HatKings vs DropLit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HatKings
Design and order custom embroidered hats with your own logos or text. Shop exclusive signature styles and customize placement options. The app offers a streamlined mobile experience for creating premium headwear.
- Custom embroidered hat builder
- Shop signature styles
- Upload logo or create text
- Customize front, side, and back
- Live pricing with color/quantity options
- Secure checkout
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Create a coordinated look for your business, team, or everyday style with HatKings. Choose your gear, personalize your design, and build your order from your iPhone or iPad. You can also shop original styles from the HatKings signature collection. CUSTOM HATS Choose your hat style, mix colors and quantities, and personalize your design with embroidery, heat transfer, or stitched text. Add front, side, and back decoration where available, with pricing that updates as you build. CUSTOM APPAREL Design custom T-shirts, hoodies, and crewnecks with full-color DTF printing. Mix garment types, colors, and sizes in one lineup, then upload your artwork and adjust its size and placement. Order one or outfit your whole crew—apparel has no minimums and no small-order fees. APPROVE YOUR PROOF Receive a free digital proof before production. We review your artwork and confirm the details with you before making your custom gear. Features: • Build custom hats and apparel with step-by-step builders • Browse hat brands including Richardson, Yupoong, Flexfit, and '47 • Choose embroidery, heat transfer, or stitched text for hats • Customize additional hat placements on select styles • Create T-shirts, hoodies, and crewnecks with your artwork • Mix colors, sizes, and quantities with live pricing • Review your lineup and customization details before checkout • Shop HatKings signature styles • Check out securely with Shopify For your brand, business, team, event, or everyday style—make it yours with HatKings.
DropLit
Transform your hat into a dynamic canvas for digital expression. Design unique emblems, link them to online content, and connect with creators and brands. Swap and collect designs to constantly update your personal style.
- Modular emblem design
- AI design studio
- Photo and image editing
- Link to digital content
- Creator and brand discovery
- Swap and collect designs
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DropLit lets you turn your hat into a customizable, connectable identity. Create modular emblems, (“drops”), snap them onto your hat, and link them to digital experiences—content, links, or moments that live beyond the fabric. 1. Order from our curated library 2. Design custom drops using our AI design studio, or by uploading and editing your own photos and images 3. Link drops to videos, websites, or profiles 4. Discover creators and brands through drops 5. Swap, collect, and update your look anytime 6. Your hat is just the beginning Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.droplit.ai/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HatKings at every 6 days against DropLit's every 4 weeks. DropLit's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HatKings against 5.0 for DropLit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
HatKings ships an update every 6 days, DropLit every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HatKings | DropLit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sandoval LLC | FAFO Head Machines LLC |
Customer experience
HatKings
DropLit
In-app purchases
HatKings
No in-app purchases
DropLit
No in-app purchases
