True-Slate turns the iPhone or iPad your crew already carries into a professional SMPTE timecode slate, with LTC jam sync, an automatic shot log, and camera & sound reports you can export in one tap.
Built for the people who actually carry the slate onto set every day.
Replace a dedicated timecode slate and a separate jam sync box with the device already in your pocket. One less thing to charge, carry, and insure.
Real SMPTE LTC in and out keeps picture and sound locked. Jam from any professional timecode source, or run True-Slate as the source itself.
Every clap logs the take automatically — scene, shot, take, print or NG. Export camera and sound reports as CSV, ALE or PDF in one tap.
Pay once, own it forever. No monthly fee quietly eating into a low budget shoot, no account required to use it.
Scrawled marker on a plastic slate is hard to read and different every take. True-Slate shows crisp, uniform type and accurate synced timecode in every shot — the difference an editor notices in dailies.
24, 23.98, 25, 29.97 and 30 fps, with correct drop frame handling.
Jam from any external LTC source over an audio cable, live on the device.
Generate an LTC signal to feed a recorder or camera directly.
A loud, sharp clap with matching haptic and an optional white sync flash.
Every take logged the moment you clap — no separate paperwork.
CSV, ALE and PDF camera/sound reports straight to the iOS share sheet.
Save and switch between named productions, crews, and slate presets.
Silent clap for MOS takes, correctly logged as MOS in the shot log.
Everything runs on the device. No account, no login, no internet required.
Fire the clap from a Bluetooth remote — built for solo operators and small crews.
Flip the slate 180° for end of take slating without changing your grip.
Drop the brightness so the slate never blows out a night exterior on camera.
Plus many more features, refined every update.
Most phone slate apps fake it with a stopwatch. True-Slate reads and generates genuine SMPTE Linear Timecode, so it jams to the same source as your sound recordist and stays locked for the whole roll.
Two stage claps, freeze on clap, remote clap triggers, MOS mode, tail slates — the small details that make a slate usable take after take, not just in a demo video.
Large, bold digits with strong contrast and a proper colour clapper band — visible on any monitor or camera feed. Runs identically on iPhone.
Full app, every feature, forever. Nothing else to buy.
Every take, in sync, logged automatically — for less than the cost of a roll of gaffer tape.
Download on the App Store