Looom vs PopFrame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Looom
Create hand-drawn animations with a playful, instrument-like interface. This robust app focuses on loopable animation, offering a dynamic, non-destructive workflow for both beginners and professionals. Explore lines, shapes, and colors in a delightful environment designed for learning and experimentation.
- Hand-drawn animation creation
- Loopable animation focus
- Musical interface inspiration
- Dynamic non-destructive workflow
- Fluid time control
- Infinite canvas
- SVG native file format
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A new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators. Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm. Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age and is already being used by some influential indie animators. A delightful environment to learn, experiment, practice and create drawn animation. Wonderfully musical, Next-gen dynamic non-destructive workflow. FLUID TIME No first frame or last. Looom’s threads are independent in length and speed, always tweak-able. INFINITE CANVAS Lets you go as deep or as far as you want thanks to a completely resolution-independent vector engine. OPEN-ENDED Looom uses SVG as it’s native file format. Your work can be viewed in browsers and opened in desktop animation software.
PopFrame
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PopFrame helps you turn photos and Live Photos into beautiful, frame-breaking creations. Create visual compositions with depth and motion using simple editing tools and elegant templates for portraits, pets, travel, and everyday moments. PopFrame is designed to help users quickly make polished and expressive results. Features: • Turn photos into frame-breaking compositions • Create visual results from Live Photos • Apply templates with depth and motion effects • Adjust composition and visual emphasis • Export images for sharing, wallpapers, stories, and social posts PopFrame makes it easy to turn ordinary photos into striking visual creations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PopFrame at Free against Looom's $9.99. PopFrame also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Looom's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#113 vs unranked). On ads 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
PopFrame is free to download; Looom costs $9.99 up front. PopFrame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Looom asks for nothing beyond the download.
Looom ships an update every 4 months, PopFrame every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Looom | PopFrame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (121 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IORAMA AB | HIROMOTO TSUJI |
Bugs and requests
Looom
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes mid-animation causing work loss
- Grey screen on launch preventing app opening
- Drawing not registering properly
- Frame navigation swiping goes wrong direction
- Accidental marks appearing from sensitive touch controls
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- Eraser functionality not working on some devices
- Zoom controls triggering timeline instead
- Disappearing artwork when switching frames
- Export controls not grabbable on iPad Pro
- Accidental deletion of projects with no recovery option
- Non-Apple Pencil input not recognized without settings change
- Performance issues and stuttering
Requested features
23 requests- Better export options (GIF, video, SVG with proper formatting)
- Increase frame limit beyond 24 frames
- More than 5 layers/threads
- Multiple colors and brush sizes per layer
- Frame duplication and copy-paste functionality
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- Undo/redo gesture support (two-finger tap)
- Shape tools (circles, rectangles, lines)
- Background image import for reference tracing
- Hex color input and color picker tool
- Partial eraser (erase parts of lines, not entire lines)
- Double-tap Apple Pencil to toggle eraser
- Layer naming and hiding capabilities
- Adjustable frame rate and FPS control
- Sound/audio support
- Ability to rearrange frame order
- Onion skin customization (forward and backward)
- Static/pinned layers
- Higher resolution export options
- Video import for rotoscoping
- Pressure sensitivity support
- Animation scene management
- Seamless looping export
- Left-hand mode accessibility
PopFrame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Looom
No in-app purchases
PopFrame
- PopFrame Pro$0.99
