DigiSlate vs Clapper!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DigiSlate
This app provides a free digital clapperboard for video production, offering full-screen display and customizable slate details. It allows for easy syncing with swipe or volume button claps and includes advanced features like music mode and timecode support.
- Full screen clapper board
- Music Mode (in-app purchase)
- Editable slate titles
- Save and load slates
- Swipe or volume button clap
- Auto take increment
- Multiple sync sounds
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DigiSlate is a modern, free digital slate / clapperboard for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. DigiSlate uses either a swipe across the board or the volume buttons on your device to clap the board. This allows you to keep your hands well out of the way when the slate claps. DigiSlate uses the whole screen for the clappers for easier sync on smaller devices. Features - Full screen clapper board - works great on smaller phones for easier sync in post - Music Mode (in-app purchase) syncs music from your local library or right from your inbox and changes speed in real-time! - Counts in frames and supports regular and drop frame timecodes... or enter your own - Edit every title on the slate to fully customise DigiSlate to work best for you - Save and Load Slates - re-entering details for different shoots is history - Swipe across or use the volume buttons to clap the board - Double tap the text on the board to edit the slate - Drag up and down (or double tap) on Slate, Roll, Scene, Take, FPS and Camera to change - Two finger drag up and down on Scene for USA format (4A, $B, 4C etc) - Date and Time come straight from your device so no need to enter manually - Take will go green to indicate that the board has been clapped, and can auto-increment - Choose either a traditional black slate or white clapperboard - Time of day, shoot time (to 1/100th second) for reference or Scene Name L.E.D. style display. Now shows Shoot Timecode as well. - 4 different sounds for sync - Clap, Beep (1kHz tone), White Noise or Pip (1 frame 1khz tone for SyncOne2 and Multi-Camera sync checking - Sync Mode run flash/beep cycle for Multi-Cam shoots or general audio video sync checking - Auto Take auto-increments the Take each clap the board - Triple Clap option to clap the slate 3 times for easier sync in noisy environments No more fiddling around with small on-screen buttons or awkward user interfaces - DigiSlate is easy to use even on the smaller display of an iPhone/iPod Touch and looks fantastic on the larger screen of your iPad and simply stunning on the iPad Pro. DigiSlate is the free digital clapperboard you've been waiting for.
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 DigiSlate's 3.9. Clapper! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). DigiSlate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. DigiSlate sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Clapper! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clapper! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DigiSlate has 48 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of DigiSlate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clapper!'s.
DigiSlate ships an update monthly, Clapper! every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DigiSlate | Clapper! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (48 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wimbledon Sound | Blowbend.jp |
Customer experience
DigiSlate
Clapper!
Bugs and requests
DigiSlate
Reported bugs
14 issues- Cannot change date and time
- Frame numbers do not correspond to frame rate
- Clap and sound off by a few frames
- Renaming titles/notes not consistent
- Project/slate saving and deletion issues
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- Create new project button greys out
- App inserts space in filenames
- Paid for ad-free but still have ads
- Cannot restore purchases
- App makes no sound
- Ads pop up and make app unusable
- App ignores volume settings, plays at max volume
- Date is wrong and cannot be set
- App is upside down and won't rotate
Requested features
20 requests- Increase clap volume
- Allow clap visual to remain on screen longer
- Add iCloud integration for syncing slates
- Option for 12-hour time format
- Bluetooth sync for camera (BMPCC4K)
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- Ability to edit field titles (Slate, Roll, Scene, Take)
- Option to turn off clap via volume button
- Display music cue timecode before clap
- Add explanation for center section modes
- Cycle backwards through center modes or use icons
- See seconds from system time
- Option to use frames instead of hundredths of a second for timecode
- Auto-increment takes and scenes
- Ability to edit slates/add new slates
- Different font for main red section
- Display other languages
- Use flash for syncing
- Sharper clap sound (like dog clicker)
- Internal memory of clapped slates for camera report sheets
- Sync via Bluetooth for camera
Clapper!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DigiSlate
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Music Mode$7.99
Clapper!
- Remove Ads$0.99
