Branded Bills vs HatKings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Branded Bills
Discover unique headwear and apparel with custom design options. Shop state-specific collections or personalize items with your own logo for any occasion. High-quality, handmade products designed for lasting style.
- Shop 50 state unique designs
- Create customized headwear with logo
- Multiple hat styles available
- Handmade to order products
- Premium materials
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Branded Bills is the premier headwear and apparel brand, crafting hand-made-to-order pieces from premium materials built to last for years. Whether you're traveling, working, or playing, our classic styles keep you looking sharp wherever life takes you. Shop All 50 States — Explore unique designs and exclusive product offerings representing every state in the country. Officially Licensed Headwear — Rep your favorite college and university with our officially licensed collegiate collections. Custom Headwear — Add your logo to create branded hats for your business, a special event, or just to stand out from the crowd. Fit for Everyone — Multiple hat styles designed for men, women, and children, so the whole family can find their perfect look. Made to order. Built to last.
HatKings
Design and order custom embroidered hats with your own logos or text. Shop exclusive signature styles and customize placement options. The app offers a streamlined mobile experience for creating premium headwear.
- Custom embroidered hat builder
- Shop signature styles
- Upload logo or create text
- Customize front, side, and back
- Live pricing with color/quantity options
- Secure checkout
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Your logo. Your way. Create custom hats and apparel with HatKings, or shop original styles from our signature collection. Upload your artwork, choose your gear, and build your order from your iPhone or iPad. CUSTOM HATS Choose your hat style, mix colors and quantities, and personalize your design with embroidery, heat transfer, or stitched text. Add front, side, and back decoration where available, with pricing that updates as you build. CUSTOM APPAREL Design custom T-shirts, hoodies, and crewnecks with full-color DTF printing. Mix garment types, colors, and sizes in one lineup, then upload your artwork and adjust its size and placement. Order one or outfit your whole crew—apparel has no minimums and no small-order fees. APPROVE YOUR PROOF Receive a free digital proof before production. We review your artwork and confirm the details with you before making your custom gear. Features: • Build custom hats and apparel with step-by-step builders • Browse hat brands including Richardson, Yupoong, Flexfit, and '47 • Choose embroidery, heat transfer, or stitched text for hats • Customize additional hat placements on select styles • Create T-shirts, hoodies, and crewnecks with your artwork • Mix colors, sizes, and quantities with live pricing • Review your lineup and customization details before checkout • Shop HatKings signature styles • Check out securely with Shopify For your brand, business, team, event, or everyday style—make it yours with HatKings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HatKings at none against Branded Bills's shown. HatKings also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Branded Bills's advantage is ratings volume (782 vs 3). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Branded Bills against 5.0 for HatKings. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Branded Bills has 782 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Branded Bills ships an update fortnightly, HatKings every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Branded Bills | HatKings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (782 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 782 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Branded Bills LLC | Sandoval LLC |
Customer experience
Branded Bills
HatKings
Bugs and requests
Branded Bills
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes after extended use
- Issues with online ordering and payment processing
Requested features
2 requests- Expand sizing options to include XL hats
- Improve inventory management to have more consistent availability
HatKings
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Branded Bills
No in-app purchases
HatKings
No in-app purchases









