Digital Clapperboard vs element
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.
element
Control your color grading software remotely from your iPad. This app offers a virtual version of physical control panels, ideal for on-set work, training, or expanding your existing setup. It communicates with your software via WiFi and supports multi-touch gestures.
- Remote color grading control
- Virtual Element control panels
- On-set grading ideal
- Portable grading solution
- Multi-touch support
- WiFi communication
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Control your colour grading software from your iPad with the element-Vs app. - Ideal for on-set grading. - Ideal as a portable grading panel. - Ideal for training. - Ideal for expanding your real Element panels. The element-Vs is a virtual version of the four panels that make up the Element control panel series by Tangent Wave Ltd. Every panel is presented in exactly the same layout as the real Element panels. All the controls are mapped on the element-Vs in exactly the same way as the real Element panels. What the controls do depends on the grading software you are using the panel with. You should refer to the control mappings for the Element panels provided by your software manufacturer. The element-Vs is fully multi-touch, so you can use different controls simultaneously. You do not need to own the real Element panels in order to use the element-Vs. You can use the element-Vs at the same time as your real Element panels. When you do this the controls will reflect any changes and information that happen to either real or virtual panels. If you do not own all the Element panels you can use the element-Vs to provide virtual versions of the panels you do not own. Communication with your grading software is via WiFi. NOTE: you will need to download and install the Tangent Hub software on your computer in order for your grading software to talk to the element-Vs app. Please read the manual which is available to download on our website - see the element-Vs product page. After you have used the sample version for 1 hour you will be reminded that it is the sample version and you should consider buying the app. You can then continue to use the app again the following day.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: element at 2.9 against Digital Clapperboard's 2.1. element also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%). Digital Clapperboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 8). 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.
element holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clapperboard has 40 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Digital Clapperboard's written reviews are positive against 50% of element's.
Digital Clapperboard ships an update every 2 months, element every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Clapperboard | element |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (40 ratings) | 2.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 5.1 — better | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MSDC TECHNOLOGIES LTD | Tangent Wave Ltd. |
Customer experience
Digital Clapperboard
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In-app purchases
Digital Clapperboard
No in-app purchases
element
No in-app purchases
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