Comparison

Hagerty vs Select 3M

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

Head to head
About

Hagerty

Access your collector car insurance ID cards, membership benefits, and vehicle valuation data. Connect with a global community of automotive enthusiasts and discover car values.

Highlights
  • Insurance ID cards
  • Drivers Club benefits
  • Price Guide values
  • Automotive enthusiast community
  • Membership organization
Features
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We began as a niche insurance agency offering coverage for collector cars. We’re now a global automotive enthusiast brand and the world’s largest membership organization for car lovers. And it’s all driven by our love for cars. The Hagerty app brings easy access to your insurance ID cards, Hagerty Drivers Club® benefits, Hagerty Price Guide values, and become a member of one of the world's largest communities of car enthusiasts.

About

Select 3M

This app digitally displays 3M graphic film colors, allowing designers and professionals to select and apply them to images. It helps find the exact color reference and RGB values, and can compare similar shades for efficient project planning.

Highlights
  • Digital display of 3M graphic film colors
  • Apply selected colors to images
  • View reference numbers and RGB values
  • Compare nearest color shades
  • Works with COLORCATCH NANO
Features
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« SELECT 3M » the first Digital Colour Specifier for 3M Graphic Films. « SELECT 3M » shows the most important Coloured Graphic Films from 3M in digital form. Exclusive software, especially developed for designers, graphic manufacturers, sign makers, architects, stand builders etc… allows to select any 3M Graphic Film colour and to apply it instantly to a picture. Selected colour shows up on the screen of iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, including its reference number and RGB values (this doesn’t apply to metallic colors). 3M colours can instantly be applied to a picture (text inscription, car, logo etc…) taken by an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch or a camera. « SELECT 3M » not only saves professionals and clients considerable time when searching for the right colour among the various 3M Graphic Films. It can even compare and list the nearest color shades by order of proximity. What’s more, « SELECT 3M » App for iPhone can also work with COLORCATCH NANO! COLORCATCH NANO incorporates a revolutionary new technology to accurately measure the color of smooth, structured or patterned surfaces to determine the corresponding color of the preselected swatch. NANO reads and measures 50'000 pixels separately. During reading it eliminates automatically all non-dominant colors such as shade effects and dirty surfaces. 3M Commercial Graphics Division manufactures translucent, opaque and reflective vinyl and polyester graphic films that can be imaged using traditional solvent or UV screen printing, electronic cut graphic decoration, and digital printing.These films are marketed under the 3M™, Scotchcal™, Scotchlite™, Controltac™, Scotchprint™, and Comply™ trademarks . These materials are widely used by sign companies, screen printers, and graphic manufacturers. Disclaimer: Due to technical limitations colours shown on screen may slightly vary from the true colour of the adhesive film. Please obtain a vinyl sample for final colour approval. Colourcards and colourswatches with real product samples are available from 3M distributors.

Screenshots

Hagerty4 screens
Select 3M4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hagerty at Free against Select 3M's $9.99. Hagerty also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Select 3M's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On rating, 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

Hagerty is free to download; Select 3M costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hagerty against 5.0 for Select 3M. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hagerty has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Hagerty's written reviews are positive against 100% of Select 3M's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hagerty ships an update every 5 weeks, Select 3M every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hagerty versus Select 3M: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHagertySelect 3M
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (11K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHE HAGERTY GROUP INCColorix SA

Customer experience

Hagerty

All ratings11,172 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative17.1%

Select 3M

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hagerty

No in-app purchases

None

Select 3M

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hagerty free?
Hagerty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Select 3M free?
Select 3M costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hagerty or Select 3M?
Select 3M is rated higher. Hagerty averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Select 3M averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hagerty or Select 3M have ads?
Neither Hagerty nor Select 3M shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hagerty or Select 3M?
Hagerty ships an update every 5 weeks, and Select 3M every 4 months. Most recently, Hagerty was updated on September 24, 2026 and Select 3M on September 14, 2026.

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