# Animation & Drawing by Do Ink — user reviews > 159 indexed App Store user reviews of Animation & Drawing by Do Ink by DK Pictures, Inc., rated 3.70/5 from 71 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animation-and-drawing-by-do-ink/id364762290/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animation-and-drawing-by-do-ink/id364762290.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Animation & Drawing by Do Ink? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful vector animation tools - 👍 Easy to use and learn - 🎨 Great for creating animations and sketches - 💡 Versatile composition mode - 🔍 Helpful for education and teaching animation **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🔍 Lacking in-depth tutorials and explanations - 🔍 Limited drawing tools and customization options - 🔍 Difficult to manage and organize animations - 🔍 No audio support for animations **Commonly reported bugs** - Undo button crashes the app - Fill tool freezes the app - Drawing tools become unresponsive after certain actions - Imported images not displaying properly - Composition mode issues with rearranging frames and clips **Most requested features** - Add audio recording and playback capabilities - Implement more drawing tools like gradient fills, smoothing, and custom palettes - Introduce layers and folder organization for animations - Expand canvas size and aspect ratio options - Improve export quality and options ## Newest reviews (15 of 159) ### 4/5 — Weird.... *2026-02-20, version 2022.3* Can y'all reduce the copyrighted characters? ### 2/5 — New detrimental glitches *2026-01-22* Hi my name is Zach I’m a frequent user of this app. I use it to create art and animations, but due to recent IOS updates it seems this app needs a new update as there are multiple features that have serious problems now. I sent an email explaining in full the issues I’m facing with examples but I also wanted to write here as well to get your attention. I heavily recommend updating your app at least 6 months to a year so it stays up to date. What I’m currently facing is if I have drawing that has multiple things in it when I try to zoom in or out the screen sort of glitches out and is difficult moving around the piece. Also the selection tool stops working whenever it feels like it. When I use the selection tool and I select a part of my drawing it will stop working and I have to exit out of the canvas in order for me to use it again. Sometimes this will happen multiple times in a row and grows rather tiresome. I also like to mention that there used to be a redo button next to the undo button. That has never been added back. Like I mentioned I sent you an email with examples of what’s wrong and a little video clips of the glitchy screen so you have a better idea of what’s wrong. I hope this gets to you as soon as possible and that these issues can be resolved!! **Developer response:** Thank you for writing. We are struggling to correct problems that iOS16 introduced. We would appreciate it, if you would please email support@doink.com so that we can get more details of what you are experiencing. As a tiny company, this information is critical to fixing bugs. Thank you. ### 3/5 — Love it, but… *2025-06-16, version 2022.3* So I practically grew up using Doink, first when it was a browser program and social media site! I really miss those days. Now I just use the app, which, I was hoping a couple of small improvements could be made. When I zoom in or out on my drawing, the brush size does not stay consistent. I would like to be able to zoom in and have the brush stay proportionate to the rest of the lines in the drawing, so that I can have a consistent looking drawing. I would also appreciate pressure sensitivity compatibility. Also, I would like a new dimension preset that aligns with the screen measurement of TikTok/reel videos, since they are where most users will probably be posting animations the most these days. Lastly, It would be great if I could change the background color of my canvas to a flat color instead of the checkerboard without drawing a rectangle and having to duplicate it for all the frames. When I select background color, it just stays the checkerboard and only becomes the color I selected in my animation preview but not while I’m working on the canvas. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Big glitch issues *2022-11-16* I’m writing this due to your most recent update. You claim to have fixed some bugs and issues, but in reality it caused more harm than good. When I opened the app I noticed a feature was missing, the arrow next to the backspace button is completely missing. Which means I won’t be able to reverse my decision on backspacing. And the second issue I’m dealing with is if I draw something on one frame, but make another frame then delete the previous frame it still stays making it rather difficult to draw and clean things up. Please fix this now! **Developer response:** Thank you for writing. We are struggling to correct problems that iOS16 introduced. We would appreciate it, if you would please email support@doink.com so that we can get more details of what you are experiencing. As a tiny company, this information is critical to fixing bugs. Thank you. ### 2/5 — Bug that I hate *2022-11-13, version 2022.2* I used this app for years but recently my redo button has just disappeared. I need to know if this has happened