Hands vs Date & Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Date & Time
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Check the current time, date, and day of the week right on your home screen with this clock widget app. CHOOSE DIGITAL OR ANALOG Choose an easy-to-read digital clock or an analog clock with hands. CHOOSE YOUR COLORS Pick from White, Ivory, Beige, Teal, Navy, Black, and more. CUSTOMIZE THE ANALOG CLOCK FACE Choose from three styles: all 12 numbers, just 12, 3, 6, and 9, or no numbers. Find the look that suits your home screen and personal style. FOLLOWS YOUR DEVICE SETTINGS The time, time zone, and 12- or 24-hour format follow your device settings. SIMPLE TO USE No account required, no ads, and no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Date & Time at none against Hands's 3. Date & Time also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 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. Date & Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | Date & Time |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian James Sheehan Lowry | SKIZ LLC |
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
Date & Time
No in-app purchases
