HDSLR Slate vs DSLR Clapperboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDSLR Slate
This digital clapperboard app provides essential fields for filmmakers to log production details. It offers automatic take incrementing, a built-in timer, and customizable sound and background options, making it a useful tool for video shoots.
- Digital clapperboard functionality
- Production, scene, and take logging
- Automatic take increment
- Built-in timer with freeze
- Customizable clap/beep sound
- Choice of background color
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
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HDSLR Slate is a digital clapper board application for filmmakers and especially the new breed of DSLR filmmakers. This is a perfect and affordable companion for the indie filmmaker, videographer, and the new breed of video photographers. Features Include: - Universal App - Works on iPhones, iPods, and iPad's - All the expected fields on a physical slate: production name, roll, scene, take, director, dp, date, int/ext, day/night, mos/sync, fps, cam - Easy to enter data - All data is recalled even if device is powered down - Can be used on multi-cam shoots - Automatic Increment of the Take field after each take - Tap on Roll, Scene, or Take to increase by one (if its an integer number) - Tap on Roll, Scene, or Take labels to reset the appropriate field back to "1" - Includes an accurate Timer - Timer Freezes for 2 seconds after slate is tapped - Choice of Clap or Beep Sound - Choice of Black or White Background - Rotates Vertically and Horizontally on iPhone, Horizontal on iPad - Support is our primary concern and keeping you (our customer’s happy). Any issues, bugs or suggestions just visit our website (at www.indiefilmgear.com) and/or shoot us an email (at support@indiefilmgear.com) - Much more to come, especially based on your feedback. - Follow us on www.twitter.com/indiefilmgear
DSLR Clapperboard
This app provides a digital clapperboard for filmmakers, allowing customization of slate design, project-based work, and synchronization across multiple devices. It also includes prompter and storyboard features for iPad users, enhancing pre-production and on-set workflow.
- Customizable digital clapperboard
- Project-based slate management
- Timer and timecode options
- Multi-camera synchronization
- Prompter with remote control (iPad)
- Storyboard creation with image import (iPad)
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A few taps and you are on-air: select the angle, scene and take of your shot and tap on the clapper. You can edit the items and the descriptions in the setup page of the app to fully customize it. Features' list: CLAPPERBOARD • Full customization of the clapboard: design your own slate with a few touches. (IPad version) • Project based clapboard: start, stop and recall your work at your needs. • Switch from timer to timecode (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). • Choose among 3 different clap sounds. • Auto takes advance, to update the take after each shot. • Stopwatch, to have time under your control. • Full customization, to have a clapperboard exactly the way you like. • Remarks, allows you to add notes during the shooting. • Log history, to keep everything under your eyes. • Summary e-mail report, to send the result of your shooting in your inbox (in-app purchase). • NEW Multi-camera clapboard: you can synchronize up to 8 devices to execute the clapboard simultaneously on all of them. In-App Purchase (for a short period of time at a very competitive price): PROMPTER (IPad version) • Unlimited number of scripts. • Bookmarks, to jump directly to the point. • Remote control, with full preview at your fingertips. • Easy connection, over bluetooth or wi-fi. • Speed wheel, for an innovative user interaction. • Change font size from the remote control. • Flip text on the fly. • Drag text on the remote control, the prompter will follow accordingly. • Auto prompter: set up your speed and then start playing it. STORYBOARD (IPad version) • Import any image or picture you have as a frame of your storyboard. • Give it a number (also 12B-2C#2) and a description. • You can automatically import you storyboard with the new DSLR Template available for download at your fingertip. • Synchronize your storyboard with the clapperboard (scene number and final summary email). --- To ask for new features and to report bugs, please refer to dslrslate.com and visit the page "customer care".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DSLR Clapperboard at Free against HDSLR Slate's $7.99. DSLR Clapperboard also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and rating (3.4 vs 3.0). HDSLR Slate's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 59%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
DSLR Clapperboard is free to download; HDSLR Slate costs $7.99 up front. HDSLR Slate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DSLR Clapperboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DSLR Clapperboard holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSLR Clapperboard has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of HDSLR Slate's written reviews are positive against 59% of DSLR Clapperboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HDSLR Slate ships an update every 5 months, DSLR Clapperboard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HDSLR Slate | DSLR Clapperboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 3.4 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 58.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Indie Film Gear LLC | Daniele Morelli |
Customer experience
HDSLR Slate
DSLR Clapperboard
In-app purchases
HDSLR Slate
- Productions and Slate Database$4.99
DSLR Clapperboard
- Advanced Features$8.99
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