Clapper vs ~orange~
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clapper
This platform focuses on authentic connections and communities through short videos and live streams. Share your opinions, talents, and daily life while discovering local content and interacting with others. It offers monetization opportunities for creators in an ad-free environment.
- Short video posting (up to 3 minutes)
- Live streaming with duet options
- Audio-only 'Radio' rooms
- Group creation for super fans
- Opinion sharing with 'Clapback'
- Location-based content aggregation
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Welcome to Clapper, one of the fastest-growing social media platforms focused on promoting real lives, connections and communities. You can see the latest trends and people’s real lives as they unfold, as well as people’s opinions and talents. FREE to use, NO Ads, No BS just Real lives. Our mission is to use technology to empower everyone's life, so that everyone has the opportunity to show, the channel to speak, and the possibility to be seen. No troll, no shadow ban. -Be heard Build up your own following and be an opinion leader. Connect with friends and follow those whose opinions you want to hear. Our “Clapback” feature is unique in that you can simply express your opinion and easily view people’s opinions with support or opposition. - Be seen Clapper uses ‘equal opportunity’ algorithms to show ordinary, real, and diverse communities of people through the sharing of short videos and live streams, Everyone can easily record videos and be a part of the heartbeat of your community. Based on your location things that are local in your area will be aggregated for you as well. - Be valued Clapper launches live streaming to further increase the timely communication and interaction between creators and users, and add more new ways for creators with a moderate audience to obtain substantial income. With monetization, Clapper now offers a practical path for content creators to sustain themselves on an ad-free short video platform. *What can you expect?* a) Post Video: Short video is the foundation of Clapper where users can post videos for up to 3 minutes and you also have the option to use our additional features like add text, video trimming, music, and other effects. Interact, sing, dance, talk about your day, send messages to friends and followers. b) Duet Live: Apart from the solo Live option, duet live feature allows you to bring your follower on live and interact in real-time. c) Radio: Imagine an auditorium but with only vocals. This is the audio-only feature that allows you to create a room of up to 2000 listeners and up to 20 speakers to 'talk' d) Group: Create a community of your super fans where you can share interact 1:1 with them. Download now and discover the heartbeat of your local area and around the world. Website: https://clapperapp.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/theclapperapp Instagram: https://instagram.com/theclapperapp Twitter: https://twitter.com/theclapperapp Email: contact@clapperapp.com
~orange~
A private photo-sharing app for friends and family, free from ads and algorithms. It focuses on deepening connections and fostering community without the pressure of social media trends. Share moments with loved ones in a simple, intentional space.
- Private photo sharing
- Ad-free experience
- Algorithm-free feed
- Focus on connections
- Simple interface
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Photo sharing for friends and family, without the noise of ads and algorithms. Simple, private, and designed to help you stay in touch with the people you love. By removing all the junk that makes algorithm-driven platforms exploitative and fomo-inducing, Orange imagines an online space meant to deepen and enhance your existing connections and communities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ~orange~ at 100% against Clapper's 53%. ~orange~ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). Clapper's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (86K vs 14). 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. Clapper sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. ~orange~ asks for nothing beyond the download.
~orange~ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clapper has 86K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Clapper's written reviews are positive against 100% of ~orange~'s.
Clapper ships an update every 8 days, ~orange~ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clapper | ~orange~ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (86K ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 12+ |
| Developer | CLAPPER MEDIA GROUP INC. | Propagation Applications, LLC |
Customer experience
Clapper
~orange~
Bugs and requests
Clapper
Reported bugs
5 issues- Notifications not working properly
- Video quality issues after uploading
- Inconsistent behavior when liking/commenting on videos
- Inability to delete notifications
- Accounts being randomly deleted
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- More advanced video editing tools
- Better music/audio selection
- Improved algorithm and content discovery
- Ability to mute/block users
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- Landscape mode support
~orange~
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clapper
- 70 Coins$0.99
- 350 Coins$4.99
- 1400 Coins$19.99
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- 3500 Coins$49.99
- 7000 Coins$99.99
- 17500 Coins$249.99
~orange~
No in-app purchases









