DigiSlate vs DSLR Clapperboard
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.
DSLR Clapperboard
This app provides a digital clapperboard for filmmakers, allowing customization of slate design, project-based work, and synchronization across multiple devices. It also includes prompter and storyboard features for iPad users, enhancing pre-production and on-set workflow.
- Customizable digital clapperboard
- Project-based slate management
- Timer and timecode options
- Multi-camera synchronization
- Prompter with remote control (iPad)
- Storyboard creation with image import (iPad)
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A few taps and you are on-air: select the angle, scene and take of your shot and tap on the clapper. You can edit the items and the descriptions in the setup page of the app to fully customize it. Features' list: CLAPPERBOARD • Full customization of the clapboard: design your own slate with a few touches. (IPad version) • Project based clapboard: start, stop and recall your work at your needs. • Switch from timer to timecode (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). • Choose among 3 different clap sounds. • Auto takes advance, to update the take after each shot. • Stopwatch, to have time under your control. • Full customization, to have a clapperboard exactly the way you like. • Remarks, allows you to add notes during the shooting. • Log history, to keep everything under your eyes. • Summary e-mail report, to send the result of your shooting in your inbox (in-app purchase). • NEW Multi-camera clapboard: you can synchronize up to 8 devices to execute the clapboard simultaneously on all of them. In-App Purchase (for a short period of time at a very competitive price): PROMPTER (IPad version) • Unlimited number of scripts. • Bookmarks, to jump directly to the point. • Remote control, with full preview at your fingertips. • Easy connection, over bluetooth or wi-fi. • Speed wheel, for an innovative user interaction. • Change font size from the remote control. • Flip text on the fly. • Drag text on the remote control, the prompter will follow accordingly. • Auto prompter: set up your speed and then start playing it. STORYBOARD (IPad version) • Import any image or picture you have as a frame of your storyboard. • Give it a number (also 12B-2C#2) and a description. • You can automatically import you storyboard with the new DSLR Template available for download at your fingertip. • Synchronize your storyboard with the clapperboard (scene number and final summary email). --- To ask for new features and to report bugs, please refer to dslrslate.com and visit the page "customer care".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DigiSlate at 3.9 against DSLR Clapperboard's 3.4. DigiSlate also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 59%). DSLR Clapperboard's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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. DigiSlate sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DSLR Clapperboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DigiSlate holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of DigiSlate's written reviews are positive against 59% of DSLR Clapperboard's.
DigiSlate ships an update monthly, DSLR Clapperboard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DigiSlate | DSLR Clapperboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (48 ratings) — better | 3.4 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews — better | 58.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wimbledon Sound | Daniele Morelli |
Customer experience
DigiSlate
DSLR Clapperboard
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
DSLR Clapperboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DigiSlate
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Music Mode$7.99
DSLR Clapperboard
- Advanced Features$8.99
Questions
Is DigiSlate free?
Is DSLR Clapperboard free?
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