StyleClock vs Hands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StyleClock
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Make time visible. StyleClock turns your iPhone or iPad into a clean, expressive full-screen clock and focus companion. Pick a look that fits your desk, room, study session, or daily routine. SIX CLOCK STYLES • Digital — clear and precise • Radio — a tuner dial, seconds turning under a fixed pointer • Dot — animated dots and movement • Classic — a traditional clock face • Funny — oversized time at a glance • Cloud — hours hidden in the dial, uncovered by overlapping discs CUSTOMIZE THE DETAILS • 19 color themes for light, dark, and colorful setups • Quartz, mechanical, and dot movement options on supported faces • Simple sound on/off control • Portrait and landscape layouts • Optimized for iPhone and iPad, including resizable iPad windows FOCUS TIMER • Quick 5, 10, and 25-minute presets • Adjust any session from 1 to 60 minutes • Start, pause, resume, or end a session with simple controls HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Add a minimal StyleClock face to your Home Screen in multiple widget sizes, including extra-large on iPad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. No ads. No tracking. Your preferences stay on your device. StyleClock keeps time simple, visible, and personal.
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StyleClock at none against Hands's 3. StyleClock 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
Both are free to download. Hands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. StyleClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
StyleClock ships an update every 5 days, Hands every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StyleClock | Hands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 唯伟 项 | Christian James Sheehan Lowry |
In-app purchases
StyleClock
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









