My Buttons vs ClapLocate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Buttons
Create custom buttons for your home screen with unique icons and actions like making calls, sending texts, or opening apps. Store and share your button creations easily.
- Create custom buttons
- Assign icons and actions
- Offline icon creation
- Edit actions without recreating
- Store and manage button collections
- Share buttons via email
- Launch custom schemes/apps
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“My Buttons” will let you create your own buttons with an icon for the home screen and an action to perform. The action can be to make a call or any of the other types listed below. There are other apps that do similar things but here are a some unique features only found in “My Buttons”: -Internet connection is only needed on the first launch of “My Buttons”. Nothing will be sent on the internet. All other icon creation apps send the icon-image to a server. -The action can be changed without recreating the icon. -You can have a collection of buttons stored in the app and create them on the home screen at any time. -You can share your buttons via email. Your friends can use them after installing “My Buttons”. -You can configure custom schemes that will let you launch other apps like skype for example. List of Action types: Call FaceTime Email Text message (sms) Show contact (you choose an action every time) Safari (open web page) YouTube (open a video) Copy to clipboard (any text that you can later paste) Custom
ClapLocate
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ClapLocate helps you ring a misplaced iPhone with a sound only you trained — not every loud noise in the room. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap Start listening and keep ClapLocate on this screen. 2. Clap twice, whistle, snap your fingers, or use your trained 3-clap beat. 3. Your phone rings, flashes, and vibrates until you stop it. WHY CLAPLOCATE IS DIFFERENT • My Beat — train a three-clap rhythm that is yours. TV claps and door slams are less likely to match. • Train clap — optional fingerprint so everyday noise is ignored. • Whistle & snap — more ways to find it when clapping is awkward. • Quiet hours — at night, find uses flashlight and vibration only. Anti-theft still uses the siren. • Return card — put your name and number on the alarm screen so a stranger can call you back. • Anti-theft — motion, pocket lift, and charger unplug alerts with PIN and black-screen guard. • Battery alerts — chimes for full, low, plug, and unplug events you choose. • History — times and last-seen place, stored on this iPhone only. • 16 original alert tones, 6 vibration patterns, flash, timers, and Override Silent. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • One tap to start listening from the home screen. • Quiet find mode — flash only, no ring (libraries, shared rooms). • Voice passphrase — optional on-device phrase to ring the phone. • Honest about iOS: listening pauses if you leave the app. That is a system limit, not a bug. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account • No ads • No tracking • No analytics SDK • Audio processed on-device • PIN stored in Keychain • You can reset trained claps and clear history anytime ClapLocate is a personal sound sentry — not a generic “clap to find” clone. Note: Microphone access is required to hear your clap, whistle, or snap. Location is optional for history pins. Camera is used for flashlight and optional evidence stills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: My Buttons at 6.0 against ClapLocate's 15.0. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | My Buttons | ClapLocate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 27.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Throw Lab | NEW STAR NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED |
In-app purchases
My Buttons
No in-app purchases
ClapLocate
No in-app purchases









