Animation Pocket vs PDFLover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Animation Pocket | PDFLover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arjun Gupte | Sneh Jain |
Customer experience
Animation Pocket
PDFLover
In-app purchases
Animation Pocket
- Upgrade to Pro$0.99
PDFLover
- PDF Lover$4.991 Year








