Comparison

Animation Desk® Ultimate vs LLT

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

Head to head
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

About

LLT

This app allows users to manage their loyalty points and card balances for a laser tag venue. Users can register physical cards, view credits and tickets, and reload cards directly through the application.

Highlights
  • Loyalty point tracking
  • Card balance viewing
  • Reload physical cards
  • Exclusive app-only offers
  • Register Relic Cards
Features
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Stay connected with the LLT SmartFun app! Get exclusive app-only offers and earn loyalty points on all your purchases. Register your physical Relic Cards to your account to see your credit balance, redemption tickets, and loyalty points. Skip the line and reload your Relic Cards right from the app!

Screenshots

Animation Desk® Ultimate4 screens
LLT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LLT at 100% against Animation Desk® Ultimate's 39%. LLT also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Animation Desk® Ultimate's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (300 vs 2). On ads 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

LLT 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. LLT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LLT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Desk® Ultimate has 300 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Animation Desk® Ultimate's written reviews are positive against 100% of LLT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Desk® Ultimate ships an update monthly, LLT every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Animation Desk® Ultimate versus LLT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation Desk® UltimateLLT
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (300 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings300 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size374 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKdan Mobile Software LTDLoveland Laser Tag, LLC

Customer experience

Animation Desk® Ultimate

All ratings299 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral16.9%
Negative43.8%

LLT

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

LLT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

LLT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animation Desk® Ultimate free?
Animation Desk® Ultimate costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is LLT free?
LLT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Animation Desk® Ultimate or LLT?
LLT is rated higher. Animation Desk® Ultimate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 300 ratings, while LLT averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Animation Desk® Ultimate or LLT have ads?
Neither Animation Desk® Ultimate nor LLT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animation Desk® Ultimate or LLT?
Animation Desk® Ultimate ships an update monthly, and LLT every 11 months. Most recently, Animation Desk® Ultimate was updated on October 26, 2026 and LLT on October 7, 2026.

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