to multiple users and if so, how I fix it. ### 3/5 — App Crash *2022-10-26, version 2022.1* Since today’s update, app crashes when my students open the app. My iPad Mini 2 are old operating, but have worked fine until today. Please fix and update. ### 4/5 — Amazing! Just... *2022-01-22, version 2020.2* Do Ink is amazing for animation because of the vector brush and is definitely an app I'd use more often if I ever get the chance to. It might be one of the best animation apps on the appstore because of how much it feels like a computer program. However, the only addition I'd like to be added is an audio feature. It'd really make Do Ink a bang for it's buck and more high grade animations could even be made with that feature! Because of the lack of an audio feature I don't use the app as much because I find that there's more fun and joy with making something with music. Though, of course, this is a personal opinion of mine. I'd recommend this app to other people more often if there were an audio feature, but the app is still amazingly well made and feels very professional. ### 2/5 — I can’t export my animation because the app crashes every time I try *2021-11-04, version 2020.2* I have an animation I’ve been trying to export for some days now, & every time I try to export it, once the export is close to being done, the app crashes and closes. Please fix, I love the app, the crashing is the only problem. ### 4/5 — Feature Ideas *2021-07-28, version 2020.2* I’ve been using this app for years, and unfortunately there has been some issues and wishes, the personal one I would like is exporting videos with clear backgrounds, if this isn’t a feature already, I’d love to see something like that implemented, another feature is audio while I animate. Very helpful, and as some other reviews have said, it would be helpful if the ‘inside’ pen option overlapped the whole drawing, not just one section. All of these ideas could really make this app better and life easier. Hope you’re able to read this. ### 3/5 — Audio is a MUST *2020-09-29, version 2020.1* I really want to like this app. I DO like this app, but it's being held back from really making decent animation by one key thing: 1. Lack of audio import and scrubbing capabilities. Of course, there are other things that can be improved, like others have said, animation folders would be really useful, as would custom color palettes, proper layers for the composition editor, as well as maybe more options for the brush like smoothing lines since they're vector. Animation is already a labor-intensive activity and this app has already claimed to ease the process, so why make it even more difficult by not enabling audio or other basic features other apps already have? The main selling point is that it's a vector app, so while I can just use RoughAnimator or FlipaClip instead, they can't do half the things that this app can. I understand this is meant to be a simple app for learning and education, but truth be told, it already has features no other app has ever seemed to figure out, save for maybe Animation Pro, which IS meant to be a heavy duty app with a steep learning curve. Meanwhile, Do Ink's way of tweening is even BETTER and much easier to use than Animation Pro, and even Flash/Animate itself. They even added the ability to import video and ROTOSCOPING over it before adding audio; it just seems like such a large oversight. I honestly hope that if not now, it will at least be in the pipeline for future releases. Overall, this really could become a powerhouse animation app if the developers allow it to reach its full potential. As it is right now though, I can't help but be a bit disappointed, to say the least. ### 3/5 — Help *2020-08-05, version 2020.1* How do you remove dark mode ### 3/5 — Really don’t recommed it ☹︎ *2020-07-21, version 2020.1* Hey I am an animator and this is hard to animate I rather use an other app. I hope you don’t sue me ->-“ ### 4/5 — Nice vector animation app *2020-05-24, version 2020.1* Would love to be able to make a Monty Python cutout style animation, but this app won’t let the images you import be seen in the finished animation. I guess the developer wants to restrict users to only use images for tracing for whatever reason. Could be so much more fun to use. Would also like to be able to import SVG images created in other apps too. Other than that, it’s a nice vector animation app. ### 3/5 — Not enough setting options *2020-05-22, version 2020.1* The app has some good tools for animation and drawing but it has a lot of flaws. For example there aren’t any options to turn certain things on or off. Like the new update for the dark mode is really bad because you can’t draw with black when it’s on, but you can’t turn it off without going to the settings of the iPad and changing everything. I’m not saying it’s a bad feature just that not having the option to turn it off in the app itself is just not good design. ### 4/5 — Pivots and Trees Please! *2020-02-19, version 4.5.4* When are we going to be able to adjust pivot points for our transformations and link shapes in a hierarchy. