Idle Hands
Stay Still, Stay Alive
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Hold your phone perfectly still for as long as you can. Pop the icons if you dare. Three plays a day, and a leaderboard of everyone near you.
How long can you hold your phone perfectly still?
That's the whole game. Hold it steady, hold it level, and don't wobble. Every second counts. One twitch and it's over.
Sounds easy. It isn't.
IT GETS HARDER THE LONGER YOU LAST
The margin for error shrinks the whole time you're playing. Survive long enough and even a heartbeat is enough to end you. And every time you beat your best for the day, the rest of today's rounds start even harder. Tomorrow it resets.
POP THE ICONS — IF YOU DARE
Little hand-drawn icons flash up while you're playing. Tap one before it disappears and it explodes for bonus points. Just remember: touching the screen is the fastest way to wobble out. That's the gamble.
THEN PROVE YOU WERE WATCHING
When your round ends, you'll be asked to tap them back in the order they appeared. Points for every one you get right.
YOUR SCORE, ONE NUMBER
10 points per second survived, 25 for every icon you pop, 15 for every one you remember. Steady hands still win — but the icons are how you beat someone who lasted just as long as you.
THE LEADERBOARD IS LOCAL
See how you rank against people actually near you — within 500m, 1km, or right out to 20km. Today, this week, this month. The moment you fail, the front camera catches your face, and that photo goes up next to your score for everyone nearby to see. Decorate it with icons and emoji if you're feeling brave.
KEEP COMING BACK
Play two days running and a streak counter shows up. Some days a bounty appears too — beat whoever's ranked just above you nearby and get a 10% bonus on your score. And if you ever beat someone's score for the first time, you earn a curse: haunt any nearby player, or yourself, with your own game-over photo floating across their screen for their entire next round.
THREE PLAYS A DAY
Three skulls on the home screen. One gets crossed off every time you start a round. They come back at midnight. Make them count.
Free to play, every day.
Idle Hands. Hold still. Stay level. Don't wobble.
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A batch of new reasons to come back every day:
- A day streak, once you've played two days in a row
- Bounties: every so often, beat the player ranked just above you for a 10% score bonus
- Curses: beat someone's score for the first time and earn a one-time curse. Haunt any nearby player, or yourself, with your last photo for their entire next round
- An optional evening reminder if you haven't played yet that day
- The leaderboard now shows exactly when Today's and Month's boards reset
The developer, Mike Dangerfield, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Mike Dangerfield
- Size
- 23.3 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Idle Hands Pro $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Artificial Igknorance
