Comparison

Hat Booth vs A View From My Seat

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

Head to head
About

Hat Booth

Easily add a wide variety of fun and wild hats to any photo. Virtually try on crowns, cowboy hats, and more, then adjust their size, placement, and rotation for a perfect fit. It's simple to use for all ages and allows for creative editing.

Highlights
  • Virtually try on over 170 fun hats
  • Add hats to photos from album or camera
  • Adjust hat size, placement, and rotation
  • Add multiple hats to a single photo
  • Advanced editing tools (eraser, blur, color)
  • Add text to photos for memes
  • Share edited photos via social media
Features
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Virtually try on fun and wild Hats using Hat Booth. Now you can add a King's Crown, Princess Tierra, Cowboy Hat, Top Hat and many many more hats to any photo! Add a fun hat to any picture. Try it on your pets, your family and your friends. Have even more fun putting these fun hats on a celebrity photo! Hat Booth is EASY to use and fun for the whole family! Simply load any photo into Hat Booth and start adding hats to the photo using simple touch and adjust logic. Load a photo from your photo album or take a new photo with the built in camera. Then scroll through all the hats, when you find one you want to try on simply tap the hat and it is added to your photo. You can adjust the placement, size and rotation of the hat so it will match your picture perfectly. Reviews - Featured in "Hat Life" magazine! - "Hysterical - Great variety of hats. Realistic looking hats. Very fun! Can't stop playing it! Would love a variety of American Indian head gear. Thanx!" - "Awesome - Nice easy to use interface, tons of fun hats. Worth every penny!" Features - Universal App for iPad and iPhone - Over 170 fun hats to choose from! - Choose from 8 different hat categories. - Load any photo from the photo album or take a new picture with the built in camera - Adjust the size and rotation of the picture. - Adjust the size, rotation and the placement the hat to make the hat match your photo. - Add multiple hats to your photo - Share via email, Facebook, Twitter, iMessage and Instagram - Save the picture to your photo album Advanced Editing Tools - Eraser, erase parts of the hats - Blur, blur the hat to match your photo - Color, adjust the color of the hat - Layers, access the different hats added to your photo through the layer menu - Flip, change the orientation of the hat - Opacity, make the hat see through, great for using with the eraser. - Brightness, adjust the brightness of the hat - Width and Height, adjust individually to make the hat fatter or taller. - ZOOM, zoom in to make fine edits - Add Text, easily meme your photo by adding text from our text editor, edit the text with the same great tools you use for your hat. Got Twitter? Follow us @appdicted

About

A View From My Seat

See real fan photos from seats at thousands of venues worldwide before you buy tickets. Share your own view to help others plan their experience. Includes venue info, event listings, and a stadium journey tracker.

Highlights
  • Fan photos by venue, section, row, and seat
  • Filter by event type (sports, concerts, theater)
  • Seating charts matched to events
  • Scan tickets to jump to seat view
  • Track stadium journey and progress
  • Find tickets and nearby hotels
  • Share your seat view with others
Features
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See your view before you buy. A View From My Seat shows real photos taken by fans from their seats at more than 6,000 stadiums, arenas and theaters around the world. Every photo comes from a fan who was there. Check your view before the show, then share yours after, so the next fan knows exactly what to expect. SEE YOUR VIEW - Fan photos by venue, section, row and seat. - Filter by event type: baseball, soccer, football, hockey, basketball, concerts, theater and more. - Seating charts matched to the event you're viewing. - Comments and tips from fans who sat there. SHARE YOUR VIEW - Take a photo or video from your seat, or pick one from your library. - Event details fill in automatically when your photo was taken at a game, concert or show. - Can't find your venue? Share a photo from it and add it to the app. - Earn trophies and badges, and climb the leaderboard. SCAN YOUR TICKET - Scan a ticket or ticket screenshot to jump straight to the view from your section. - Your ticket is read on your iPhone and never uploaded. - My Seats keeps your upcoming seats on your phone, with section photos saved for offline viewing at the venue. - Get a reminder on event day to share your view, with your venue, event, section, row and seat already filled in. TRACK YOUR STADIUM JOURNEY - Chasing all 30 ballparks? Chasing tracks your progress through every venue in a league and shows which ones you still need. - Your profile shows your photos, stats and featured trophies. PLAN YOUR NIGHT - Upcoming events for teams, artists, tours and shows, with Add to Calendar. - Find tickets from our ticket partners, and check the view from those seats before you buy. - Hotels near the venue, with distance and nightly price. - Venue pages with maps, directions, teams and event types. - Explore by city, college, sport, artist or show. BUILT BY FANS A View From My Seat is free, with no subscriptions. It's built by a community of sports fans, concert-goers and theater lovers, and used by more than 50 million fans a year. The more fans share, the better it gets for everyone. PRESS "MetLife: your view will look like this.." –The New Yorker "A View From My Seat shows seats at sports and entertainment venues around the world." –Yahoo! Finance "A View From My Seat helps you choose the best seats in Citizens Bank Park" –Philly.com "A View From My Seat... allows fans to post photos and comments from games they attend" –ESPN "#1 Must-Have Sports App" –Wireless Zone Also featured in Sports Illustrated and BroadwayWorld. CONNECT aviewfrommyseat.com bsky.app/profile/aviewfrommyseat.com facebook.com/aviewfrommyseat

