Vestaboard vs Flapboard Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vestaboard
This app allows you to remotely connect and control a smart messaging display. Easily craft, send, schedule, and curate messages, or collaborate with others. It offers inspiration with templates and content picks, and helps manage your display's settings for a personalized experience.
- Visual message editor
- Instant and scheduled sending
- Inspiration with templates
- Message history and drafts
- Remote collaboration
- Quiet hours and time zone settings
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Connect and control your Vestaboard from anywhere with the Vestaboard mobile app. Whether you're sending a quick note or curating a moment of inspiration, the app makes it easy and fun to manage your Vestaboard. Key features: - Craft beautiful messages with the intuitive visual editor - Send instantly, schedule for later, or pin a message to display longer - Get inspired with daily content picks and ready-to-use templates - Browse, edit, and favorite past messages or start fresh with new drafts - Invite others to collaborate and manage your Vestaboard remotely - Set quiet hours and time zone preferences to fit your routine Vestaboard is a stunning smart messaging display, inspired by the classic split-flap signs of European train stations and reimagined for the modern home or workspace. Use it at home to share inspiration, stay organized, and connect with loved ones, or bring it to work to engage teams, welcome guests, and keep everyone in sync. Ideal for offices, retail spaces, hospitality, education, healthcare, and more. Learn more at vestaboard.com. Need support? Visit vestaboard.com/help
Flapboard Remote
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Flapboard Remote is the controller for Flapboard Display — the app that turns an iPad into a split-flap train-station board for your home. From your iPhone or iPad, compose messages that flip onto the family board letter by letter, schedule them for later, track a flight, set the weather, curate quotes, and start countdowns. Whatever you change appears on the board within seconds, from the next room or another continent. WHAT YOU CONTROL • Messages — write a note, send it now or schedule it for later; see what's queued and what was recently delivered • Flight — enter a flight number and date; the board shows live route, gate, and delay info • Weather — set a zip code and choose current conditions or today's forecast • Quotes — quote-of-the-day from a built-in library, or add your own collection • Countdown — pick the event and date; the board counts down the days • Boards — create more than one board and control each separately GETTING STARTED 1. Download Flapboard Display on the iPad you want to become the board. 2. Create your account here in Flapboard Remote and start your free trial. 3. Sign in with the same account on the iPad, pick your board — done. SUBSCRIPTION Flapboard requires a subscription: $3.99/month, or $39.99/year (two months free). Both include a 7-day free trial. One subscription covers your whole account — the Flapboard Display app is free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://flapboard.jrwymer.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://flapboard.jrwymer.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vestaboard at none against Flapboard Remote's 2. Flapboard Remote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Flapboard Remote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Vestaboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vestaboard ships an update every 2 months, Flapboard Remote every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vestaboard | Flapboard Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (141 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vestaboard, Inc. | JR Wymer |
Bugs and requests
Vestaboard
Reported bugs
9 issues- Mute for a period of time functionality is inoperable after update
- Sending new messages to the board simply doesn’t work
- App update forces updates when there aren’t any
- Unable to set time zone or make changes to quiet hours
- Device will not connect to internal WiFi
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- App crashing upon opening
- App takes at least a full minute to load or runs into an error
- Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work in manual editor on Android
- Pairing with WiFi issues out of the box
Requested features
9 requests- Option to switch off WiFi module for power saving
- More specific controls for sending messages by time
- Include Vestaboard+ in initial hardware purchase
- Add iCal support
- More basic tools for text editing (preview, alignment control)
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- Improve manual editor for better text control
- Support for French applications/language
- Ability to center text
- More creative control beyond limited templates
Flapboard Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vestaboard
No in-app purchases
Flapboard Remote
- Flapboard7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Flapboard7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Questions
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