PuppetMaster

PuppetMaster

Animate. Literally. Anything.

⭐️4 / 5
Rating
🙌41
Ratings
📼2 vids & 6 scs
Content
📦w/o updates
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
Your locale
🧾$2.99 - $24.99
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All Versions of PuppetMaster

3.8

September 25, 2023

* Improved puppet hip movement during motion capture - important for dancing! * Various updates and fixes
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3.7

February 2, 2021

Inspiration Gallery: Now you can view inspiring PuppetMaster animations made by other users, and even submit your own creations!
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3.6.3

December 7, 2020

Updated widget - the widget will show you the latest creative educational project for kids.
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3.6.2

November 20, 2020

* Improved playback of educational activity videos inside the app. These creative projects will inspire kids to create and learn! * Improved some graphical issues on certain devices
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3.6.1

October 18, 2020

Improved the way you can subscribe to activities. These creative projects will inspire kids to create and learn!
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3.6

October 16, 2020

You can now subscribe to activities more easily! These creative projects will inspire kids to create and learn.
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3.5

October 14, 2020

* Fixed an issue with using selfie camera. (With newer devices, back camera is recommended but selfie camera is also an option.) * Additional small fixes. * You can subscribe to activities through the Tutorials screen. These creative projects will inspire kids to create and learn.
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3.4

October 8, 2020

* You can now subscribe to activities more easily. These creative projects will inspire kids to create and learn. * Fixed a sneaky crash when playing creative activity videos. Update and enjoy the projects!
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3.3

September 22, 2020

* Widgets! To give you creative inspiration. * Improved lip sync. * Additional creative activities for kids - subscribe to get more.
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3.2.1

August 20, 2020

* Added guided creative activities for kids! Subscribe to get more. * Made some improvements to tutorials.
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PuppetMaster In-App Purchases History

$2.99

Creative Kids' Activities

Guided art and animation activities for kids!

$24.99

Creative Kids' Activities

Guided art and animation activities for kids!

Price History of PuppetMaster

Description of PuppetMaster

PuppetMaster: Animate. Literally. Anything. This animation app lets you instantly bring to life anything you want, just by acting things out in front of the camera or touching the screen. Your voice is recorded as well. The result is your own animated video you can save and share! The app even has fun guided activities that kids can follow along and do, making arts and crafts and then animating them. Features include: * Real-time animation - you animate in the moment, while you talk, and your puppet comes to life in front of your eyes. * Motion capture - intuitively animate characters just by moving your body in front of the device camera. Use front or back camera. (Best results are usually with back camera of newer devices.) * Multi-touch - animate by touching and dragging the puppet and its body parts on the screen, even using both hands or working together with a friend. * Animate one or two puppets - you can have one puppet on its own, or two puppets where both can move and you can control which one is talking at any time. * Create your own puppets - bring to life your physical artwork, your favorite toys, a person or animal, random stuff like your snacks arranged as a character, really anything you like! * Create your own backgrounds - use a painting you made, a diorama, some interesting place, or anything else you want as your background. * Choose from our designs - the app comes with a bunch of cool puppets and backgrounds already in it, in a cute hand drawn style that you can mix and match with your own creations. * Export and share videos with audio - save a video of your puppet show, complete with the audio of your performance, locally and also to social media, cloud storage, or any other typical sharing method. * In-app streaming tutorials and activities - guiding kids through using the app for visual storytelling, and teaching them how to create various physical art pieces and animate them. On our website and social media you'll find more project ideas, educational support, and lesson plans for teachers and homeschooling parents. PuppetMaster was named one of the Best Apps for Teaching and Learning by the American Association of School Librarians. It's a great open ended creative activity for children, supports ISTE standards, and is a great way to integrate the arts into any academic subject for a more engaging class. (Teachers say they prefer it to stop motion animation because it's so much easier and faster.) See our privacy and terms here: https://www.shmonster.com/privacyterms/
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PuppetMaster: FAQ

Is PuppetMaster iPad-friendly?

Yes, PuppetMaster is compatible with the iPad.
The PuppetMaster app was developed by Shmonster LLC.
The minimum iOS version for the PuppetMaster app is 13.0.
The overall rating of PuppetMaster is 4.0 out of 5, which is okay but could be better.
The App Genre Of Puppetmaster Is Education.
The latest PuppetMaster version released is 3.8.
PuppetMaster’s latest update was rolled out on July 1, 2024.
The app was launched on February 5, 2023.
Family-friendly content, no mature themes or violence.
The PuppetMaster app is now available in American English.
Sorry, PuppetMaster is not available on Apple Arcade.
Absolutely! In-app purchases are accessible within PuppetMaster.
Unfortunately, PuppetMaster is not optimized for use with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of PuppetMaster

  • Crash

    The app crashes for us when we try to animate with the camera/body movement.
  • Not worth the money

    3 dollars wasted today, here I thought I would have an app for my Ipad to be able to do animated icons for my clients, turns out this is just a crappy app that was most likely made in 5 minutes that softlocks anytime I try to make a puppet. This is now $60 i have to refund to my clients because I can’t deliver the type of art they ordered. Seeing as your company is just an LLC and not a big worldwide company like adobe, I am going easy on the review. Please let me know if you ever make a professional version that actually works.

    Developer Response

    Thank you for your feedback, and I'm so sorry the app didn't work for you. I'd love to hear more details so we can solve it. You can email info@shmonster.com and we could try to figure out what went wrong. I can assure you we've spent a lot of time and effort on the app, and continue to solve any problem we can find, thanks to users like you who report issues. I will say, as described on the app store, it's less intended for professional use and more of an app for fun - for kids, or fun loving adults, to animate their artwork. There are also educational activities in it for kids. Typically, professional users who want to do work for clients are looking to animate vector art, not arts and crafts, and with a more precise level of control with much more difficult, professional tools. We have never claimed to replace tools like that. But it's interesting that you wanted to use it for clients - we HAVE always wanted to make a more high end professional type of animation tool, and would be happy to speak with you and see what users like you would look for in such a tool. Thanks again for your feedback, and I look forward to hearing from you!
  • Good idea, but

    I got this app for my child, and she was extremely excited. But when she inserted her drawing the app made her draw the body parts. In the end it became rough and missed some parts. When she started animating, the movements were really glitchy. It made her quite sad. I do not recommend paying 3 dollars for this app.

    Developer Response

    Thank you kindly for your feedback, I'm so sorry you did not enjoy the app. I'd be happy to video chat or email to better understand what's going wrong and how we might help, and see what device exactly you are using and what the problems might be - you can reach out to info@shmonster.com or fill in the form on our website - www.shmonster.com It's true the users are meant to mark puppet body parts after importing the image, as you can see in our how-to videos, but rest assured it's quite alright to paint with a broad brush, it doesn't have to be accurate in order to be artistically pleasing, and the puppet can also be edited after the fact if you're not happy with the results. And perhaps via video chat we could see what's going on when you try to animate, and how we might improve the situation. Please feel free to reach out any time, we strive to keep improving our apps, and we thank you again for your feedback.