Comparison

HatPick vs Smash Words

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HatPick

This app allows you to create custom lists for random selections, perfect for making decisions or playing games. Assign multiple 'slips' to choices for weighted outcomes and easily pick an item from your curated categories.

Highlights
  • Create custom decision categories
  • Add multiple choices within categories
  • Assign weighted 'slips' to choices
  • Randomly select an item from a category
  • No physical hat required for selections
Features
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HatPick can help you make decisions or do any number of things that require random choices...and you don't need a hat to use this app!! You create your own categories and a set of choices within each category. Each choice has a counter so you can have multiple 'slips' for each choice. When you're ready, drop them in the hat and make your selection!

About

Smash Words

Engage in a fast-paced word puzzle game where you swipe letters to form words and earn points. Upgrade tiles for higher multipliers and use power-ups to clear the board. Compete on daily leaderboards and collect words in a vast lexicon.

Highlights
  • Timed word challenges
  • Tile upgrades for multipliers
  • Power-ups (Hammers, Bombs, Shuffles)
  • Lexicon word collection
  • Daily leaderboards
  • Friend item requests
Features
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Swipe letters to make words. The longer the word, the bigger the smash. Smash Words is four word games in one: a fast word puzzle where long words smash harder, a ticking-tile survival mode, crosswords, and a word guessing game you can play on up to 8 boards at once. New puzzles every day, leaderboards, and friends to beat. TIME ATTACK You have 60 seconds. Every word adds time, and longer words add more. Spell 6, 7 and 8+ letter words for SMASHING!, WORD WIZARD! and UNSTOPPABLE! Words of 4 letters or more upgrade tiles to Silver, Gold, Diamond and Rainbow for bigger scores. TICKING TILES (NEW) No clock. Just a fuse. Ticking tiles show a number, and every word you make counts it down by one. Use a ticking tile in a word to defuse it. If a fuse hits zero, the tile explodes into rubble and you lose a heart. Lose all three and the run is over. Tiles come faster the longer you last. CROSSWORDS Swipe across the letter wheel to fill in the grid. Letters fly into place and coins fly to your total. WORD DETECTIVE Guess the hidden word. Play 1, 2, 4 or 8 boards at once (Normal, Duo, Quad and Octo). Solve it on your first guess for GENIUS! DAILY PUZZLES Four new puzzles every day: Time Attack, Ticking Tiles, Crosswords and Word Detective. Leave one halfway and pick it up again with CONTINUE before the reset. ITEMS Bombs blast a cluster of tiles. Hammers smash a single tile. Shuffle spins the whole board into a tornado and drops every tile somewhere new. BOOK COLLECTION Hidden words turn up while you play. Find them to fill 12 books, and unlock a new background for every book you finish. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Daily leaderboards for every game. Add friends, check their stats, and send each other bombs, hammers and shuffles. MAKE IT YOURS 170 avatars and 25 frames, including seasonal frames and frames for finishing the month #1 or in the top 10. Smash Words is made by Wise Guy Games, a small indie studio. Questions or found a bug? Email info@wiseguygamesllc.com.

Screenshots

HatPick4 screens
Smash Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smash Words at 100% against HatPick's 25%. Smash Words also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). HatPick's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smash Words sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. HatPick asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smash Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of HatPick's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smash Words's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HatPick ships an update every 5 months, Smash Words every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HatPick versus Smash Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHatPickSmash Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB139 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRick HutchinsonWise Guy Games

Customer experience

HatPick

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative48.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Smash Words

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HatPick

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Smash Words

One-time5
  • Stack Of Coins$0.99
  • Pile Of Coins$2.99
  • AD REMOVER$2.99
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  • Chest of Coins$6.99
  • Vault of Coins$14.99

Questions

Is HatPick free?
HatPick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smash Words free?
Smash Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HatPick or Smash Words?
Smash Words is rated higher. HatPick averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Smash Words averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do HatPick or Smash Words have ads?
Smash Words shows ads; HatPick does not.
Which is updated more often, HatPick or Smash Words?
HatPick ships an update every 5 months, and Smash Words every 3 days. Most recently, HatPick was updated on September 28, 2026 and Smash Words on October 20, 2026.

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