Hands is a sticker pack of animated hand gestures for iMessage and a loyalty management tool for Android merchants.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Stickers
Sentiment
4.4
160 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app for expressive digital communication in iMessage and merchant-specific reward tracking, serving the need for both social engagement and transaction-based loyalty incentives.
For iOS users seeking expressive sticker packs and Android users participating in specific merchant loyalty programs.
What does it look like?
Key features
Collection of hand-gesture emojis that can be peeled and placed over chat bubbles, images, or other stickers in iMessage.
Point-based reward system where users earn points per order and receive a 500-point welcome bonus on Android.
Dynamic cashback percentage that scales from 10% to 15% based on spending thresholds.
How much does it cost?
The app functions as a free utility for sticker expression on iOS and a loyalty management tool for specific establishments on Android.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
The app has entered a zombie state, with no releases recorded in the last 10 months. The most recent update occurred on July 15, 2025, and the previous release prior to that dates back to 2016. There is no evidence of active development, feature updates, or live operations. The development cycle is non-existent based on the observed data.
Who built it?
Jatisari Inovasi Studio
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What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate expressive hand stickers provide a fun and engaging way to communicate within imessage conversations.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Expressive hand stickers provide a fun and engaging way to communicate within iMessage conversations
- Lack of clear instructions for uninstalling the sticker pack from the iMessage app drawer
26 of 26 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Hands
How's the Stickers market?
Hands maintains a 4.35 rating on iOS across 160 reviews, while the Android build shows zero ratings, signaling that the loyalty program fails to gain traction compared to the sticker utility.
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Key takeaways for Hands
Where is it heading?
The sticker market is consolidating around thematic visual assets, leaving generic gesture packs like Hands vulnerable to specialized competitors. The lack of Android traction indicates the loyalty program is not a viable growth engine, so the PM should focus on iOS retention to prevent further sentiment decline.
- The Android loyalty program shows zero user engagement, which suggests the current merchant-linked model fails to attract the sticker-focused user base.
- Recent updates focused on stability, indicating the app is in maintenance mode rather than active feature expansion.
The SWOT
- Universal hand-gesture utility functions as a low-friction engagement layer in iMessage
- Consolidation of sticker packs into a single interface would reduce iMessage app drawer clutter
Next best moves
Publish uninstallation guide because user frustration regarding drawer clutter is a top complaint → reduce churn
The counter-intuitive read
The lack of Android ratings is not a…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Wildlife-centric sticker library (available in Turkeys but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The report now includes user sentiment data, which highlights uninstallation friction, and clarifies that the Android loyalty program is failing to gain traction.
Bottom line
Hands succeeds as a niche iMessage utility, but the Android loyalty program is failing to gain any user traction, so the PM should pivot resources toward improving the iOS user experience or sunset the Android loyalty tool.
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