Comparison

My Classic vs Split Flap

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

Head to head
About

My Classic

Experience a classic gaming console with retro button controls and a unique user interface. Enjoy built-in mini-games, a music player, a stylized camera, and customizable themes for a nostalgic digital experience.

Highlights
  • Classic Game Boy appearance
  • Retro button operation
  • Built-in mini-game
  • Music player
  • Stylized camera
  • Multiple themes
Features
Currently charting
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Recreate the classic Game Boy appearance Retro button operation, bringing a unique user experience Built-in mini-game, music player, stylized camera, and multiple themes available for selection. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Split Flap

Transform your devices into a retro message board with authentic flip animations and sound. Display custom messages, live feeds like weather and stocks, and schedule content. Offers a premium upgrade for advanced formatting and scheduling.

Highlights
  • Authentic split-flap flip animation
  • Customizable messages with line breaks
  • Live weather and stock feeds
  • Multiple display themes
  • Message scheduling
  • Cross-platform support
Features
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Turn any screen into a beautiful signage display. Split-Flap Board recreates the mechanical charm of airport departure boards — then goes further with LED matrices, retro marquees, glowing neon, and cinematic text crawls. Write a message, pick a style, and watch it come to life. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Type any message and watch it flip, glow, scroll, or reveal itself character by character • Build playlists that rotate through your messages automatically • Schedule messages to appear at the right time of day • Add live feeds — time, weather, news, and stock prices update themselves • Use it on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV DISPLAY STYLES • Split-Flap — the classic Solari board, in basic and sepia variants (free) • LED Dot Matrix — crisp pixel displays with animated reveals (free) • Cyberpunk Neon — glowing borders that pulse, chase, blink, and hum • Retro Marquee — warm theater bulbs in any color you like • Galaxy Crawl — cinematic perspective scrolling • Word Matrix — dramatic letter-by-letter reveals, in light or dark • Background Image — your own photos behind animated text MADE FOR REAL PLACES Shop hours and daily specials. The Wi-Fi password for guests. A welcome message by the door. A birthday surprise on the TV. A countdown to your next trip. A dashboard on a spare iPad. However you use it, it looks the part. WORKS OFFLINE, STAYS PRIVATE No account. No sign-in. No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your messages stay on your device. Live feeds only reach the internet when you switch them on. FOR POWER USERS Turn on the built-in local REST API and drive the board from another device on your Wi-Fi — a home server, a shortcut, a script. PREMIUM — ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER The Split-Flap and LED themes — and all core editing — are free. A single one-time purchase, never a subscription, unlocks every premium theme, unlimited playlists, Fullscreen mode, and the REST API. Buy once, use it on all your devices.

Screenshots

My Classic4 screens
Split Flap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Split Flap at Free against My Classic's $2.99. Split Flap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 58%). My Classic's advantage is ratings volume (412 vs 1) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Split Flap is free to download; My Classic costs $2.99 up front. My Classic sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year and Split Flap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Split Flap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Classic has 412 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of My Classic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Split Flap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Classic ships an update monthly, Split Flap every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
My Classic versus Split Flap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy ClassicSplit Flap
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (412 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings412 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#60 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaster Field Co., Ltd.Gregory Dolder

Customer experience

My Classic

All ratings407 ratings
Positive66.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative27.5%
Written reviews339 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative32.4%

Split Flap

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Classic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Covers not loading properly
  • Cheat code not working as expected
  • Camera mode crashes the app
  • Playlists not maintaining their original order

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more music services (Spotify, YouTube Music, etc.)
  • Implement playlist shuffling and song scrubbing
  • Add more iPod theme options (different generations, colors, etc.)
  • Improve scrolling speed and momentum for large music libraries
  • Integrate a clock/time display in the iPod interface

Split Flap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

My Classic

Subscriptions1
  • My Classic Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Year
1 purchases

Split Flap

One-time1
  • Premium Features2 variants$0.99

Questions

Is My Classic free?
My Classic costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Classic or Split Flap?
Split Flap is rated higher. My Classic averages 3.7 out of 5 from 412 ratings, while Split Flap averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do My Classic or Split Flap have ads?
Neither My Classic nor Split Flap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Classic or Split Flap?
My Classic ships an update monthly, and Split Flap every 4 weeks. Most recently, My Classic was updated on November 3, 2026 and Split Flap on October 30, 2026.

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