Comparison

Manga Pen vs Capture Studio

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

Head to head
About

Manga Pen

Create your own anime and manga comics with a set of digital art markers. This application offers calibrated tips for inking and drawing, along with action backgrounds. Save your creations directly to your device's photo gallery with a single click.

Highlights
  • Digital art markers for manga
  • Calibrated inking and drawing tips
  • Action background options
  • One-click art saving
  • Save to device gallery
Features
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Manga Pen is a set of art markers pens for anime / Manga comics drawing. Discover a selection of calibrated tips perfect for inking and drawing! - 4 markers - Several action background! - One click save button allows to save your art directly to the photo gallery of your device

About

Capture Studio

Create frame-by-frame animations using your device's camera. This tool allows you to capture individual frames, edit them separately, and export your creations as video, GIF, or PDF. It's a functional program for bringing your animated ideas to life.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame animation
  • Camera capture (manual/automatic)
  • Individual frame editing
  • Image import
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Video, GIF, PDF export
Features
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Capture Studio is the stop-motion tool from AMontage by Ant3Dstudio — our animation suite, broken out into one app that does a single job properly. Stand your iPhone or iPad on a tripod. Move your subject a little. Take a frame. Repeat. That is an animation, and this app is built around making those few seconds feel effortless. WHAT YOU GET WITHOUT PAYING • Unlimited projects and unlimited frames. No counters, no frame packs. • Onion skin — the previous frames glow under the live camera, so nothing ever jumps. • Auto shutter that waits for the scene to go still and then fires by itself. • Shoot with the volume buttons or a Bluetooth remote, so you never nudge the tripod. • Clip templates: title cards, a 3-2-1 countdown, "The End", fades and flashes. • Import a video and turn it straight into frames. • Grid overlay with centre and thirds guides. • Frame editor: scale, position, brightness, contrast, saturation. • Chroma key with an adjustable threshold and soft edge. • Draw right on a frame — pen, marker, pencil, eraser — plus stickers. • Hold any frame longer without duplicating it. • Clips: group your frames, name and colour them, repeat, reorder, edit in bulk. • Light levelling to even out flicker between shots. • Smooth motion: add in-between frames for a softer transition. • Loops: a single pass, a boomerang, or a seamless cycle with crossfade. • 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9, at whatever frame rate you set. • Export to video and GIF. Save to Photos or to Files. Templates and video import are free here. So is everything above. We would rather you finish your animation than hit a wall halfway through it. CAPTURE STUDIO PRO One payment, once, forever. No subscription. • Exports without the watermark • Full 1080p instead of 720p • ProRes 422 for editing elsewhere • GIF up to 1080 px instead of 480 px That is the whole difference. Pro raises the quality of the file you export — it never takes a tool away from you. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU SHOOT On iPad the tools sit in a side rail, so the viewfinder keeps the whole screen. On iPhone everything falls to the bottom, within thumb reach. Projects are ordinary documents: open them in Files, copy them to a folder, back them up however you like. PRIVACY No account. No ads. No analytics and no tracking. Nothing you shoot leaves your device. Have questions? Ask them on our official Facebook: * facebook.com/amontageapp or visit our website: * amontage.ant3dstudio.com Also we have an animated Instagram * instagram.com/amontageaaps Subscribe and use our hashtag #AMontage Be creative - use AMontage! Made in Ukraine by Ant3Dstudio.

Screenshots

Manga Pen2 screens
Capture Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Capture Studio at 5.0 against Manga Pen's 1.8. Capture Studio also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Manga Pen's advantage is update cadence (every 19 months vs every 48 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Manga Pen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Capture Studio sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Capture Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Manga Pen ships an update every 19 months, Capture Studio every 48 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Manga Pen versus Capture Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManga PenCapture Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 19 months — betterEvery 48 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOUCHSCREEN LEARNING LTDAnton Khusnutdinov

Customer experience

Manga Pen

All ratings9 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative77.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative58.3%

Capture Studio

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Manga Pen

One-time1
  • Manga Pen Full App$1.99
9 purchases

Capture Studio

One-time9
  • +15 frames$0.99
  • +25 imported photos$0.99
  • +25 Frames$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Export GIF$1.99
  • Export PDF Book$1.99
  • +45 imported photo$2.99
  • +40 Frames$3.99
  • Remove watermark$3.99
  • +80 imported photo$4.99

Questions

Is Manga Pen free?
Manga Pen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Capture Studio free?
Capture Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Manga Pen or Capture Studio?
Capture Studio is rated higher. Manga Pen averages 1.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Capture Studio averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Manga Pen or Capture Studio have ads?
Neither Manga Pen nor Capture Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Manga Pen or Capture Studio?
Manga Pen ships an update every 19 months, and Capture Studio every 48 months. Most recently, Manga Pen was updated on October 24, 2026 and Capture Studio on October 24, 2026.

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