Comparison

Animatic vs FB

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

Head to head
About

Animatic

Create hand-drawn animations with an elegant and intuitive interface. This app offers powerful tools for both beginners and professionals to bring their visual ideas to life. Export your creations as GIFs, videos, or PSD files.

Highlights
  • Easy to use frame editor
  • Export to GIF, video, and PSD
  • Flexible onion-skinning
  • Repeat frames
  • Hand-drawn animation creation
Features
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Animatic is the best way to create hand-drawn animations. Simple enough for a beginner, powerful enough for a professional, Animatic was designed to offer creators an elegant experience in bringing their ideas to life through moving image. • Easy to use frame editor • Export animations to animated GIFs, video, and PSD • Flexible onion-skinning • Repeat frames Join over 1,000,000 people from all over the world using Animatic! What People Are Saying: By far the best animation app for iPhone. -Enle Li, Designer, Animator I've finally found a simple iPad Pro app that lets me animate on the train. -Tom Judd, Co-founder, Animade Unlimited access to all the premium features and future updates during the subscription period. The subscriptions are $0.99 per month and $6.99 yearly or equal to the same price tier as Apple App Store Matrix, determined as the equivalent of subscription price in $USD. You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchBook Premium Features subscription. Privacy Policy : https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSGpwLSs0hVGvsPZBdF6pkNC23oftuviR_ygLJbD__hrM0fVx3sHqVnvU--DjaxSw/pub Terms Of Use : https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTediDVXy3XbGmqjXw0RwwzO6QEICSPjYQHylhdp6IDWvfVkblAO-CNjakWZtW8Jw/pub

About

FB

Create frame-by-frame animations by drawing individual images. Ideal for simple animations like stick figures, it offers intuitive controls for drawing and editing frames. Special features include redo functionality and frame copying for efficient animation workflow.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame drawing
  • Stick figure animation
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Frame copying
  • Simple animation creation
Features
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This app lets you draw images frame by frame to create animations. It's more suited to simple stick figure like animations at the moment. Email me or put feature requests in the reviews if you have any. ======Special controls====== • Long press on the undo button redos (Thanks Procreate) • Long press on the directional arrows will copy the frame over into the next frame. This is useful when not much changes between images.

Screenshots

Animatic4 screens
FB3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Animatic at 4.6 against FB's 3.1. Animatic also leads on ratings volume (824 vs 28). FB's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and device support 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

Both are free to download. Animatic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. FB asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animatic holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animatic has 824 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Animatic's written reviews are positive against 56% of FB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Animatic versus FB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimaticFB
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (824 ratings) — better3.1 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews — better56.3% of reviews
Number of ratings824 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoodle.ly, IncJohn Rehbein

Customer experience

Animatic

All ratings783 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative23.7%

FB

All ratings28 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral15.6%
Negative28.1%

Bugs and requests

Animatic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frames randomly disappearing or reverting
  • Crashing when deleting frames
  • Inability to export animations properly
  • Onion skinning not working consistently

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a color fill tool
  • Implement a layer system
  • Allow importing of images/photos
  • Add more customization options for brushes and colors
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes

FB

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Animatic

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Ad-free experience$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Ad-free experience$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifeTime Ad-free experience$14.99
None

FB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animatic free?
Animatic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FB free?
FB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Animatic or FB?
Animatic is rated higher. Animatic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 824 ratings, while FB averages 3.1 from 28 ratings.
Do Animatic or FB have ads?
Animatic shows ads; FB does not.
Which is updated more often, Animatic or FB?
Animatic ships an update every 3 months, and FB every 3 months. Most recently, Animatic was updated on September 25, 2026 and FB on June 11, 2026.

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