Comparison

HAT Music vs StagePlot & Tech Rider

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

Head to head
About

HAT Music

Connect with other musicians to complete your songs. Find singers, producers, or beatmakers based on genre and location. Collaborate remotely or in person to bring your music to life.

Highlights
  • Find missing song pieces
  • Connect with singers, producers, beatmakers
  • Post collaboration needs
  • Chat with potential collaborators
  • Hear music previews in chat
  • Discover artists by genre and location
Features
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Got the voice but no beat? Got lyrics but no production? On HAT Music you find the missing piece for your song. HAT Music is the app for music collaboration between artists. Singers, producers, beatmakers, rappers and topliners post what they need and talk in chat. WHAT YOU GET Find the missing piece for your song Your feed shows posts from people who need your role and make your genre. See one you like? Get in touch. Get found by people looking for you Post what you need, your genre and where you are. The right people message you. Hear the beat before you say yes Get the beat, send your vocal back. Listen to everything in chat before you decide. Pick people with your sound Every profile shows tracks, genres, experience and the artists they've worked with. Hear someone's sound before you message them. Meet artists in your city Search by role, genre and city. Work together in person or remotely. WHO IT'S FOR For anyone making pop, R&B, trap, rap, drill or any other genre who needs a beat for their voice, a producer for their lyrics or a band to play with. Work together in your city or remotely. Terms and Conditions EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

StagePlot & Tech Rider

Features
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Make the stage plot and tech rider you send to the venue — right on your iPhone or iPad. ■ Stage plot · 40+ pieces of gear: drums, amps, guitars, keys, grand piano, vibraphone, strings, winds, mics, monitors, power and more · Drag to place, pinch to zoom · Show which way everything faces (toward the audience, upstage, left, right, diagonals) · Resize, rotate, rename, duplicate, undo · Drum risers, music stands, chairs, piano bench, lights and text labels ■ Requests per instrument & player Everything you put on stage shows up in a list. Write what each one needs, freely. e.g. Bass — 1 DI / Vocal — wired SM58, lots of vocal in the monitor ■ Show info Contacts plus general requests like rehearsal time, power and green room. ■ Share as PDF Clean A4 PDF, ready for email, messages or Files. ■ Tech Rider Pro (one-time purchase) Clean PDFs without the free-version footer, unlimited riders, and your own custom gear. ■ Privacy No sign-up, no login. Everything stays on your device.

Screenshots

HAT Music4 screens
StagePlot & Tech Rider4 screens

Verdict

The call

HAT Music and StagePlot & Tech Rider are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. HAT Music sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and StagePlot & Tech Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HAT Music ships an update every 5 days, StagePlot & Tech Rider every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HAT Music versus StagePlot & Tech Rider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHAT MusicStagePlot & Tech Rider
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHAT MusicSeungmin Hong

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HAT Music

Subscriptions9
  • PRO Discount$3.991 Month
  • HAT PRO3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • HAT PRO Artista$7.991 Month
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  • HAT PRO Esperto$11.991 Month
  • HAT Music PRO$14.006 Months
  • HAT Music PRO$25.006 Months
  • HAT PRO Esperto$34.993 Months
  • HAT PRO3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • PRO Discount3 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Invio demo$2.99
1 purchases

StagePlot & Tech Rider

One-time1
  • 테크라이더 프로$1.99

Questions

Is HAT Music free?
HAT Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StagePlot & Tech Rider free?
StagePlot & Tech Rider is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HAT Music or StagePlot & Tech Rider have ads?
Neither HAT Music nor StagePlot & Tech Rider shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HAT Music or StagePlot & Tech Rider?
HAT Music ships an update every 5 days, and StagePlot & Tech Rider every 3 days. Most recently, HAT Music was updated on November 12, 2026 and StagePlot & Tech Rider on November 13, 2026.

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