel or Hands have ads?
Neither ChoreWheel nor Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChoreWheel or Hands?
ChoreWheel ships an update every 3 days, and Hands every 3 days. Most recently, ChoreWheel was updated on November 10, 2026 and Hands on November 10, 2026.

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