Comparison

Animation Pocket vs PDFLover

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

Head to head
About

Animation Pocket

Create animations easily with a minimalist, gesture-driven interface. Focus on drawing and timing with a simple toolset, perfect for animatics and movies on the go. Features include auto-save, iCloud sync, and export options.

Highlights
  • Minimalist gesture-driven UI
  • Single brush and eraser tool
  • Continuous auto-save
  • iCloud Sync between iOS devices
  • Export as MP4 and GIF
  • Unlimited Undo/Redo
  • Hand-animated sequence examples
Features
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It’s a animation studio in the palm of your hand. Work on the couch, at the beach, on the train, or while waiting in line for coffee. Minimal UI ,gesture driven workflow and simple feature set lets you create line tests, animatics and movies with ease and speed. Made by an animator, for animators with a focus on pure drawing and timing. The toolset features a single brush and eraser , only in black and white for animation lovers. No complicated menus, layers or hard workflows...simply add frames and animate! Now with all the features you love from Animation Sketch for iPad, Animation Pocket includes: - All-new interface designed exclusively for iPhone - Continuous auto-save - never lose work again - Icloud Sync -seamlessly sync between iOS devices - Export as .MP4 and .GIF - Unlimited Undo/Redo - Dozens of hand animated sequences for you to learn from, including walks, runs, fights and more.

About

PDFLover

This app provides a comprehensive suite of PDF editing tools directly on your device. It allows you to merge, split, compress, rotate, and reorder PDF pages, with advanced features like watermarking and password protection available through a trial.

Highlights
  • Merge multiple PDFs
  • Split PDFs into parts
  • Compress PDF file size
  • Rotate and reorder pages
  • Convert PDF to images
  • Add watermarks and passwords
  • OCR text recognition
Features
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PDF Lover is the all-in-one PDF toolkit for your iPhone and iPad. Get powerful PDF tools right on your device — no uploads, no cloud, completely private. FREE TOOLS: • Merge PDF — Combine multiple PDFs into one • Split PDF — Split a PDF into two parts • Compress PDF — Reduce file size for easy sharing • Rotate PDF — Rotate pages to any angle • Extract Pages — Pull out specific pages • Reorder Pages — Rearrange pages with drag and drop PRO TOOLS (with free trial): • PDF to Images — Convert pages to PNG images • Watermark — Add custom text watermarks • Password Protect — Encrypt PDFs with a password • Sign PDF — Draw and place your signature • Images to PDF — Combine photos into a PDF • Add Page Numbers — Customize position and format • OCR Text Recognition — Extract text from scanned PDFs • Redact PDF — Permanently black out sensitive content All processing happens on your device. Your files are never uploaded anywhere. Terms of Use: https://infernus101.github.io/Legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://infernus101.github.io/Legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Animation Pocket3 screens
PDFLover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDFLover at 100% against Animation Pocket's 25%. PDFLover also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8). Animation Pocket's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Animation Pocket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PDFLover sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDFLover holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Pocket has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Animation Pocket's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDFLover's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Animation Pocket versus PDFLover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation PocketPDFLover
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 30 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GupteSneh Jain

Customer experience

Animation Pocket

All ratings13 ratings
Positive38.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

PDFLover

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Animation Pocket

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$0.99
1 purchases

PDFLover

Subscriptions1
  • PDF Lover$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Animation Pocket free?
Animation Pocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFLover free?
PDFLover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animation Pocket or PDFLover?
PDFLover is rated higher. Animation Pocket averages 2.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while PDFLover averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Animation Pocket or PDFLover have ads?
Neither Animation Pocket nor PDFLover shows ads.

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