Digital Clapperboard vs UltraSync Blue Slate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Clapperboard
This app provides a professional digital clapperboard with accurate sync and audible beeps. It's designed for filmmakers and media professionals to synchronize cameras and sound recording devices during editing, offering high-quality visual and audio cues.
- Accurate sync
- Clear audible beep
- Professional clapperboard
- High-quality visual cues
- Audio cues for synchronization
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A FREE simple yet professional and advanced clapperboard app with accurate sync and clear audible beep Digital Clapperboard is a professional clapperboard application developed by a real TV crew while producing a series of documentaries. If you're a beginner or student filmmaker or work in the media, Digital Clapperboard is the perfect free clapper board app for professional use with high quality visual cues and clear audio cues. Digital Clapperboard is primarily used with the audio and visual cues to sync cameras and sound recording devices during editing.
UltraSync Blue Slate
This app functions as a digital slate for multicamera film and video production. It syncs sound and pictures or multiple video sources for efficient editing. Use it with compatible hardware to turn your device into a wireless digislate for professional shoots.
- Frame-accurate timecode transmission
- Wireless Bluetooth sync
- Full-screen slate display
- Customizable edit titles
- Supports regular and drop-frame timecode
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The UltraSync BLUE Slate is a companion to the UltraSync BLUE (a timecode-over-bluetooth multicamera sync product from Timecode Systems). Please visit timecodesystems.com to find out more about our hardware solutions. Filming with multiple cameras and sound? Use the UltraSync BLUE Slate to sync sound and pictures, or multiple video sources, for a simple, quick, and efficient multicamera edit. UltraSync BLUE Slate is a free digital slate / clapperboard app for use in film and video production. Use the UltraSync BLUE Slate app in conjunction with a Timecode Systems UltraSync BLUE to turn your iPad or iPhone into an highly accurate, wireless digislate. This adds a professional touch to any multi camera film or video shoot, whether you're filming for TV, film, music videos, interviews or social media content. Features - Frame-accurate timecode transmits directly and wirelessly over Bluetooth from the UltraSync BLUE attached to the camera or sound recording device. There is no need for you to enter this data manually. - The display is a whole screen slate for an easier sync even when used on smaller devices. - Supports regular and drop-frame timecode. - Edit titles to customise what is displayed on your slate. For more information: https://www.timecodesystems.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UltraSync Blue Slate at 4.0 against Digital Clapperboard's 2.1. UltraSync Blue Slate also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Digital Clapperboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
UltraSync Blue Slate holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clapperboard has 40 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Digital Clapperboard's written reviews are positive against 0% of UltraSync Blue Slate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Digital Clapperboard ships an update every 2 months, UltraSync Blue Slate every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Clapperboard | UltraSync Blue Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (40 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MSDC TECHNOLOGIES LTD | Atomos Ltd. |
Customer experience
Digital Clapperboard
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In-app purchases
Digital Clapperboard
No in-app purchases
UltraSync Blue Slate
No in-app purchases
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