# Animation Desk® Ultimate — Create animations and cartoons

> Mobile app for creating frame-by-frame animations with drawing tools and export options. (iPhone/iPad app by Kdan Mobile Software LTD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animation-desk-ultimate/id1152147166 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kdan Mobile Software LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/318936474)
- Category: Entertainment, Education
- Price: $9.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 299 App Store ratings · 160 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 374 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 2 more
- Released: 2016-10-05
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animation-desk-ultimate/id1152147166/reviews.md

## What is Animation Desk® Ultimate?

Dream big with Animation Desk. Draw frame-to-frame animation from scratch, or create animations upon videos, images, Photoshop layers. Animation Desk supports multiple export formats. Create animation on your iPad and iPhone with Animation Desk. 


AWARDS
- Featured in Top100 iPad Entertainment apps in 86 App Stores
- Featured by Apple on iTunes Home Page
- Featured by Yahoo Tech
- Featured by TechCrunch
- Recommended by EdTech Impact, Edshelf, EducationalAppStore.com, All about apps in YOUR classroom, iPad Educators

CREATE ANIMATION 
• Import Photoshop layers (PSD)
• Make animation over videos and pictures
• Create animations with a different aspect ratio, FPS, and duration

DRAWING TOOLS
• Brushes and Erasers
• Custom Brush
• Onion skin
• Color-coded onion skinning
• Selection tools
• Layers
• Color palettes for developing and managing color schemes 
• Caption*
• Perfect with Apple Pencil 1,2, Wacom and Adonit styli

HELPFUL TOOLS
• Frame tags 
• Ruler tools 
• Frame viewer and timeline
• Zoom-in and zoom-out 
• Canvas rotation

EXPORT 
• Export individual frame into image
• Export videos
• Export PSD layers, PDF, and GIF (up to 640x480 px), PDF*
• Export video with different aspect of ratio
• Add music to the animations
• Combine multiple animation sequences into an animatic storyboard


CAN WE GIVE A HAND?
Got a question? Contact us at helpdesk@kdanmobile.com or check out http://support.kdanmobile.com

Term of Use: https://www.kdanmobile.com/en/terms_of_service
Privacy Policies: https://www.kdanmobile.com/en/privacy_policy

## Key features

- Frame-by-frame animation creation
- Import Photoshop layers (PSD)
- Animate over videos and images
- Advanced drawing tools and brushes
- Onion skinning with color-coding
- Multiple export formats (video, GIF, PDF, PSD)
- Add music to animations

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $9.99.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| All Access Pack - 1 Year | $59.99 | per year |
| All Access Pack－1 Month | $9.99 | per month |
| Kdan Cloud | $9.99 | per year |
| Kdan Cloud | $2.99 | per month |
| All Access Pack－3 Months | $19.99 | per 3 months |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10 Kdan Credits | $0.99 | one-time |
| 100 Kdan Credits | $7.99 | one-time |
| 200 Kdan Credits | $15.99 | one-time |
| 500 Kdan Credits | $37.99 | one-time |
| 1000 Kdan Credits | $59.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Animation Desk® Ultimate?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 👍 Good for beginners/amateurs
- 🎨 Decent set of brushes and tools
- 💯 Excellent for frame-by-frame animation
- 🎥 Useful for creating storyboards and rough animations

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Laggy and unresponsive at times
- 🎨 Drawing tools lack precision and smoothness
- 🔀 Issues with layer management and frame duplication
- 💰 Expensive for the current feature set

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Frames randomly disappearing or getting corrupted
- Layers merging unexpectedly or not behaving as expected
- Crashes when trying to import certain media files
- Onion skin and playback issues causing problems

**Most requested features**

- Add more brush customization options
- Improve the timeline and layer management tools
- Implement a better undo/redo system
- Allow importing and syncing of audio for lip-syncing
- Provide more export options beyond just video

## Recent user reviews (10 of 160)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animation-desk-ultimate/id1152147166/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Good but I got bored

*2025-10-24, version 4.4.7*

It’s not that it’s bad but I don’t use it much because I’m horrible at drawing on my phone

### 1/5 — 私にとって作業効率化できないアプリ

*2025-06-08*

固まると、ドローイングが消える。選択範囲を囲っている時にアプリが落ちると、ドローイングが消える。
このようなことは、少なくとも私は、他の真っ当なイラストのアプリでは体験したことがないです。
はっきり言って3000円もするクオリティではないように思います。修正してほしいです。

