Pilo Animation Kit vs Plotagon Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilo Animation Kit
This app allows kids and beginners to easily create animated videos from their drawings. Simple tools let you draw characters, animate them by moving, add sound, and use pre-made backgrounds. Export your creations as MP4 files to share.
- Easy drawing tools with fun colors and shapes
- Animate by simply moving drawings
- Add sound effects and music
- Utilize fun background templates
- Export animations as MP4 videos
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Bring Your Drawings to Life! Turn your ideas into amazing animation with Pilo, the animation and drawing app made for kids and beginners. With Pilo, you just draw once and then move your drawing to create a smooth animation. Our tools are simple, fun, and easy to use, so you can create your first animated video in just a few minutes. Create your first animated video in just a few minutes. • Easy Drawing Tools: Use fun color palettes and simple shapes to create your characters. • Animate in Seconds: Just move your drawing and we'll do the rest. It's like magic! • Add Sound & Music: Make your cartoons talk or add a fun song. • Fun Backgrounds: Start your story with our cool background templates. • Share with the World: Export your video to MP4 and show your friends and family what you made. Download Pilo Animation Kit and start creating your own cartoons today! Terms of Use https://pilo.cc/termsofuse Privacy Policy https://pilo.cc/privacypolicy Contact Us Got questions or ideas? We’re here to help! Email us at support@norilab.io.
Plotagon Studio
Easily create professional-looking animated videos from your ideas. This app provides a rich library of visuals, voices, and tools to craft stories, from fan fiction to educational content. Transform your narratives into shareable video masterpieces in seven simple steps.
- Intuitive storyboard creation
- Diverse location library
- Customizable actor creation
- Dialogue and voice-over recording
- Actor emotions and actions
- Video editing tools (camera angles, fades, filters)
- Save and share as video file
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With this app, we aspire to enable anyone with an idea to effortlessly make professional-looking animated videos. Our customers have used this app to create fan fiction, original narratives, social stories, training material, educational videos, advertising content and much more. Plotagon Studio comes with a rich library of visual content, lifelike voices and creative tools to help bring your stories to life. Have you got an idea and wonder what to do next? Follow along: Step 1: Download this app, obviously! Step 2: Start creating a Plot. Plots are intuitive storyboards that help you easily organize, preview, and develop your story. Step 3: Pick a location that visualises your story. Step 4: Add actors. Create them yourself or pick ones from our library. Step 5: Write dialogues, record voice overs, give your actors emotions and actions, add audio effects. Step 6: Develop your story with our creative tools that allow you to be a video editor in-app. Change camera angles, apply fades and filters. Step 7: Save the Plot as a video file. Share your film masterpiece with friends, family, and on social media! That's it! Seven easy steps to becoming the next big content creator internet sensation!* Educate, entertain and inspire with the best DIY animated movie maker! *Disclaimer: Individual results may vary depending on the quality and virality of produced content! ;-) If you have read this far, we thank you for your attention. We also hope you are convinced that Plotagon Studio is worth your time. Give it a try and let us know what you think at support@plotagon.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.plotagon.com/v2/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://www.plotagon.com/v2/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Plotagon Studio at none against Pilo Animation Kit's shown. Plotagon Studio also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and device support (3 vs 1). Pilo Animation Kit's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Pilo Animation Kit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Plotagon Studio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plotagon Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 784 and 700 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 53% and 52% positive.
Pilo Animation Kit ships an update every 4 days, Plotagon Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilo Animation Kit | Plotagon Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (784 ratings) | 4.5 (700 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better | 52.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 784 — better | 700 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 336 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NORILAB Inc. | Plotagon |
Customer experience
Pilo Animation Kit
Plotagon Studio
User reviews
Pilo Animation Kit
From 784 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Smooth animations
- 💡 Helpful tutorials
- 🎨 Good drawing tools
- 🤝 Friendly community
Room to improve
- 🔒 Limited free features
- 🔒 Paywall for more functionality
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔒 Restricted canvas size
- 🔒 Limited animation frames
Plotagon Studio
From 700 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Ability to use multiple characters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and stability issues
- 🔒 Limited free features
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
Bugs and requests
Pilo Animation Kit
Reported bugs
5 issues- Drawings not saving properly
- Animations not playing back correctly
- Glitches when switching between frames
- Eraser tool not working as expected
- Frequent crashes when opening certain projects
Requested features
5 requests- Add more free templates and characters
- Increase the number of free animation frames
- Allow importing custom images and audio
- Implement a search function in the gallery
- Add a comments section for animations
Plotagon Studio
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos freezing or not loading properly
- Subscription issues and features disappearing
- Landscape mode not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add more voices and sound options
- Improve video export and playback
- Allow more free scenes and characters
- Bring back Acapella voices from Plotagon Story
In-app purchases
Pilo Animation Kit
- Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- PRO - 1 year3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Unlimited Colors$0.99
- 15 Projects$1.99
- PRO Upgrade$7.99
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- Pro Upgrade$9.99
Plotagon Studio
- CREATOR PLAN - Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- PRO PLAN - Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- CREATOR PLAN - Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- PRO PLAN - Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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