APS Sidekick vs CannyArt
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/
CannyArt
Create anime-style images and doodles with AI assistance. Choose from a wide range of styles and characters for free, real-time image generation. Perfect for otaku and fan creators to bring their ideas to life.
- AI image generation
- Anime and fan art styles
- Doodle creation
- Real-time image generation
- Vast array of styles and characters
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CannyArt is an AI painting tool designed for otaku and fan creators, where you can express your creativity through doodling and have AI assist in generating the images you desire. With a vast array of styles and characters to choose from, and free, low-barrier real-time image generation, come and play with CannyArt!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: APS Sidekick at 100% against CannyArt's 50%. APS Sidekick also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). CannyArt's advantage is price (Free vs $16.99) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 21 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
CannyArt is free to download; APS Sidekick costs $16.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
APS Sidekick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of APS Sidekick's written reviews are positive against 50% of CannyArt's.
APS Sidekick ships an update every 21 months, CannyArt every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APS Sidekick | CannyArt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $16.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Grant Olsen | Echo INTERNATIONAL HK LIMITED |
Customer experience
APS Sidekick
CannyArt
In-app purchases
APS Sidekick
No in-app purchases
CannyArt
No in-app purchases
