ARC Pilot vs Stopmotion Animation Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARC Pilot
Control your motion control rig using your iPad and a GameVice controller. This app connects to Dragonframe 4 to provide intuitive control over your animation setup.
- Connects to Dragonframe 4
- Drives motion control rigs
- Uses iPad with GameVice
- Intuitive animation control
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Connect to Dragonframe 4 and drive your motion control rig via the iPad + GameVice. After connecting to Dragonframe, you can use your iPad + GameVice to drive your motion control system. Requires Dragonframe 4.2 or newer.
Stopmotion Animation Studio
Create your own stop motion movies with this easy-to-use animation app. Features include frame editing, overlay mode, and full camera control. Share your creations on YouTube and other platforms.
- Easy-to-use interface
- Overlay mode for frame comparison
- Animation guides
- Frame editing tools
- Interactive timeline
- Auto-save functionality
- Remote Bluetooth capture
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Get Stopmo Studio, the world’s easiest app to get you into stop motion moviemaking today! All you need is an iPhone or iPad, a tripod, the right software, and a bit of creativity With it’s easy to use interface Stopmo Studio lets you create beautiful movies like Wallace and Gromit or those groovy Lego shorts on YouTube. It's simple to use, deceptively powerful and insanely fun to play with. Stop Motion Studio is a powerful, full-featured stopmotion editor with a whole host of features: • A simplistic, easy-to-use interface • Overlay mode showing the differences between frames • Animation guides to position animated objects more easily • Copy, paste, cut, and insert frames at any position • Interactive timeline so you never get lost, even if you have hundreds of frames • Auto-save, so that you never lose your work • Remote Bluetooth functionality so that you can capture frames without touching the screen • Full camera control with automatic or manual white balance, focus and exposure and expert mode **Share with friends and family: • Save to your photo library or share to YouTube . • Save all images for further processing. **Learn to animate • Watch the included tutorial videos. • Read the comprehensive manual. • Use the animation tips and tricks provided. LIST OF FEATURES: - Shoot using Expert Mode with simple gestures - Simple camera settings for fast shooting - Edit your movie easily using the intuitive timeline - Use Ghosting mode to see previous frames and pose your characters - Export your movie out as a 720p HD .mp4 movie - Share on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram - Auto-save ensures that you'll never lose your work - Bundled making of VIDEO DEMOS provide easy to follow learning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ARC Pilot at 5.0 against Stopmotion Animation Studio's 3.9. ARC Pilot also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Stopmotion Animation Studio's advantage is ratings volume (383 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Stopmotion Animation Studio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ARC Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.
ARC Pilot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stopmotion Animation Studio has 383 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ARC Pilot | Stopmotion Animation Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.9 (383 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 383 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DZED Systems LLC | Arjun Gupte |
Customer experience
ARC Pilot
Stopmotion Animation Studio
Bugs and requests
ARC Pilot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Stopmotion Animation Studio
Reported bugs
8 issues- Camera orientation inverted/upside down
- App crashes when reaching frame limit
- Blank white screen when taking pictures
- Videos duplicate when viewed
- App force closes and loses unsaved work
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- Blank screen footage appears in videos
- App becomes unresponsive/blank screen
- Crashes on devices with adequate specs
Requested features
8 requests- Increase free frame limit to 40-120 frames
- Add eraser/editing tool for removing support objects
- Improve camera quality and reduce blur
- Fix upside-down camera orientation
- Add auto-save functionality
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- Reduce or eliminate paywall requirements
- Fix video duplication issue
- Better save management system
In-app purchases
ARC Pilot
No in-app purchases
Stopmotion Animation Studio
- Discount to Pro$7.99
- Upgrade to Pro$9.99
Questions
Is ARC Pilot free?
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Which has better reviews, ARC Pilot or Stopmotion Animation Studio?
Do ARC Pilot or Stopmotion Animation Studio have ads?
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