Comparison

DSLR Clapperboard vs Cin3Display

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

Head to head
About

DSLR Clapperboard

This app provides a digital clapperboard for filmmakers, allowing customization of slate design, project-based work, and synchronization across multiple devices. It also includes prompter and storyboard features for iPad users, enhancing pre-production and on-set workflow.

Highlights
  • Customizable digital clapperboard
  • Project-based slate management
  • Timer and timecode options
  • Multi-camera synchronization
  • Prompter with remote control (iPad)
  • Storyboard creation with image import (iPad)
Features
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A few taps and you are on-air: select the angle, scene and take of your shot and tap on the clapper. You can edit the items and the descriptions in the setup page of the app to fully customize it. Features' list: CLAPPERBOARD • Full customization of the clapboard: design your own slate with a few touches. (IPad version) • Project based clapboard: start, stop and recall your work at your needs. • Switch from timer to timecode (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). • Choose among 3 different clap sounds. • Auto takes advance, to update the take after each shot. • Stopwatch, to have time under your control. • Full customization, to have a clapperboard exactly the way you like. • Remarks, allows you to add notes during the shooting. • Log history, to keep everything under your eyes. • Summary e-mail report, to send the result of your shooting in your inbox (in-app purchase). • NEW Multi-camera clapboard: you can synchronize up to 8 devices to execute the clapboard simultaneously on all of them. In-App Purchase (for a short period of time at a very competitive price): PROMPTER (IPad version) • Unlimited number of scripts. • Bookmarks, to jump directly to the point. • Remote control, with full preview at your fingertips. • Easy connection, over bluetooth or wi-fi. • Speed wheel, for an innovative user interaction. • Change font size from the remote control. • Flip text on the fly. • Drag text on the remote control, the prompter will follow accordingly. • Auto prompter: set up your speed and then start playing it. STORYBOARD (IPad version) • Import any image or picture you have as a frame of your storyboard. • Give it a number (also 12B-2C#2) and a description. • You can automatically import you storyboard with the new DSLR Template available for download at your fingertip. • Synchronize your storyboard with the clapperboard (scene number and final summary email). --- To ask for new features and to report bugs, please refer to dslrslate.com and visit the page "customer care".

About

Cin3Display

Features
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This app uses Wifi technology to wirelessly send filter information from the iPhone to the Cin3Designs Filter Display. Use the drop down menus to select which filters and intensity you are currently wearing and with the push of a button, that information is sent directly to the display.

Screenshots

DSLR Clapperboard4 screens
Cin3Display2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cin3Display at none against DSLR Clapperboard's 1. DSLR Clapperboard's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DSLR Clapperboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cin3Display asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DSLR Clapperboard ships an update every 5 days, Cin3Display weekly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DSLR Clapperboard versus Cin3Display: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDSLR ClapperboardCin3Display
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniele MorelliNicholas Brown

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DSLR Clapperboard

One-time1
  • Advanced Features$8.99
None

Cin3Display

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DSLR Clapperboard free?
DSLR Clapperboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cin3Display free?
Cin3Display is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DSLR Clapperboard or Cin3Display have ads?
Neither DSLR Clapperboard nor Cin3Display shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DSLR Clapperboard or Cin3Display?
DSLR Clapperboard ships an update every 5 days, and Cin3Display weekly. Most recently, DSLR Clapperboard was updated on October 7, 2026 and Cin3Display on October 7, 2026.

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