Cold vs Hat Picker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cold
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Cold-Chain temperature monitoring. The app requires Cold-Chain hardware.
Hat Picker
This app simulates picking items from a hat, allowing users to create custom lists of text, images, or web links. Users can then randomly select from these lists, share them, and even use augmented reality for a unique picking experience.
- Create custom option piles
- Add text, images, and web links
- Quick Actions for easy picking
- Share created piles
- Augmented reality picking
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Pick from a hat! Very much like the experience of putting scraps of paper into a hat and then picking them out of that hat. Now on your phone! -Create piles of different options for things you commonly want to pick out of the hat. -Add text, images, and web links as options. -Start picking from your favorite piles using Quick Actions on the Home Screen. -Choose your favorite hat! - Share your perfectly crafted piles with others. - Pick from the hat in augmented reality! Let the hat help you choose!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cold at Free against Hat Picker's $0.99. Hat Picker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Cold is free to download; Hat Picker costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cold ships an update every 6 months, Hat Picker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cold | Hat Picker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 3.8 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sensorist ApS | David Taylor |
In-app purchases
Cold
No in-app purchases
Hat Picker
No in-app purchases
