Comparison

HomeKeep vs Clack Board

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

Head to head
About

HomeKeep

This app helps homeowners manage their property by organizing digital home profiles, creating custom maintenance plans, and connecting them with DIY guidance or professional services. It aims to save time and money while protecting home value and providing peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Digital home profiles with product documentation
  • Customized maintenance plans
  • DIY guidance and professional service scheduling
  • Access to warranties and builder files
  • Smart maintenance reminders
Features
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HomeKeep is a subscription-based app available exclusively through our builder partners across North America. Designed for homeowners who want simplicity and confidence, HomeKeep helps you stay on top of maintenance and home records with: • Digital home profiles with registered products and documentation • Custom maintenance plans tailored to your home • DIY guidance or scheduled help from trusted pros • Easy access to warranties, builder files, and more Save Time & Money Stay ahead of upkeep with smart reminders and extra services when needed. Protect Home Value Prevent issues before they happen and keep detailed records. Feel Confident Your home info, support, and services — all in one place. How it works: 1. Get Started – Log in through your builder-provided access. 2. Take Action – Follow your personalized maintenance plan or schedule help. 3. Relax – HomeKeep handles the hard stuff so you can enjoy your home.

About

Clack Board

Features
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Clack is a split-flap board for your screen. Every letter is a real flap on a drum. Send a message and 132 of them spin, clack and land, with the sound and the feel of the physical boards you see in airports, hotels and homes. Then the board goes back to whatever you have scheduled: the time in words, the weather, tonight's scores, your calendar, a quote, or anything with a URL. MESSAGES Type anything and watch it cascade onto the board. Add colour chips with {red}, {green} or {blue}, or a heart. Pin a message so it stays. Send from the app, from Shortcuts and Siri, or from any other device on your network. CHANNELS Switch on the ones you want and the board cycles through them: • Clock, in words or digits • Weather, sunrise and sunset, air quality and UV, the moon • Football and sports scores with your team's colours, and the next fixture • Formula 1, Transport for London departures • Calendar and Reminders • Mail: unread count and the latest sender • GitHub commits, YouTube subscribers, crypto, stocks, exchange rates, App Store ratings • Hacker News, On This Day, any RSS feed • Custom API: point it at any JSON URL and write a template • Mirror the physical board on your wall Almost everything works without an account or a key. ON THE MAC Set the board as your live desktop wallpaper, behind your icons, on every Space, animating as messages arrive. Or install it as a screen saver. There's a menu bar composer, and a one-tap way to hide every window and just look at the board. FOR DEVELOPERS AND TINKERERS Clack speaks the same local API as the physical boards, so Home Assistant, Zapier, n8n, a cron job or a curl command can post to it unchanged. Send plain text or an exact grid of character codes. There's a built-in guide, and a prompt you can hand to your AI so it knows how to talk to your board. THE DETAILS • Flagship (6 × 22) and Note (3 × 15) layouts • Real flap physics: gravity on the fall, a damped landing, per-column stereo clacks • Realism mode: hinge pins, flap thickness, motion trails, print offset • Any typeface installed on your device, or import your own • Optional symbol flaps: arrows, weather, a few objects • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Wall mode: the board alone on black, screen kept awake. Lean an iPad on a shelf. • Quiet hours, so the board sleeps when you do Made by OCTOBER.

Screenshots

HomeKeep4 screens
Clack Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clack Board at every 3 days against HomeKeep's every 5 weeks. Clack Board also leads on device support (5 vs 1). HomeKeep's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeKeep ships an update every 5 weeks, Clack Board every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HomeKeep versus Clack Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeKeepClack Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB18 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperECi Software SolutionsJames Frewin

In-app purchases

None

HomeKeep

No in-app purchases

None

Clack Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeKeep free?
HomeKeep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clack Board free?
Clack Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HomeKeep or Clack Board have ads?
Neither HomeKeep nor Clack Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeKeep or Clack Board?
HomeKeep ships an update every 5 weeks, and Clack Board every 3 days. Most recently, HomeKeep was updated on October 6, 2026 and Clack Board on October 15, 2026.

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