### 3/5 — It’s alright, but with serious issues

*2024-09-06*

Personally this is the second animation app I’ve used and I’m quite underwhelmed. Many of the tools I use don’t function in a way that I can quite get comfortable with. The pencil tool is fine, but the pen no matter what I do always fluctuates and is only smooth for a few seconds. 
Also all my work got deleted and replaced with one empty frame so I’m quite annoyed by that
Extra things:
I cannot understand the settings for the different brushes, like seriously it’s all gibberish to me

### 3/5 — Sigue con el error

*2024-08-20, version 4.4.3*

Sigue el error donde se duplica el dibujo al cambiar de capas o de cuadro, no puedo trabajar con la app

### 3/5 — Buggy

*2024-01-27, version 4.4.1*

Getting a weird reflection. The frames are superimposed with a flipped image of one of the frames. Impossible to use.

### 5/5 — It is good.

*2023-12-01*

Five stars

**Developer response:** Thank you for your support! We're glad you like Animation Desk. Enjoy your day :)

### 1/5 — It’s too glitchy to use

*2023-11-23, version 4.4.1*

More often than not I get a weird glitch where whatever layer I select mirrors itself. It makes animating impossible and the app unusable. What a shame, I was really looking forward to using it. I want a refund.

### 1/5 — So disapointed and angry

*2023-07-03*

i bought the pro version, sorry people but it's not finished.it basically can alone remove drawing, then alone decides to copy/paste OVER the previous frame, sometimes replace it, it flips them and all that listen carefully: with NO UNDO POSSIBLE. I precise I make no bad move, Im a pro and used to animate. I try many projects over this app and coudlln't go further than 2 frames it can in ONE MOVE completely screw ure project. I had many frames replaced by further ones, with I repeat: NO UNDO POSSIBLE. a false move over the timeline by left-right sliding with your hand, and ure drawing is duplicate and flipped, with NO UNDO POSSIBLE! ure layer is unusable, u have to redraw everything. sometimes color in blue some lines, not all, when it decides ...I just want to storyboard though... cant imagine animate complex scenes with it. EWWW

**Developer response:** Hello there. Sorry for the inconvenience. We'd like to understand more about your situation. Would you mind providing us with screenshots/screen-recording videos of the process and your ad.package file? Feel free to send us the information at helpdesk@kdanmobile.com for further assistance. Additionally, you can submit your issues to us by clicking on 'Send Bug Report' from the settings in app. Thank you!

### 1/5 — 閃退

*2023-03-17, version 4.3.4*

哀鳳11 ，前面沒問題後面要傳影片去用會一直閃退

### 1/5 — Crashs all the time

*2023-01-07*

It Crashs all the time

**Developer response:** Hello, there are several reasons that may cause the issue. To understand more about your situation, could you please provide your app version, device name/version, OS system, the screenshots of the issue you mentioned and contact us at helpdesk@kdanmobile.com? We'd be happy to assist you. Thank you.

## Frequently asked questions about Animation Desk® Ultimate

### What can I create with this animation app?

You can create frame-by-frame animations from scratch or by animating over existing videos and images. The app supports importing Photoshop layers, allowing for complex character and scene creation. You can also add music and combine sequences into storyboards.

### What drawing tools are available?

The app provides a variety of drawing tools including brushes, erasers, a custom brush option, and selection tools. It also features onion skinning, with color-coded options, to help you visualize your animation frames. Layer support and color palettes are also included.

### What are the export options?

You can export individual frames as images, or export your entire animation as a video. The app also supports exporting as PSD layers, PDF, and GIF files (up to 640x480 px). You can customize the aspect ratio of your exported video.

### Is this app compatible with styluses?

Yes, the app is designed to work perfectly with styluses. It is compatible with Apple Pencil (1st and 2nd generation), Wacom, and Adonit styli, enhancing the drawing and animation experience.

### How can I get help if I have questions?

If you have any questions or need assistance, you can contact the support team via email at helpdesk@kdanmobile.com. You can also find helpful information and FAQs on their support website at http://support.kdanmobile.com.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.4.8 — 2025-11-26

Minor optimization

### 4.4.7 — 2025-04-18

User interface optimization

### 4.4.6 — 2025-04-01

Bug Fix
- Fixed an issue with photo album access.

### 4.4.5 — 2025-03-18

Minor adjustments to the interface

### 4.4.4 — 2024-08-22

User interface optimization

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