Comparison

Hat Picker vs Stage Director

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create custom option piles
  • Add text, images, and web links
  • Quick Actions for easy picking
  • Share created piles
  • Augmented reality picking
Features
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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!

About

Stage Director

Features
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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

Screenshots

Hat Picker4 screens
Stage Director4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hat Picker versus Stage Director: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHat PickerStage Director
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid TaylorJiman Park

In-app purchases

None

Hat Picker

No in-app purchases

None

Stage Director

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hat Picker free?
Hat Picker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stage Director free?
Stage Director is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hat Picker or Stage Director have ads?
Neither Hat Picker nor Stage Director shows ads.

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