Comparison

Mr Marker vs Animation Desk® Ultimate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mr Marker

Features
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Mr Marker is a loop-based animation tool. Draw lines with one or many fingers. Each line is turned into a looping animation that repeats on its own timeline. Change the appearance of your loops using the simple interface provided and then record everything to a video which can be saved to your photos ready to share. Loops can be thick or thin, black or white or coloured, consistent or varied, fast or slow. Each time you clear the screen you'll be given different colours to play with. Get looping with Mr Marker.

About

Animation Desk® Ultimate

Create frame-by-frame animations from scratch or over existing media. This app offers a robust set of drawing tools, layer support, and various export options for your animated projects. It's designed for both beginners and experienced animators.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Animation Desk® Ultimate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mr Marker at Free against Animation Desk® Ultimate's $9.99. Mr Marker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). Animation Desk® Ultimate's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mr Marker is free to download; Animation Desk® Ultimate costs $9.99 up front. Animation Desk® Ultimate sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Mr Marker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mr Marker versus Animation Desk® Ultimate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMr MarkerAnimation Desk® Ultimate
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating—4.0 (300 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—39.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—300 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB374 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversal Everything LtdKdan Mobile Software LTD

Bugs and requests

Mr Marker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Animation Desk® Ultimate

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • 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

Requested features

5 requests
  • 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

In-app purchases

None

Mr Marker

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Animation Desk® Ultimate

Subscriptions5
  • Kdan Cloud$2.991 Month
  • All Access Pack-1 Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Kdan Cloud$9.991 Year
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  • All Access Pack-3 Months3 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • All Access Pack - 1 Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time5
  • 10 Kdan Credits$0.99
  • 100 Kdan Credits$7.99
  • 200 Kdan Credits$15.99
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  • 500 Kdan Credits$37.99
  • 1000 Kdan Credits$59.99

Questions

Is Mr Marker free?
Mr Marker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Animation Desk® Ultimate free?
Animation Desk® Ultimate costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Mr Marker or Animation Desk® Ultimate have ads?
Neither Mr Marker nor Animation Desk® Ultimate shows ads.

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