Magic Sorting Hat vs HelloBlink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Sorting Hat
This app randomly selects an item from a user-provided list. It's designed to help with decision-making for everyday choices like meals, movies, or chores.
- Add items to a list
- Random item selection
- Decision-making aid
- Choose meals
- Select movies
- Assign chores
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Add some items to the hat and and ask the hat to choose you one at random! Great for helping you decide on things like what to eat, what movie to watch, or who in the family has to take the garbage out! The magic sorting hat never disappoints.
HelloBlink
Easily print your favorite photos, drawings, and images directly from your device to a sticker maker. Select your desired pictures and send them to the printer for instant sticker creation.
- Print photographs
- Print drawings
- Print images
- Image library access
- Select images for printing
- Send images to sticker printer
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This app is for use with the Hello Blink sticker maker and can be used to assist in printing photographs, drawings and images from the apps image library. It will allow the user to choose which images they want to print and then send that image to the sticker printer and have it printed on a sticker.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HelloBlink at 4.7 against Magic Sorting Hat's 2.7. HelloBlink also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Magic Sorting Hat's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Magic Sorting Hat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HelloBlink asks for nothing beyond the download.
HelloBlink holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HelloBlink has 11K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Magic Sorting Hat's written reviews are positive against 64% of HelloBlink's.
Magic Sorting Hat ships an update every 5 months, HelloBlink fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Sorting Hat | HelloBlink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (23 ratings) | 4.7 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gagandip Singh | Shenzhen Yihengke Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Magic Sorting Hat
HelloBlink
Bugs and requests
Magic Sorting Hat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HelloBlink
Reported bugs
4 issues- Printer not connecting
- App freezing on print screen
- Gallery not loading
- Unresponsive buttons
Requested features
3 requests- More design options
- Improved app stability
- Better troubleshooting steps
In-app purchases
Magic Sorting Hat
- Magic Hat Unlimited$0.99
HelloBlink
No in-app purchases
Questions
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