The split-flap display system
The split-flap board for any screen.
Pick a board, change the words, and put it on TV in minutes. No special hardware and no code — just the screen you already own.
Free to build · No card required · Cancel anytime
For venues
Put a board above the counter, behind reception, or beside the gate.
KPIS · SCHEDULES · STATUSFor work
Give the numbers, arrivals, and deadlines on your wall some weight.
COUNTDOWNS · SCORES · AMBIENTFor home
Turn the spare screen into something the whole room checks.
Describe the board. Flap builds it.
Ask in plain language. Flap understands the board's rows, columns, spacing, scenes, widgets, schedules, and eligible live data sources—then gives you a proposal to preview before anything changes.
Your brief continues after sign-in
Free to build. No card required. Flap never saves or publishes without you.
Example response
I'll create the layout, check every element fits the board, and show you a structured proposal. You can preview it on the canvas, apply it as one undoable edit, or discard it.
Try a starting point
Honest pre-launch state
No invented customer wall.
FLAPS is recruiting its Founding 20. Real installations, attributable testimonials, and approved photo sets appear here only after participants provide them and an operator verifies them.
Apply for the Founding 20Nine starting points
Pick one.
Change the words.
Three boards for venues, three for work, and three for home. Every option opens a working preview before signup.
WHY FLAPS.TV
People stop for split-flap.
There's a reason airports never replaced them with screensavers. The flip demands a glance — and your numbers, menus and messages ride along. Zero ops, live in seconds.
Browser player first.
Current Chrome and Edge on a laptop or mini-PC are the supported v1 path. Native TV devices are a later physical-device gate.
Change once. Flip everywhere.
Edit a scene in the dashboard and every board in every room flips within a second. No restarts, no syncing, no walking over with a remote.
If you can type it, you can flip it.
Menus, KPI walls, welcome boards, countdowns, ambient scenes — all built from the same blank canvas.
From blank wall to live board
Three steps. Nothing hidden.
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Pick a board
Choose a complete starting point for a venue, workplace, or home.
- 02
Change the words
Edit the message, numbers, prices, and colors against a live flip preview.
- 03
Pair the player
Open FLAPS in the supported browser, enter the code, and publish updates remotely.
- 01
Pick a board
Choose a full template for a venue, workplace, or home.
- 02
Make it yours
Change the message, numbers, prices, and colors.
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Put it on TV
Enter the pairing code once, then publish from anywhere.
USE CASES
Now arriving in every room.
Four favorite setups — each built in the same blank-board editor your live screens run on.
A rotating day menu behind the counter. Prices, specials, and the soup of the day — no more chalk smears.
Revenue, active users, and the week's KPIs on the wall by the standup. When they flip, the room notices.
A warm welcome for the next client walking through the door. Synced to the calendar, flipped the moment they arrive.
A split-flap countdown over the mantel for the next trip, birthday, or rocket launch. The kids check it every morning.
PRICING
Free until it hits the wall.
Build every board you can imagine without a card. Pay only when one goes live on a real TV — and stop whenever you like.
Pro
Multiple displays and priority help.
- 5 displays
- Unlimited scenes
- Priority support
Connected
Live data for a connected screen fleet.
- 15 displays
- Live data connectors
- Priority support
Build without a card · TV playback requires a paid plan · Stripe billing · Cancel any time.
WHY SPLIT-FLAP
Some things never stopped being cool.
The split-flap board is a hundred years old and people still stop to film it. We rebuilt it in pixels — every flap, every clack — and put it one URL away from the TV in your lobby. Don't take our word for it: the demo is live on this page. You've been watching it flip since you arrived.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Does it work on my TV?[+][−]
Browser playback v1 supports current Chrome and Edge on a laptop or mini-PC connected to your screen. Smart-TV browsers and native Apple TV, Roku, Android TV, Fire TV, and Google TV apps remain planned or unverified.
Do I need any hardware or code?[+][−]
No custom hardware or code. Use a supported desktop browser on a computer connected to the screen. We measure real setup time during the Founding 20 rather than promising a number before we have proof.
Can I pull in my own data?[+][−]
Yes — Connected includes live JSON data connectors so a board can show current values from systems you already expose.
How fast do changes go live?[+][−]
Published layouts are picked up by the player heartbeat. Actual timing depends on the network; an offline player continues from its last successful layout.
Can I start without a credit card?[+][−]
Yes. Customize and preview before paying. A one-time 14-day TV trial starts when your first screen pairs, with no card required.
Is my data private?[+][−]
Yes. We never show ads on your boards, we don't sell data, and you own everything you create.
Final boarding call for that empty wall.
Your first board is five minutes away. Free to build, pay only when it goes on screen — cancel any time.
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