Hat Picker vs Stage Director
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!
Stage Director
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Stage Director is a previsualization app that lets you complete the staging of plays, operas, musicals and dance shows before rehearsal begins. ■ Stage & Mise-en-scene · 60+ 3D props: structures, furniture, instruments, sound gear, backdrops, effects and decor · Opera staples (throne, banquet table, fireplace, grandfather clock) plus walls and columns in European or modern styles, with window options · Rotate and resize props, and stack them with layers (a chair on a platform) · Upload a photo to use as the stage backdrop ■ Actor Blocking · Move an actor and start / arrival markers appear automatically on the timeline · Drag the markers to fine-tune the real performance timing · Each actor has an independent track, so edits never interfere · Organize cast members with seven rainbow-colored groups ■ Lighting Design · Place spot, moving, wash and back lights · Store brightness, color, pan and position per point so lights change and travel over time · Reflected live in both the 2D and 3D stage ■ Timeline Editing · Video-editor style layer timeline · Trim entrance and exit ranges, record movement keyframes · Upload background music and the total duration is set to the track length · Preview built-in sound effects (thunder, waves, birds, bells and more) and place them at any moment ■ Script & Scene Management · Save and switch between scenes by act/scene or page · Import a script and it splits into blocks by blank lines with estimated timings · Lines appear beside the 2D editor and below the 3D preview ■ Sharing & Collaboration · Export as PNG images or 2D and 3D videos · Co-edit in real time over the same Wi-Fi using an invite code · 20 levels of undo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stage Director at Free against Hat Picker's $0.99. Hat Picker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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
Stage Director is free to download; Hat Picker costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Hat Picker | Stage Director |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Taylor | Jiman Park |
In-app purchases
Hat Picker
No in-app purchases
Stage Director
No in-app purchases









