Comparison

3DMark 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

3DMark

Benchmark your iOS device to measure and compare its graphics performance. Test the latest iPhones and iPads with various demanding game-like scenes, including ray tracing, to understand real-world gaming capabilities and track performance changes over time.

Highlights
  • GPU performance testing
  • Ray tracing benchmarks
  • Gaming workload simulations
  • Cross-platform comparisons
  • Stress testing for sustained performance
  • Device performance rankings
  • Performance change tracking
Features
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Test and compare the performance of the latest iPhones and iPads with this free and easy-to-use benchmarking app. 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme is a ray-traced gaming benchmark, designed to test the graphics performance of high-end iPhones and iPads. 3DMark Steel Nomad Light is our heaviest non-raytracing benchmark for iOS. Steel Nomad Light lets you compare the performance of the latest iPhones and iPads in heavy gaming workloads. Run 3DMark Solar Bay to compare the latest iOS devices that support gaming with real-time ray tracing. Ray tracing is a new technology in games that is used to produce far more realistic lighting. It has three sections with increasingly higher ray tracing workloads, helping you understand how enabling ray tracing will affect your device’s gaming performance. 3DMark Wild Life is a cross-platform benchmarking app for comparing the performance of the latest smartphones and tablets. Use 3DMark Wild Life Extreme to test and compare the latest iPhones and iPads as well as Apple Mac computers with the M1 chip. Or run the original Wild Life benchmark to test older iPhone and iPad models. 3DMark Steel Nomad Light, Solar Bay, Wild Life, and Wild Life Extreme offer two ways to test your device: a quick benchmark that tests instant performance and a longer stress test that shows how your device performs under longer periods of heavy load. 3DMark benchmarks measure GPU performance by rendering a demanding game-like scene in real-time. The faster the scene runs, the higher your benchmark score. With its charts, lists and rankings, 3DMark gives you unique insights into the performance of your device. - Measure the GPU performance of your iPhone and iPad. - Compare your score with others from the same model. - See how your device compares with the latest models. - See how performance changes with each iOS update. - Search, filter and sort the in-app rankings to compare popular devices. 3DMark is a free app. There are no ads or in-app purchases. Download it today and join millions of people who choose 3DMark for accurate and impartial benchmark results. This app is for non-commercial use only. - Business users, contact UL.BenchmarkSales@ul.com for licensing. - Members of the press, please contact UL.BenchmarkPress@ul.com.

About

Split Flap

Transform your devices into a retro message board with authentic flip animations and sound. Display custom messages, live feeds like weather and stocks, and schedule content. Offers a premium upgrade for advanced formatting and scheduling.

Highlights
  • Authentic split-flap flip animation
  • Customizable messages with line breaks
  • Live weather and stock feeds
  • Multiple display themes
  • Message scheduling
  • Cross-platform support
Features
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Turn any screen into a beautiful signage display. Split-Flap Board recreates the mechanical charm of airport departure boards — then goes further with LED matrices, retro marquees, glowing neon, and cinematic text crawls. Write a message, pick a style, and watch it come to life. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Type any message and watch it flip, glow, scroll, or reveal itself character by character • Build playlists that rotate through your messages automatically • Schedule messages to appear at the right time of day • Add live feeds — time, weather, news, and stock prices update themselves • Use it on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV DISPLAY STYLES • Split-Flap — the classic Solari board, in basic and sepia variants (free) • LED Dot Matrix — crisp pixel displays with animated reveals (free) • Cyberpunk Neon — glowing borders that pulse, chase, blink, and hum • Retro Marquee — warm theater bulbs in any color you like • Galaxy Crawl — cinematic perspective scrolling • Word Matrix — dramatic letter-by-letter reveals, in light or dark • Background Image — your own photos behind animated text MADE FOR REAL PLACES Shop hours and daily specials. The Wi-Fi password for guests. A welcome message by the door. A birthday surprise on the TV. A countdown to your next trip. A dashboard on a spare iPad. However you use it, it looks the part. WORKS OFFLINE, STAYS PRIVATE No account. No sign-in. No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your messages stay on your device. Live feeds only reach the internet when you switch them on. FOR POWER USERS Turn on the built-in local REST API and drive the board from another device on your Wi-Fi — a home server, a shortcut, a script. PREMIUM — ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER The Split-Flap and LED themes — and all core editing — are free. A single one-time purchase, never a subscription, unlocks every premium theme, unlimited playlists, Fullscreen mode, and the REST API. Buy once, use it on all your devices.

Screenshots

3DMark4 screens
Split Flap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Split Flap at 100% against 3DMark's 53%. Split Flap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). 3DMark's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (86 vs 1). On price, 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. Split Flap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 3DMark asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Split Flap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3DMark has 86 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of 3DMark's written reviews are positive against 100% of Split Flap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3DMark ships an update every 2 months, Split Flap every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
3DMark versus Split Flap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3DMarkSplit Flap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (86 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.0 GB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnderwriters Laboratories Inc.Gregory Dolder

Customer experience

3DMark

All ratings72 ratings
Positive73.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative18.1%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral12.9%
Negative34.4%

Split Flap

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

3DMark

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Split Flap

One-time1
  • Premium Features2 variants$0.99

Questions

Is 3DMark free?
3DMark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 3DMark or Split Flap?
Split Flap is rated higher. 3DMark averages 4.0 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Split Flap averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 3DMark or Split Flap have ads?
Neither 3DMark nor Split Flap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3DMark or Split Flap?
3DMark ships an update every 2 months, and Split Flap every 4 weeks. Most recently, 3DMark was updated on October 21, 2026 and Split Flap on October 24, 2026.

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