Comparison

MotionBook vs Roomtape

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

Head to head
About

MotionBook

A curated reference library for iOS interface motion and animation. Browse, search, and favorite animation, transition, interaction, and layout projects. Designed for developers and designers to quickly reference UI motion concepts.

Highlights
  • Curated iOS motion and animation library
  • Search by name, author, tag
  • Category filters
  • Favorite libraries
  • Offline browsing
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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MotionBook is a compact reference for iOS interface motion libraries, and the motions actually move. Browse 112 curated animation, transition, menu, alert, indicator, collection and table view projects in one clean library. Every entry shows an animated preview, and 64 libraries ship a live example you can run and touch inside MotionBook, built from the libraries' current releases. Search by library name, author, tag, or package manager, mark favorites, and open the project page when you want to go deeper. Features: - 112 curated iOS motion and animation libraries with GitHub stars, last-update dates and Inactive/Archived badges - Animated preview for each library - Live Demo: 64 examples running in-app (Hero, Koloda, Pow, Vortex, Lottie, Rive, SideMenu, ProgressHUD, and more) - Search across names, authors, descriptions, and tags - Category filters: Animation, Transition, UI, Alert, Menu, Collection View, Table View, Indicator, plus Featured and Live Demo - Favorites synced across your devices through iCloud - Offline browsing for the built-in catalog (previews stream from the public catalog repo) - Project links open only when you choose to visit them - No account, ads, analytics, or tracking SDKs MotionBook is designed as a quick reference for developers and designers discussing interface motion.

About

Roomtape

Features
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Roomtape measures your rooms and tells you exactly how much paint, flooring, baseboard and wallpaper to buy — with the doors and windows taken out. One purchase, no subscription, no account. Everything stays on your device. MEASURE ANY WAY YOU LIKE • Type what your tape measure says: 12' 6", 12 ft 6 1/2 in, 3.81 m or 381 cm all work, in any field • Or walk it: on iPhone, tap Start at one wall and End at the other, and your calibrated stride does the counting • Rectangles and L-shaped rooms (outer box minus the missing corner) • Squareness check: add the corner-to-corner diagonal to see the true corner angle • Switch between feet & inches and metric at any time without losing precision THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER • Floor area, perimeter and volume • Wall area: perimeter × ceiling height, minus every door, window and open passage you record (real sizes and quantities) • Ceiling area and baseboard run (door and passage widths removed; windows don't interrupt trim) MATERIALS WITH A WASTE ALLOWANCE • Flooring for hardwood, LVP/laminate, tile and carpet with pattern-based waste you can adjust • Paint for 1–4 coats, walls with or without the ceiling, at the spread rate printed on your can • Baseboard in 8 ft or 12 ft boards with adjustable waste • Wallpaper single and double rolls with waste for plain, small-repeat and large-repeat patterns • Your choices are saved per room, so the project shopping list matches every room screen PROJECTS • Group rooms into a home, rental or job • Whole-project totals and one combined shopping list • "Ready to order?" shows which rooms are missing a height, dimensions or doors and windows PLANS, PHOTOS AND EXPORTS • Floor plan sketch of every room with each wall labelled (L-shapes included) • Room PDF drawn to 1/4" = 1 ft when it fits, with surfaces, openings, shopping list, notes and photo notes • Project PDF report: cover page with totals and room schedule, then one page per room • CSV for Numbers, Excel or Google Sheets • Photo notes from the camera or your library, with captions FURNITURE FIT • Lay out furniture footprints in a rectangular room, rotate pieces, and see overlap and clearance warnings before you move anything YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE • One-file backup of every room, project, opening, photo and furniture layout; restore by merging or replacing (a safety copy is saved first) • No account, no ads, no tracking, no network access Estimates are quantities only and depend on the measurements you enter. Walked measurements are approximate; use a tape for anything that must fit exactly. Walk-to-measure needs an iPhone with a step counter; typing dimensions works on every iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

MotionBook4 screens
Roomtape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MotionBook at Free against Roomtape's $1.99. MotionBook also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Roomtape's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On update cadence, 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

MotionBook is free to download; Roomtape costs $1.99 up front. MotionBook sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Roomtape asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MotionBook ships an update every 5 days, Roomtape every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MotionBook versus Roomtape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotionBookRoomtape
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeungYoun YIRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

5 purchases

MotionBook

One-time5
  • Remove all Ads$0.99
  • Cheers to Developer$9.99
  • Cheers to Developer$49.99
Show 2 more
  • Cheers to Developer$99.99
  • Cheers to Developer$999.99
None

Roomtape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MotionBook free?
MotionBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roomtape free?
Roomtape costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MotionBook or Roomtape have ads?
Neither MotionBook nor Roomtape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MotionBook or Roomtape?
MotionBook ships an update every 5 days, and Roomtape every 6 days. Most recently, MotionBook was updated on November 2, 2026 and Roomtape on November 5, 2026.

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