Comparison

Sakuga Mobile vs STAGE.KIT

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

Head to head
About

Sakuga Mobile

This app enhances the sakuga viewing experience for artists and fans by providing tools to analyze and interact with high-quality animation sequences. Features include real-time frame counting, segment trimming, and timestamp recognition for quick scene navigation.

Highlights
  • Real-time frame counting
  • Frame stepping
  • Segment trimming for GIFs/images
  • Timestamp recognition in comments
  • Autoplay previews
Features
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Sakuga from Japanese 作画 usually refers to a remarkably higher quality sequence, used to highlight a particularly important scene. Sakuga Mobile helps the sakuga community and artist who work on this scenes by adding some features to the sakugabooru expierence like: - Frames count in real time - Frames step - Trim the segment you want to get the frames images (or GIF) - Recognize time stamp on comments so you can tap on them and see right away when an artist sequence begins. - Autoplay previews ...and more!

About

STAGE.KIT

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Introducing STAGE.KIT: Motion capture made simple for distributed collaboration. STAGE.KIT allows you and your team to easily capture an actors voice and facial expressions. Invite your cast to perform along with your crew. It’s as easy as joining a video call. KEY FEATURES: Capture Collaborative Performances: STAGE.KIT allows you to perform with other actors, not just by yourself. Interaction is key for timing and emotional context, and STAGE.KIT gives you that real-time collaboration. All actors can be captured in the cloud using STAGE.HUB, our cloud based portal that allows you start, stop, and manage your recordings and team. ACTORS, DIRECTORS & VIEWERS: STAGE.KIT gives you a centralized location to perform as well as direct, produce, and watch. We’ve made it easy to include everyone that matters to your production. Actors get an in app digital character to control with their face and voice, along with a video feed for added context and communication. Director have a video and audio connection allowing them to give direction and feedback to the Actors. Everyone else can participate as a Viewer, listening and watching the performance. Viewers can speak as well if needed. Only the Actors audio will ever be recorded, so live feedback during a performance is welcome. OPTIMIZED for ARKit: Leveraging Apple’s 52 blend shapes you can authentically track facial expressions in real time. These captures are visualized locally and can be relayed to Unreal using STAGE.LINK, our Unreal Engine plugin..

Screenshots

Sakuga Mobile4 screens
STAGE.KIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sakuga Mobile at 15.1 against STAGE.KIT's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sakuga Mobile versus STAGE.KIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSakuga MobileSTAGE.KIT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB227 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBryan Martinez CarrizalesEvil Eye Pictures LLC

In-app purchases

None

Sakuga Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

STAGE.KIT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sakuga Mobile free?
Sakuga Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is STAGE.KIT free?
STAGE.KIT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sakuga Mobile or STAGE.KIT have ads?
Neither Sakuga Mobile nor STAGE.KIT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sakuga Mobile or STAGE.KIT?
Sakuga Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and STAGE.KIT every 2 months. Most recently, Sakuga Mobile was updated on October 7, 2026 and STAGE.KIT on October 5, 2026.

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