Comparison

No Budget Slate vs Prop Screen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Prop Screen

This app transforms your iPhone into a customizable screen prop for film and TV production. Create realistic mock phone interfaces, including call screens, message threads, and notifications, to enhance your visual storytelling. It offers offline functionality and is designed for professional use on set.

Highlights
  • Customizable call screens
  • Simulated messaging conversations
  • Prop notifications
  • Full-screen playback
  • Green screen mode with tracking
  • Home screen designer
  • Offline functionality
Features
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PropScreen is the professional prop device simulator built for film and television production. Stop fighting with personal phones, paper green screens, or post-production fixes. Prop Screen turns an iPhone or iPad into a fully custom screen prop that adapts to your script. Every tool was designed by working filmmakers to solve real problems on set. WHAT'S INSIDE • Prop Call Screens — custom contact name, photo, ringtone, era-specific layouts, outgoing and unknown-number calls, lose-signal effects, volume-button trigger for hands-free cueing • Prop Video Calls — pre-recorded video for the remote caller, live front camera framing your actor • Prop Messaging — full blue- and green-bubble threads with photos and locations, played live or staged for actor delivery • Prop Notifications — bundled and custom app icons, banner or lock-screen layouts, stackable to tell a story • Prop Screen Playback — lockable fullscreen playback for any screen recording your production needs • Green Screen Mode — chroma screen with built-in tracking markers for VFX compositing • Prop Home Screen Designer — build any home screen layout, export as a transparent PNG • Project folders to keep a show organized Recent Update: • Director Mode — Pair a second device and run the performance phone remotely. Cue scripts beat by beat, watch typing mirrored live, trigger prop calls and notifications, and drive every prop app while your actor performs on a script-locked keyboard. Bluetooth clicker remotes supported. • Prop Security — A simulated camera wall with tap-in live views, event lists, and running timestamps. • Prop Maps — Repeatable navigation and driving directions with custom markers. Stop swapping screens between takes in a picture car. • Prop Social Messages — Chat props in five social platform styles. • Prop Live — A simulated livestream with an auto-generated, scene-reactive audience you can cue from Director Mode. • Prop Social Feeds — Scrollable photo, video, and story feeds built from your own posts. • Prop Mail - Create incoming and outgoing mail messages. • Prop Tube — Customize popular online video hosting services. • Prop Dating — Swipe left, swipe right, mock a dating experience for your scene. • Clean Mode — One switch loads an original app set with custom per-project names and icons. • 12 on-camera languages — Set each project's phone language independently, including Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, and Russian, each with its real keyboard. App interface now in 11 languages (beta). • Export for edit — Send prop message and social conversations to After Effects or DaVinci Resolve as transparent video, every bubble editable, typing animated. Import scripts from spreadsheets. • Backups you own — Automatic backup to your own iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or Google Drive. Three named versions per device, one-file project export, nothing on our servers. • Built for iPad — A native iPad layout, not an upscaled iPhone build. • Adds cross platform support in Director Mode. BUILT FOR PRODUCTION Everything stays local to your device. Prop Screen does not place calls, send messages, or transmit any content. It is a self-contained visual prop tool, designed exclusively for staged content creation in film, television, theater, and photography. PROPSCREEN PRO • Every prop screen in the app • Unlimited saved projects across every tool • Custom imports — contact photos, ringtones, app icons, posters, screen recordings • Director Mode and volume-button trigger control • Works fully offline once installed • No ads, no accounts, no data collection WHAT'S NEXT Prop Screen ships regular updates driven by crew feedback. Need something for your next production? Tap the info icon in the app to email us directly. Designed for use on professional film and television productions. Built by Game Night Films & Film Swag. By downloading PropScreen, you agree to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

No Budget Slate3 screens
Prop Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Prop Screen at 4.8 against No Budget Slate's 3.5. Prop Screen also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 32 months). No Budget Slate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (62% vs 38%). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prop Screen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. No Budget Slate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prop Screen 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 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of No Budget Slate's written reviews are positive against 38% of Prop Screen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

No Budget Slate ships an update every 32 months, Prop Screen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
No Budget Slate versus Prop Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNo Budget SlateProp Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (34 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew McKennaGame Night Films

Customer experience

No Budget Slate

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative32.3%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative31.9%

Prop Screen

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

No Budget Slate

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Prop Screen

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$999.99

Questions

Is No Budget Slate free?
No Budget Slate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prop Screen free?
Prop Screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, No Budget Slate or Prop Screen?
Prop Screen is rated higher. No Budget Slate averages 3.5 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Prop Screen averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do No Budget Slate or Prop Screen have ads?
Neither No Budget Slate nor Prop Screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, No Budget Slate or Prop Screen?
No Budget Slate ships an update every 32 months, and Prop Screen weekly. Most recently, No Budget Slate was updated on October 20, 2026 and Prop Screen on October 28, 2026.

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