Hat Picker vs MicVision
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
MicVision
Capture high-clarity images and videos from microscopes using your smartphone. Optimize illumination and focus for technical and medical applications. Share your findings easily via email or social media.
- Capture high-clarity images and videos
- Optimized camera settings
- Fine control of illumination and focus
- Standardize documentation workflows
- Share images/videos via email and social media
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MicVision by CJ-Optik captures image/video via CJ-Optik Phone-Imaging-Port for diagnostic and surgical microscopes for technical and medical applications. MicVision standardises video and image documentation workflows in combination with any microscope. It leverages on the advances of the mobile phone imaging technology to capture high clarity of the image/video by optimised camera settings including fine controlling of illumination and focus. With MicVision and the smartphone sharing capability, the captured image/video can be shared onto popular social media like Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and etc, and also possible to be sent through email, together with patient information. Information captured and stored are only for viewing references and not diagnosis. MicVision is not intended to replace patient information systems / picture archiving systems (PACS). MicVision does not provide live images with true reality to be used for diagnostics purpose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MicVision at Free against Hat Picker's $0.99. MicVision also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Hat Picker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
MicVision is free to download; Hat Picker costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hat Picker ships an update every 2 weeks, MicVision every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hat Picker | MicVision |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Taylor | CJ-Optik GmbH & Co. KG |
Customer experience
Hat Picker
MicVision
In-app purchases
Hat Picker
No in-app purchases
MicVision
No in-app purchases
