Top Hat vs SWIPE The App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Top Hat
Enhance your learning experience with interactive resources, in-class participation tools, and dynamic digital textbooks. Engage with professors and peers, and test your knowledge with quizzes and polls to improve comprehension and retention.
- Follow lecture slides on your device
- In-class response system
- In-app discussions with peers and professors
- Dynamic, interactive digital textbooks
- Take polls and quizzes
- Access graded and non-graded homework
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Top Hat is the perfect companion app to our comprehensive assessment platform that helps you learn better before, during and after class. Top Hat makes learning fun and engaging (seriously!) and sets you up for success, helping you connect with your professors, your peers and the content you’re learning in and out of the classroom. Here’s what Top Hat offers you: Compelling resources, delivered on your smartphone or laptop: • Follow your prof’s lecture slides on your own device • Contribute in class with an easy-to-use response system that’s always with you • Participate with your profs and peers using in-app discussions Content tailored to your course: • Experience dynamic, interactive textbooks loaded up with images, videos, audio clips and more • Read your digital materials from anywhere and keep them forever Quizzes, tests and polls that improve learning comprehension: • Challenge yourself by taking polls and quizzes on your own devices • Improve your knowledge retention with interactive assessment elements • Check for gaps in your understanding with graded and non-graded homework and short quizzes Thanks for using Top Hat. As you experience the app, we’d love to get your feedback: support@tophat.com or follow us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook @TopHat
SWIPE The App
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Welcome to the Phone Age. Explore your phone's impact with SWIPE, an interactive typographic smartphone app. Decode the ties between you and your phone by exploring innovative chat concepts and a newfound diction. SWIPE introduces new chat designs and wonderfully absurd sounds that break the mold of the old standard formats. Experience the mirror effect of your smartphone on your identity with this immersive journey in your pocket. The app will test your attention span. You can either explore all the content in about 15 minutes or swipe through it. SWIPE is free to download and watch; however, if you leave the app before completing, you will have to buy it back for 99 cents. Relationship Dictionary: Explore a comprehensive dictionary of words to express and define your unique relationship with your phone. Find the perfect terms to capture your digital connection. Multidirectional Swipe Interaction: Experience an intuitive and dynamic interface with multidirectional swipe interaction. Effortlessly navigate through content, providing a seamless and engaging user experience. Swipe in all directions to explore the phone age. Explore Chat Design Concepts: Dive into our innovative chat design concepts. Discover these fresh approaches to inspire and enhance your communication experience. Focus Test: Challenge your concentration and test your focus by completing the app. Can you stay engaged and mindful in a world full of digital distractions?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Top Hat at none against SWIPE The App's 1. Top Hat also leads on chart position (#206 vs unranked). SWIPE The App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. SWIPE The App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Top Hat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Top Hat ships an update every 2 weeks, SWIPE The App every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Top Hat | SWIPE The App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (23K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #206 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Top Hat Monocle | Stitching Next Nature |
Bugs and requests
Top Hat
Reported bugs
3 issues- Answers not registering correctly
- Slides not loading properly on mobile devices
- Inconsistent performance across platforms
Requested features
3 requests- Add page numbers and search functionality to ebooks
- Improve syncing between mobile and web versions
- Allow more flexible location settings for attendance
SWIPE The App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Top Hat
No in-app purchases
SWIPE The App
- Full Movie$0.99
Questions
Is Top Hat free?
Is SWIPE The App free?
Do Top Hat or SWIPE The App have ads?
Which is updated more often, Top Hat or SWIPE The App?
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