Comparison

ArtWall vs Clack Board

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

Head to head
About

ArtWall

This app combines a minimalist flip clock with an art gallery display. It offers a gentle, infinite scrolling loop for a calming aesthetic, perfect for study or work environments. Personalize clock colors, text, and digital clock corner styles.

Highlights
  • Art gallery display
  • Flip clock style
  • Digital clock style
  • Customizable clock colors
  • Customizable text colors
  • Adjustable rounded corners
Features
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ArtWall is a simple, lightweight art wall + flip clock app. When you're studying or working, having ArtWall on your desk will look particularly elegant. The minimalist style, gentle infinite scrolling loop, allows you to enjoy the quiet moment. If you're a blogger or photography enthusiast, using it as a small prop is also a great choice. ArtWall supports two styles of clock display: flip clock and digital clock; You can personalize the content displayed on the page: adjust the color of the flip clock, adjust the color of the text; you can even adjust the rounded corners to make your digital clock look better. Please note: Privacy Policy: https://fishy-puppet-bb8.notion.site/fa8390ddb7c14d37b97e4942037825c1?pvs=4 Terms of Service: https://fishy-puppet-bb8.notion.site/5ef70d5782a84baa933c0b9a3f48c48d?pvs=4 If you encounter any issues while using the app, please contact us through the "Feedback" feature in the app, and we will respond promptly.

About

Clack Board

Features
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Clack is a split-flap board for your screen. Every letter is a real flap on a drum. Send a message and 132 of them spin, clack and land, with the sound and the feel of the physical boards you see in airports, hotels and homes. Then the board goes back to whatever you have scheduled: the time in words, the weather, tonight's scores, your calendar, a quote, or anything with a URL. MESSAGES Type anything and watch it cascade onto the board. Add colour chips with {red}, {green} or {blue}, or a heart. Pin a message so it stays. Send from the app, from Shortcuts and Siri, or from any other device on your network. CHANNELS Switch on the ones you want and the board cycles through them: • Clock, in words or digits • Weather, sunrise and sunset, air quality and UV, the moon • Football and sports scores with your team's colours, and the next fixture • Formula 1, Transport for London departures • Calendar and Reminders • Mail: unread count and the latest sender • GitHub commits, YouTube subscribers, crypto, stocks, exchange rates, App Store ratings • Hacker News, On This Day, any RSS feed • Custom API: point it at any JSON URL and write a template • Mirror the physical board on your wall Almost everything works without an account or a key. ON THE MAC Set the board as your live desktop wallpaper, behind your icons, on every Space, animating as messages arrive. Or install it as a screen saver. There's a menu bar composer, and a one-tap way to hide every window and just look at the board. FOR DEVELOPERS AND TINKERERS Clack speaks the same local API as the physical boards, so Home Assistant, Zapier, n8n, a cron job or a curl command can post to it unchanged. Send plain text or an exact grid of character codes. There's a built-in guide, and a prompt you can hand to your AI so it knows how to talk to your board. THE DETAILS • Flagship (6 × 22) and Note (3 × 15) layouts • Real flap physics: gravity on the fall, a damped landing, per-column stereo clacks • Realism mode: hinge pins, flap thickness, motion trails, print offset • Any typeface installed on your device, or import your own • Optional symbol flaps: arrows, weather, a few objects • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Wall mode: the board alone on black, screen kept awake. Lean an iPad on a shelf. • Quiet hours, so the board sleeps when you do Made by OCTOBER.

Screenshots

ArtWall3 screens
Clack Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Clack Board at 5 against ArtWall's 3. ArtWall's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ArtWall versus Clack Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtWallClack Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChengdu Xiaomeng Huanian Technology Co., Ltd.James Frewin

In-app purchases

None

ArtWall

No in-app purchases

None

Clack Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArtWall free?
ArtWall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clack Board free?
Clack Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ArtWall or Clack Board have ads?
Neither ArtWall nor Clack Board shows ads.

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