No Budget Slate vs Clapper!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
No Budget Slate
This app helps small video production teams manage scene and take numbers, audio file names, and production details. It simplifies the slating process for syncing video and audio on iOS devices.
- Slate takes with swipe gestures
- Auto increment/decrement scene and take numbers
- Track audio file names and channels
- Record production name and date/time
- Designed for secondary audio sources
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The No Budget Movie Slate for iPhone / iPad assists small video production groups slate their takes and sync video with audio. Swipe left or right to slate. Swipe up or down on the scene/take/audio file to auto increment/decrement the field. This iOS app was designed to present just the most pertinent information required when shooting a movie with a secondary audio source. The fields presented are the following: Scene number Take number Audio file name Left/right audio channel labels Production name Date/time
Clapper!
This app functions as a digital clapperboard for film and video production. It allows users to set titles and take numbers, with automatic rotation and counting features for seamless recording. It's designed to simplify on-set production management.
- Set title and take number
- Auto-rotating clapperboard
- Auto-counting take numbers
- Simple interface
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Clapper! is nice clapperboard. ◆Call the title and taking number. ◆Clapperbard is auto rotating. ◆Taking number is auto counting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clapper! at 4.8 against No Budget Slate's 3.5. Clapper! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 32 months). No Budget Slate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Clapper! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. No Budget Slate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clapper! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: No Budget Slate has 34 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of No Budget Slate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clapper!'s.
No Budget Slate ships an update every 32 months, Clapper! every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | No Budget Slate | Clapper! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (34 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew McKenna | Blowbend.jp |
Customer experience
No Budget Slate
Clapper!
In-app purchases
No Budget Slate
No in-app purchases
Clapper!
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