Comparison

HatMag vs Capital Gardens

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

Head to head
About

HatMag

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Subscribers to The Hat Magazine can read all issues that go with their subscription online using this app. The Hat Magazine is the only independent journal serving the Hat Trade. Readers include all sectors of the Hat Trade: Department store buyers, Independent retail buyers, Hire shop buyers, Designers, Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Independent milliners and Fashion college students. The magazine is published quarterly in February, May, August and November.

About

Capital Gardens

Features
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Welcome to your local Capital Gardens Loyalty App. All of the exclusive benefits of being a part of the Capital Gardens Loyalty Scheme accessed conveniently on your mobile device. Our App allows members access to exclusive offers and promotions, tracks records of previous purchases, collects points when you spend and keeps you up to date with our latest blogs and events. We do not sell online – believing it is essential that you experience the quality of our plants first hand. We do offer a local delivery service from all of our centres With the Capital Gardens App, you can go completely plastic and paper free. No need to worry about a card or receipts as everything is at the touch of your fingertips. The roots of Capital Gardens, an independent business, go back to 1981 when a landscape business was started in Battersea. We’ve grown into London’s leading independent gardening company. We now operate five garden centres; Alexandra Palace (North West London), Neal’s Nurseries (Wandsworth, South West London), Studley Green (North West of High Wycombe), Sherfield-on-Loddon (Just north of Basingstoke) and Woods of Berkhamsted.Β  These Centres continually try to offer a diverse and large collection of high-quality plants throughout the seasons, competitively priced and suited to our varied climate and seasons. Colin, the Managing Director, who started the business and his son Edward, who recently joined the business, take a very personal interest in making sure that their well-established highly experienced teams give you the best possible garden centre experience by providing the best products and the best advice to create the garden of your dreams.

Screenshots

HatMag4 screens
Capital Gardens4 screens

Verdict

The call

HatMag and Capital Gardens are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HatMag versus Capital Gardens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHatMagCapital Gardens
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNepheleCapital Gardens LTD

In-app purchases

None

HatMag

No in-app purchases

None

Capital Gardens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HatMag free?
HatMag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Capital Gardens free?
Capital Gardens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HatMag or Capital Gardens have ads?
Neither HatMag nor Capital Gardens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HatMag or Capital Gardens?
HatMag ships an update every 2 months, and Capital Gardens every 2 months. Most recently, HatMag was updated on October 18, 2026 and Capital Gardens on November 3, 2026.

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