SIRUI Swift vs Hand Slate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SIRUI Swift
This app offers professional photo and video editing tools with various shooting effects like Active Track and Beauty Filters. Easily share your creations to social media to express your creativity on the go.
- Active Track
- Beauty Filters
- Hitchcock effects
- Media library
- Social media sharing
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Easy to use with more professional features, the SIRUI Swift App provides multiple image or video modes to unleash your inspiration and includes a media library to update expertise and information. Featured functions include Active Track, Beauty Filters, Hitchcock and other shooting effects. A quick share to social media to express your creativity anytime and anywhere!
Hand Slate
This app offers a digital clapperboard experience with freehand writing capabilities. Utilize pen and pencil brushes with various colors and easily erase or clear your notes. A lock feature prevents accidental edits, and multiple style modes personalize the interface.
- Digital clapperboard functionality
- Freehand writing with pen/pencil
- 10 color options
- Eraser and clear canvas
- Undo/redo actions
- Editing lock feature
- Nine style modes
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Hand Slate is a professional digital clapperboard designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, crafted for seamless handwriting with Apple Pencil. It allows you to quickly capture ideas with freehand writing, using two brush types—pen and pencil—and 10 beautiful color options for a personalized touch. Mistakes can be easily erased, and you can also clear the canvas with a single tap. The app supports undo and redo actions, giving you full control over your notes. A lock feature is also available: when you don’t need to make changes, simply tap the “Lock” button to disable text editing. Unlock it anytime to resume editing. Additionally, nine unique style modes allow you to select the interface that best suits your preferences. With a clean, user-friendly interface, this app provides a practical and professional solution for digital slating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hand Slate at 50% against SIRUI Swift's 0%. SIRUI Swift's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
SIRUI Swift is free to download; Hand Slate costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SIRUI Swift ships an update every 3 weeks, Hand Slate every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SIRUI Swift | Hand Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 思锐 | 庆猛 邓 |
Customer experience
SIRUI Swift
Hand Slate
In-app purchases
SIRUI Swift
No in-app purchases
Hand Slate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SIRUI Swift free?
Is Hand Slate free?
Do SIRUI Swift or Hand Slate have ads?
Which is updated more often, SIRUI Swift or Hand Slate?
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