Hands vs Custom Clock Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Custom Clock Widget
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Create a clock widget that feels like it belongs on your Home Screen. Custom Clock Widget lets you design personalized digital and analog clocks with your own fonts, colors, layouts, backgrounds, and styling. Create multiple designs, preview them in different widget sizes, and choose which design appears on your Home Screen. CUSTOMIZE YOUR CLOCK Choose between digital and analog clock styles and personalize the appearance to match your Home Screen. • Digital and analog clock designs • 12-hour and 24-hour time formats • Custom time, day, and date display • Adjustable fonts and text sizes • Custom text colors and opacity • Text highlight styling • Custom analog clock faces, numbers, and hands MAKE IT YOURS Choose a solid color background or select one of your own photos to create a more personal widget. Photo backgrounds can be framed separately for small, medium, and large widget sizes so your design looks right wherever you use it. SAVE MULTIPLE DESIGNS Create and save multiple clock designs for different Home Screen styles. Duplicate an existing design, make changes, and switch your active clock whenever you want. PREVIEW BEFORE YOU USE IT Preview your clock in small, medium, and large widget sizes directly in the app before choosing the design you want to display. SIMPLE WIDGET SETUP Choose your design in the app, then add the Custom Clock widget to your iPhone Home Screen using the standard iOS widget controls. No account required. Your clock designs and selected photo backgrounds are used locally on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Custom Clock Widget at none against Hands's 3. Custom Clock Widget also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, 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. Custom Clock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Hands | Custom Clock Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian James Sheehan Lowry | Deneisha Tieng |
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
Custom Clock Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hands free?
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