Comparison

Split Flap vs Coast

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

Head to head
About

Split Flap

This utility app displays the time with an elegant split-flap design. It offers customizable themes, supports various time formats, and includes optional sound and seconds display.

Highlights
  • Split-flap time display
  • Customizable themes
  • 24-hour and 12-hour formats
  • Optional seconds display
  • Sound options
  • Open source
Features
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Elegantly show the time. Supports your device's locale - 24 hour formats and 12 hour formats Supports themes Can optionally show the seconds Has sound options Open source

About

Coast

Features
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Coast turns your iPhone or iPad into a control surface for your Mac. Build your own decks of controls: buttons, sliders, dials, jog wheels, and joysticks, placed exactly where you want them. Open a full-screen trackpad with a keyboard. Or point the phone at your desk and it moves the cursor like an optical mouse. Everything talks to your Mac over your own Wi-Fi, and nothing leaves your network. CONTROL DECKS YOU DESIGN Lay out screens of controls yourself: buttons, sliders, a jog wheel, a D-pad, a numpad, gesture pads, and about forty more widgets. Make a deck for Photoshop, a deck for editing, a deck for your studio. Decks can open automatically when their Mac app comes to the front. A REAL TRACKPAD AND KEYBOARD A full-screen pointer with a remote keyboard, whenever you need it. COAST PRO One in-app purchase unlocks the full toolkit: - Macros: chain Mac actions with real logic, if/else, loops, and waits, into a single tap - Screen mirror: your Mac, live on your phone - Drawing and a laser pointer for presenting - Air mouse and a 3D wand for orbiting 3D viewports - The Apple Watch app - iCloud sync across your devices PRIVATE BY DESIGN Coast runs over your local Wi-Fi. Pointer movement, screens, and controls stay on your own network, and are never stored or sent to us. Coast needs its free companion app running on your Mac. Download it at coast.masn.studio.

Screenshots

Split Flap2 screens
Coast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Coast at Free against Split Flap's $0.99. Coast also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Split Flap's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Coast is free to download; Split Flap costs $0.99 up front. Coast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Split Flap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split Flap ships an update every 17 months, Coast every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Split Flap versus Coast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit FlapCoast
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZac GorakLeShan Chen

In-app purchases

None

Split Flap

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Coast

One-time1
  • Coast Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coast free?
Coast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Split Flap or Coast have ads?
Neither Split Flap nor Coast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Split Flap or Coast?
Split Flap ships an update every 17 months, and Coast every 3 weeks. Most recently, Split Flap was updated on September 13, 2026 and Coast on September 12, 2026.

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