Comparison

Santa Hats 2 vs Watch Faces Gallery +

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

Head to head
About

Santa Hats 2

Easily add festive Santa hats, beards, and even Santa Claus himself to your photos. Adjust size, placement, and use advanced editing tools for a realistic holiday look. Perfect for creating fun Christmas greetings and social media posts.

Highlights
  • Add Santa Hats
  • Add Santa Beards
  • Add Santa Claus
  • Adjust hat size and placement
  • Advanced editing tools
  • Save and share photos
Features
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Make any photo ready for Christmas by adding Santa Hats to everyone in the photo! Simply load a photo into Santa Hats and tap the type of Santa Hat you want to add, then adjust the hat's size and placement and it will look like they are actually wearing the hat! You can now add Santa Hats, Santa Beards, Christmas Trees, Custom Text and even the big man himself, Santa Claus! Advanced Editing Tools - Zoom in to make fine edits (double tap to zoom) - Eraser, eraser parts of the hat (great for ears etc) - Brightness Level - Blur Level - Opacity Level - Flip the hat - Change hat height only - Change hat width only Save and Share on all your favorite social media sites. - Icon Featured in the Apple retail store 2011 holiday window displays! - Seen on ABC News From the company that brought you Tattoo You and Hairstyle Makeover, Appdicted brings you their latest release, Santa Hats. Add Santa hats to any photo with Santa Hats. This app offers over 25 different Santa Hats that can be added to any photo. Now you can easily add Christmas cheer to your photos by adding a Santa hat to each individual in the photo. We also decided to add Santa Beards and Santa himself! So you can put on Santa's beard and have a photo taken with Santa, without waiting in a long line at the mall. Reviews "Fun! - This app has kept my 5 year-old and me entertained. I wish I had more pics on my iPad so we had more poses to pick from! It is easy to use and easy to send pics via email or through social networking sites. Five stars, keep the holiday updates coming!" "Great Job! - Really fun to put hats on our family Christmas pictures. My 3.5 year old likes this a lot." Features Over 25 Santa Hats to choose from Use your camera or load a photo from your photo album Adjust placement, size and rotation of hats Email the picture to your friends and family Save the picture to your photo album Share your photo on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and iMessage. Download this app now and spread some holiday cheer. Questions / Comments Twitter @Appdicted Email support@appdicted.com Facebook.com/AppdictedApps

About

Watch Faces Gallery +

Discover a vast collection of unique watch faces and wallpapers for your Apple Watch, including animated and portrait options. Customize your device with a powerful creator tool featuring graphics, stickers, and text editing. New content is added weekly across diverse categories.

Highlights
  • Unique watch faces and wallpapers
  • Animated and portrait face options
  • Watch Faces Creator tool
  • Graphics, stickers, and text editor
  • Weekly content updates
  • Diverse category selection
Features
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Get uniques Watch Faces and wallpapers gallery for your Apple Watch. Portraits Faces, Live Animated Faces, Photos Faces. Try our awesome Watch Faces Creator with graphics, stickers, and text editor. Weekly content updates and awesome categories like that: Abstract, Animals, Animated, Art, Black, Black Lives Matter, Brands, Cartoons, Christmas, Easter, Faith, Flowers, Food, Free, Love, Materials, Meditation, Motivation, Music, Nature, Pride, St. Patrick's Day, Space, Sport, Technology, Travel, United States, Watches. Today a new new look of your Apple Watch. Please, make sure your Apple Watch is paired with the device on which installed this application. Portraits and animated faces require Watch Series 3+. Animated faces require disabling Always On. Privacy Policy: http://www.icycoconut.site/privacy/ Terms of use: http://www.icycoconut.site/terms/

Screenshots

Santa Hats 24 screens
Watch Faces Gallery +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Watch Faces Gallery + at Free against Santa Hats 2's $1.99. Watch Faces Gallery + also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (21K vs 1.3K). Santa Hats 2's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 46%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Watch Faces Gallery + is free to download; Santa Hats 2 costs $1.99 up front. Watch Faces Gallery + sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Santa Hats 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Santa Hats 2 against 4.7 for Watch Faces Gallery +. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Faces Gallery + has 21K ratings behind it against 1.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Santa Hats 2's written reviews are positive against 46% of Watch Faces Gallery +'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Santa Hats 2 ships an update every 19 months, Watch Faces Gallery + every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Santa Hats 2 versus Watch Faces Gallery +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSanta Hats 2Watch Faces Gallery +
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better4.7 (21K ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better46.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K21K — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppdictedIcy Coconut

Customer experience

Santa Hats 2

All ratings1,338 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative10.8%

Watch Faces Gallery +

All ratings20,285 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews363 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative48.2%

User reviews

Santa Hats 2

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎅 Lots of Santa hat options
  • 💡 Fun and creative
  • 🎨 Realistic-looking hats
  • 🎄 Great for holiday photos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes or freezes
  • 💾 Unable to save photos
  • 🔍 Limited selection of hats/styles
  • 🤖 Compatibility issues with newer devices

Watch Faces Gallery +

From 21K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Wide variety of watch faces
  • 💡 Ability to change watch faces frequently
  • 👍 Good value for money
  • 👍 Fantastic designs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer watch models
  • 🐛 Faces don't work as expected (just static images)
  • 💰 Paid features required for best options
  • 🤔 Misleading advertising of watch face functionality
  • 🤔 Unclear subscription model

Bugs and requests

Santa Hats 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to add text
  • Photos not saving to device
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 9.2 and iPhone 6 Plus

Requested features

4 requests
  • More holiday-themed items (e.g. New Year's hats, ornaments)
  • Ability to adjust hat size and placement
  • Option to add text or other overlays
  • Expanded selection of Santa hats and beards

Watch Faces Gallery +

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes or crashes when trying to download faces
  • Purchased faces not restoring on new devices
  • Watch faces not syncing properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free watch face options
  • Ability to customize watch faces
  • Support for complications
  • Seasonal/holiday-themed watch faces
  • Localized temperature units

In-app purchases

None

Santa Hats 2

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Watch Faces Gallery +

One-time2
  • Face Lifetime$6.99
  • Face Lifetime Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Santa Hats 2 free?
Santa Hats 2 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Watch Faces Gallery + free?
Watch Faces Gallery + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Santa Hats 2 or Watch Faces Gallery +?
Santa Hats 2 is rated higher. Santa Hats 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Watch Faces Gallery + averages 4.7 from 21K ratings.
Do Santa Hats 2 or Watch Faces Gallery + have ads?
Neither Santa Hats 2 nor Watch Faces Gallery + shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Santa Hats 2 or Watch Faces Gallery +?
Santa Hats 2 ships an update every 19 months, and Watch Faces Gallery + every 2 weeks. Most recently, Santa Hats 2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Watch Faces Gallery + on November 6, 2026.

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