Animation Desk® Ultimate vs Pixel Gaka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Pixel Gaka
Create pixel art with a variety of tools, including pen, fill, and dropper. Import photos to convert them into pixel art, record your drawing process as a movie, and export your creations. Offers features like symmetrical drawing and layer manipulation.
- Pixel art creation
- Photo to pixel conversion
- Drawing time-lapse recording
- Layer management
- Symmetrical drawing
- Grid customization
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Create your own Pixel Art with this app. Best for creating small sized pixel picture. Easy to use, yet have many great functions you ever wanted. ◆ Features □ Basic Painting Feature - Pen, erase, fill and dropper □ Import and convert photo to pixel □ Import from other canvas □ Record while you are drawing, then save as a movie □ Change Grid width and color □ Change Pen Size - from 1 to 5 □ Draw Symmetrical □ Inverse Layer (Vertically and Horizontally) □ Export to Photo Library, AirDrop etc... □ TimeLapse Recording (Full Screen or In Canvas) □ Auto Save every 5 minutes ( You can switch off in setting of canvas ) □ Zoom in/out with Pinch gesture □ Move Canvas with one Finger (Hand Mode on the left bottom) □ Delete, Duplicate and Merge Layer by tapping the layer button twice. □ Canvas Width and Height from 2 to 42 □ Maximum number of layers is from 3 to 10, depending of Canvas Size
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pixel Gaka at Free against Animation Desk® Ultimate's $9.99. Pixel Gaka also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 39%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Animation Desk® Ultimate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Pixel Gaka 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. Pixel Gaka asks for nothing beyond the download.
Animation Desk® Ultimate holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Desk® Ultimate has 300 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Animation Desk® Ultimate's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pixel Gaka's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Animation Desk® Ultimate ships an update monthly, Pixel Gaka every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Animation Desk® Ultimate | Pixel Gaka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (300 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.4% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 300 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 374 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kdan Mobile Software LTD | Tenna Churiki |
Customer experience
Animation Desk® Ultimate
Pixel Gaka
Bugs and 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
Pixel Gaka
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Animation Desk® Ultimate
- 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
- 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
Pixel Gaka
No in-app purchases
Questions
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