Comparison

Pointer Owner vs Split Flap

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

Head to head
About

Pointer Owner

Features
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The Pointer Owner application is an application for vehicle owners, providing all you need to efficiently track the whereabouts of your vehicle, its condition, and any ongoing issues.

About

Split Flap

Transform your devices into a retro split-flap display. Enjoy various modes like clock, weather, messages, and timers with satisfying mechanical sounds. Customize your display with unique themes and patterns across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Split-flap display simulation
  • Multiple display modes (Clock, Weather, Message, Timer)
  • Customizable themes and flip patterns
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Cross-platform support (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV)
  • Satisfying mechanical sound effects
  • StandBy mode integration
Features
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Turn any screen into a split-flap departure board. Split Flap brings the look and sound of a mechanical airport board to your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV — with one purchase and no subscription. MODES FOR EVERY MOMENT Clock — A flip clock with custom time zones, 12 or 24 hours and optional seconds. Focus Clock — A big, calm clock made for your desk or nightstand. World Clock — Up to eight cities at once, like a real departures board: LON, NYC, TYO and more. Weather — Today's conditions, high, low and chance of rain for any city, flipping onto the board. Message — Type anything and watch it flip into place letter by letter. Start from ready-made templates, add emoji, and share your board as an image. Quotes — Your favourite quotes, rotating automatically. Hide a quote or schedule it for certain hours and days. Syncs with iCloud. Music — The song and artist that's playing flips into view as your music changes. (iPhone, iPad and Mac) Timer — Countdown presets from 5 to 90 minutes, or a stopwatch. Big digits you can read across the room. Paint — 43 colour patterns, from flags to gradients, plus a pixel editor to paint your own. Put text over a pattern for a colourful sign. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN A Lock Screen flip clock with seconds that keep ticking, a sweeping minute ring and quotes on real flap tiles. Home Screen widgets for the clock, quotes, messages, timer and colour patterns, and StandBy when your phone charges on its side. A running timer counts down live in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, each built for the device. Apple TV has a Top Shelf that plays the board right on your Home Screen. Mac has desktop widgets, a menu bar clock and a screen saver. iPhone Duo gets a Nightstand clock when half folded. LOOK AND FEEL 9 colour themes including Neon and Confetti, light and dark boards, and 10+ flip patterns — spiral, matrix, snake and more — that control how the board reveals new content. Bedtime auto-dim keeps it gentle at night. SOUNDS THAT SATISFY Three sound themes — Mechanical, Typewriter and Soft — synthesised to match the animation. Every clack lands at the moment each flap snaps into place. HANDS-FREE Siri and Shortcuts can show the clock, post a message, start a timer or switch modes. Send to Apple TV posts a message from your iPhone straight to the board on your TV. ONE PURCHASE. EVERY PLATFORM. One purchase unlocks premium on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. No subscription. No ads.

Screenshots

Pointer Owner4 screens
Split Flap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pointer Owner at none against Split Flap's 1. Pointer Owner also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). Split Flap's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Split Flap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pointer Owner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pointer Owner ships an update every 6 days, Split Flap monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pointer Owner versus Split Flap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPointer OwnerSplit Flap
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPointer Telocation Ltd.Hello Good Day LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pointer Owner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Split Flap

One-time1
  • SplitFlap Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Pointer Owner free?
Pointer Owner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pointer Owner or Split Flap have ads?
Neither Pointer Owner nor Split Flap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pointer Owner or Split Flap?
Pointer Owner ships an update every 6 days, and Split Flap monthly. Most recently, Pointer Owner was updated on November 11, 2026 and Split Flap on October 31, 2026.

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