Screenshots

Hat Booth4 screens
A View From My Seat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: A View From My Seat at Free against Hat Booth's $1.99. A View From My Seat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (49% vs 38%). Hat Booth's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

A View From My Seat is free to download; Hat Booth costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

A View From My Seat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hat Booth has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Hat Booth's written reviews are positive against 49% of A View From My Seat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hat Booth ships an update every 4 months, A View From My Seat every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hat Booth versus A View From My Seat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHat BoothA View From My Seat
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews49.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAppdictedA View From My Seat LLC

Customer experience

Hat Booth

All ratings1,106 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive38.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative57.8%

A View From My Seat

All ratings81 ratings
Positive60.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative32.1%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive49.0%
Neutral6.1%
Negative44.9%

User reviews

Hat Booth

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤩 Fun and enjoyable
  • 💯 Realistic hats

Room to improve

  • 🙁 Limited hat selection
  • 🤔 Degrades image quality
  • 😕 Crashes and freezes

A View From My Seat

From 1 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for viewing seats
  • 💡 Helps choose best seats
  • 👍 Real photos from users
  • 💡 Useful for ticket purchases
  • 👍 Good concept and execution

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App is buggy
  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Search not working
  • 🐛 Photos not loading
  • 🐛 Difficult to edit reviews

Bugs and requests

Hat Booth

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • Unable to load photos
  • App doesn't open after initial setup

Requested features

3 requests
  • More holiday and seasonal hats
  • Front camera support
  • Wider variety of hats (e.g. party, animal, occupational)

A View From My Seat

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Login or registration fails
  • Error message: "_______ failed."
  • No help or support options
  • No 'forgot password' option
  • Invalid entry error
Show 16 more
  • Photos don't load
  • App stops working
  • Search feature never works
  • Cannot log in to app
  • American football section is blank
  • Connection doesn't work
  • Username always taken
  • Search results are poor
  • App malfunctions
  • Cannot upload photos
  • Regularly Globe Life Field not available
  • Crashes on stadium selection
  • Constantly crashes
  • Unable to join/register
  • Keeps wanting to upload photos or buy tickets
  • Cannot view seats at venue

Requested features

7 requests
  • 💡 Option to reset password
  • 💡 Integrate with Apple password manager
  • 💡 Save favorite venues
  • 💡 Points system for photo uploads
  • 💡 Filter by sport/event type
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  • 💡 Allow landscape mode for photos
  • 💡 Zoomable photos

In-app purchases

None

Hat Booth

No in-app purchases

None

A View From My Seat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hat Booth free?
Hat Booth costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is A View From My Seat free?
A View From My Seat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hat Booth or A View From My Seat?
A View From My Seat is rated higher. Hat Booth averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while A View From My Seat averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hat Booth or A View From My Seat have ads?
Neither Hat Booth nor A View From My Seat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hat Booth or A View From My Seat?
Hat Booth ships an update every 4 months, and A View From My Seat every 3 months. Most recently, Hat Booth was updated on November 1, 2026 and A View From My Seat on November 1, 2026.

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