APS Sidekick vs Cascadeur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APS Sidekick
This tool enables artists and animators to integrate ARKit facial capture into VR avatars for VR MocapFusion. Stream facial blendshape data in real-time for full body motion capture or live streaming with popular engines.
- ARKit facial capture for VR avatars
- Real-time blendshape data streaming
- VR MocapFusion integration
- Full body motion capture export
- Live streaming support
- Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender plugins
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The iOS Sidekick allows artists and animators to add ARKit facial capture to VR avatars when playing VR MocapFusion. The Sidekick app streams facial expression blendshapes data to VR MocapFusion for adding real time facecapture to avatars. With SteamVR full body tracking it is possible to record full body avatar motion capture with face capture and can be exported to Blender. Or use the face capture when live streaming. With several plugins available for live streaming using Unreal Engine, Unity or Blender. This app requires running VR MocapFusion on a PC to receive the motion capture data and can be downloaded from Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1540000/Mocap_Fusion__VR/
Cascadeur
Create professional 3D animations with AI and physics assistance. This app simplifies posing, generates in-between frames, and adds realistic motion. Import video references and utilize augmented reality for a more immersive animation workflow.
- AI-assisted posing
- Physics-based motion generation
- AI inbetweening
- Secondary motion controls
- Video reference import
- Augmented reality integration
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Cascadeur is a 3D app that lets you create keyframe animation. Thanks to its AI-assisted and physics tools you can now easily animate on your mobile device and get high quality results. It is also possible to import and export your scenes in the mobile app (via Cascadeur desktop) EASY TO POSE WITH AI AutoPosing is a smart rig powered by neural networks that helps you create poses easier and faster. Cascadeur's easy interface is ideal for touch screens. Move the control points and let the AI position the rest of the body automatically resulting in the most natural pose HANDY CONTROLLERS FOR FINGERS Control fingers with intelligent AutoPosing controllers. Dramatically ease the process of animating hand behaviour and gestures GENERATE ANIMATION WITH AI Create animation sequences based on your keyframes with our AI inbetweening tool EASY TO PHYSICS AutoPhysics allows you to achieve realistic and natural motion, while altering your animation as little as possible. The suggested animation is displayed on a green double of your character ADD LIFE WITH SECONDARY MOTION Adjust the slider to add shakes, bounces and overlaps to make your animation come alive. Very useful for idles, action moves, etc. VIDEO REFERENCE Import videos into your scenes with one click and use them as a reference for your animation EXPERIMENT WITH AR Use AR to position your character in the real world. Or even edit your animation right on your workdesk ENJOY A FULL RANGE OF ANIMATION TOOLS Cascadeur offers a vast variety of animation tools e.g. Trajectories, Ghosts, Copy Tool, Tween Machine, IK/FK Interpolation, Lights Customization and many more! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cascadeur at Free against APS Sidekick's $16.99. Cascadeur also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (303 vs 3). APS Sidekick's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). On ads, device support 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
Cascadeur is free to download; APS Sidekick costs $16.99 up front. Cascadeur sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. APS Sidekick asks for nothing beyond the download.
APS Sidekick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cascadeur has 303 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of APS Sidekick's written reviews are positive against 64% of Cascadeur's.
APS Sidekick ships an update every 21 months, Cascadeur monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APS Sidekick | Cascadeur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $16.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (303 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 64.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 303 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 657 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grant Olsen | Nekki Limited |
Customer experience
APS Sidekick
Cascadeur
Bugs and requests
APS Sidekick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cascadeur
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes after short usage
- Incorrect character model generation from photos
- Glitches with character movements and positioning
Requested features
4 requests- Add more character models
- Implement import/export for custom models and animations
- Add scene editing tools (backgrounds, objects, etc.)
- Improve AI-generated animations
In-app purchases
APS Sidekick
No in-app purchases
Cascadeur
- Cascadeur Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Cascadeur Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year









