MotionBook vs Pixelss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotionBook
Create traditional frame-by-frame animations with a natural feel pen and eraser toolset. Manage pages easily with a timeline, utilize onion skinning for reference, and export your creations to video or GIF. Integrated with iOS Files for seamless management.
- Frame-by-frame animation tools
- Natural feel pen and eraser set
- Pressure sensitivity support
- Timeline for page management
- Onion skinning
- Export to video (mp4) or GIF
- iOS Files integration
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MotionBook is built for creative people like you, to discover the fun of making flipbook animations. The MotionBook app provides a set of well designed digital tools for you to create the traditional frame-by-frame animations, on your iPad or iPhone: - A natural feel pen and eraser tool set, which provide various artistic effects include Pencil, Inking Pen, Marker, Paint Brush, Hard & Soft Erasers. And fully support pressure sensitivity of Apple Pencil. - Convenient Undo/Redo. - Use predefined color palette, or customize your own palette. - A "Timeline" to easily manage all your pages. And you can also customize FPS (Frames Per Second). - The "Onion Skin" option allows you to see previous and next pages as reference. - The advanced editing tools help you to quick tweak drawing details, copy drawings and paste to another page, or even paste images from other apps. - Export your animation to video (mp4) or GIF, share to your friends, or even make your own stickers. - Integrated with the iOS Files system, where you can easily manage all your flipbook files. You can also store your files to iCloud, and make them sync'd across your iPhones and iPads. - Various sample templates to help you easily begin your journey to the animation world. - Use a video clip as background, to help you learn to draw pose/gestures with real-world references. Or you can just add interesting hand-draw elements to your favorite videos.
Pixelss
Create pixel art animations with this intuitive application. Design your characters and scenes frame by frame, bringing your creations to life with simple tools. Perfect for aspiring animators and pixel art enthusiasts.
- Pixel art animation creation
- Frame-by-frame design
- Intuitive animation tools
- Character and scene design
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A pixel animation app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixelss at 5.0 against MotionBook's 4.5. Pixelss also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). MotionBook's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. MotionBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pixelss sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixelss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MotionBook has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of MotionBook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixelss's.
MotionBook ships an update every 6 weeks, Pixelss daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotionBook | Pixelss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 亮 彭 | Sounds Creative LLC |
Customer experience
MotionBook
Pixelss
Bugs and requests
MotionBook
Reported bugs
3 issues- Animations getting deleted unexpectedly
- Zooming in/out causing drawing issues
- Inability to purchase premium features
Requested features
5 requests- Add layers and ability to move/edit frames
- Implement fill tool and larger brush sizes
- Allow canvas rotation and more zoom control
- Add audio support for animations
- Improve onion skin visibility and customization
Pixelss
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MotionBook
- MotionBook Full Features$4.99
Pixelss
- Unlock Five Save Slots$1.99
- Unlock Higher Resolution$4.99
- Unlock 64 Frames$4.99
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- Unlock All Save Slots$9.99