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Please check your email *2026-01-25, version 2022.3* Hi, it’s Zach again. I’m making another review because you did respond to my previous review which I appreciate that, but I also want to make sure that you were aware I sent three emails. I’m worried they might have been sent to you junk/spam folder. I sent the first one on 1/18/26 explaining my situation then another on 1/24/26 and another today. I hope that way we can get these glitches resolved ### 1/5 — You are the worst animation creators in the world *2024-03-06, version 2022.3* When I started playing the game, everything kept glitching. You are the worst at making games like this ### 1/5 — Useless *2023-01-02, version 2022.3* This is exclusively useless app. There is no editing way of layer and animation properly. I am very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Not as advertised *2020-08-19, version 2020.1* Would not suggest. There are other apps with quality editing and offer more. ### 1/5 — Questions on the new update *2020-05-20, version 2020.1* I absolutely hate it. The sliders have black boxes around it which makes me annoyed, the icons are more blue then white, and the stock composition and clip folder doesn’t have any categories and names. please fix these issues and respond. Thanks. ### 1/5 — Can’t import your own drawings *2020-05-20, version 2020.1* This app is cool but if you draw something, and try to put it on green screen by ink it won’t work please fix! ### 1/5 — DONT GET IT!!! *2018-12-04, version 4.5.4* It's so bad it crashes and freezes ### 1/5 — Stupid *2018-10-18, version 4.5.4* I Couldn’t Make My Channel’s Intro ### 1/5 — Aaaaaagggghhhh! *2018-10-18, version 4.5.4* How do you make the bars longer? 😬😬😬😬😬😬😡😡😡😡😡😡🤯🤯🤯 ### 1/5 — Terrible *2018-09-10, version 4.5.3* This application is terrible as there is very low information on how to use the app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this game *2024-01-20, version 2022.3* I make and credits for fictional movies that do not exist in real world. I can also animate and do ink animation. The only problem is that I can’t put voices in my work, but overall it’s great. I give it five stars, just like flipaclip ### 5/5 — Still Have This App *2023-09-01* I can’t wait for Apple to fix the problem because I want to download this app on my new iPad Pro. I’m very excited and glad that this app is still here. I still have this app on my very old iPad 4th Generation. I love it so much. I’m wondering why you hard-working developers don’t offer the option for us to donate a cup of coffee for you. I have seen this in other apps. Thank you Do Ink Animation app. ### 5/5 — Hard to believe how good this is *2021-01-18, version 2020.2* Vector object animation with basic but functional compositing, I’ll be back to say more as I learn more - one that might be nice is SVG import and export so I can push the work done here into blender grease pencil... ### 5/5 — Probably the first and last review of 2020 *2020-12-28, version 2020.2* I’ve noticed that the last review was one year ago, so I thought of writing one for any newcomers. First of all this app is extremely easy to use, and the fact that the help page is actually useful is amazing! Something that I love is that you have compositions as well as frame by frame animation, so you can learn two types of animation in one app (something that most apps don’t have). Another thing is that you have an unlimited amount of layers, which I find very nice since most apps usually have around ten or so layers available. The quality of your animations is also very good. Of course though every app has some downsides, and a problem this one has is that you can’t add audio to your animations. This means that you have to add it using other apps (which can take you longer to match up the audio with the animation). I will still however give it 5 stars as everything else is perfect! I feel quite sad that Doink is being forgotten by people, as it really is one of the best animating apps on the AppStore. Ty if you managed to get to the end of this have a great day/night!! :D ### 5/5 — Great App *2020-11-08, version 2020.2* I looked everywhere for an easy animation app – this is the best I’ve found. While there are some clunky aspects to the animation process, I find it easy to use and easy to work with. I use it to animate Bible stories for my YouTube channel. ### 5/5 — Wish there was audio in composition mode *2020-10-10, version 2020.1* Like if I wanna put in my drawings in composition I want there to be audio I could import :) ### 5/5 — Great app, but *2020-08-18, version 2020.1* could you make it so we can add sound to our animations so we can do lip syncing? That would be great! ### 5/5 — The best mobile animation app, with bugs here and there *2020-08-01, version 2020.1* By far, this is the best app for animation (in my opinion at least) and definitely my favourite, however, there are a rather decent amount of bugs, such as a current one, which I think is a bug, removing your ability to bring up the brush menu, and also the undo button crashing the app, and fill stopping working. I personally can deal with all of these except the brush menu. It really makes it hard to draw and animate at different sizes or different sizes of a drawing ### 5/5 — Awesome! Some suggestions- *2020-05-21, version 2020.1* I really love this app so far besides the audio adding lack ! One thing to make this better is maybe allow screen rotation? I wanna use this so badly but I can’t rotate the screen to get different angles. Otherwise it’s great! ### 5/5 — Great *2020-02-15, version 4.5.4* It’s very goodworks wel --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-08.*