No Budget Slate vs Sync Slate
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
Sync Slate
A free digital clapperboard application designed for filmmakers and video creators. It offers a simple and ad-free interface for managing takes and scenes.
- Digital clapperboard
- Free to use
- No advertisements
- Scene and take management
- Simple interface
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Clapperboard for everyone. Free and no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sync Slate at 4.0 against No Budget Slate's 3.5. Sync Slate also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 32 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). No Budget Slate's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Sync Slate holds the better App Store score, 4.0 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 complicate that: 62% of No Budget Slate's written reviews are positive against 57% of Sync Slate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
No Budget Slate ships an update every 32 months, Sync Slate every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | No Budget Slate | Sync Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (34 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew McKenna | 昱 骆 |
Customer experience
No Budget Slate
Sync Slate
In-app purchases
No Budget Slate
No in-app purchases
Sync Slate
No in-app purchases
