Comparison

Stopmotion Animation Studio vs Video2StickFigure

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

Head to head
About

Stopmotion Animation Studio

Create your own stop motion movies with this easy-to-use animation app. Features include frame editing, overlay mode, and full camera control. Share your creations on YouTube and other platforms.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Overlay mode for frame comparison
  • Animation guides
  • Frame editing tools
  • Interactive timeline
  • Auto-save functionality
  • Remote Bluetooth capture
Features
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Get Stopmo Studio, the world’s easiest app to get you into stop motion moviemaking today! All you need is an iPhone or iPad, a tripod, the right software, and a bit of creativity With it’s easy to use interface Stopmo Studio lets you create beautiful movies like Wallace and Gromit or those groovy Lego shorts on YouTube. It's simple to use, deceptively powerful and insanely fun to play with. Stop Motion Studio is a powerful, full-featured stopmotion editor with a whole host of features: • A simplistic, easy-to-use interface • Overlay mode showing the differences between frames • Animation guides to position animated objects more easily • Copy, paste, cut, and insert frames at any position • Interactive timeline so you never get lost, even if you have hundreds of frames • Auto-save, so that you never lose your work • Remote Bluetooth functionality so that you can capture frames without touching the screen • Full camera control with automatic or manual white balance, focus and exposure and expert mode **Share with friends and family: • Save to your photo library or share to YouTube . • Save all images for further processing. **Learn to animate • Watch the included tutorial videos. • Read the comprehensive manual. • Use the animation tips and tricks provided. LIST OF FEATURES: - Shoot using Expert Mode with simple gestures - Simple camera settings for fast shooting - Edit your movie easily using the intuitive timeline - Use Ghosting mode to see previous frames and pose your characters - Export your movie out as a 720p HD .mp4 movie - Share on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram - Auto-save ensures that you'll never lose your work - Bundled making of VIDEO DEMOS provide easy to follow learning

About

Video2StickFigure

Transform live video into animated stick figures in real-time. Save your creations as GIFs or MP4s, customize colors, and share them instantly on social media. It automatically detects a single human figure to generate the animation.

Highlights
  • Real-time stick figure animation
  • Save animations to device
  • Customizable colors
  • GIF and MP4 output
  • Automatic human figure detection
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Take live video and superimpose a stick figure onto the video! * Real time stick figure * Save animation to your device * Change colors! Share with your friends and post to social media! * Choose GIF or mp4 output formats Simply point your camera to someone, or have someone else take a video of you! The app will automatically detect one human figure in the video and will draw head and limbs to create an animated stick figure! Disclaimer: This app comes with full screen ads which will be shown while the animation is encoded. The encoding time is NOT artificially lengthened to show ads.

Screenshots

Stopmotion Animation Studio4 screens
Video2StickFigure3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stopmotion Animation Studio at none against Video2StickFigure's shown. Stopmotion Animation Studio also leads on ratings volume (389 vs 7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Video2StickFigure's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Stopmotion Animation Studio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Video2StickFigure sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Stopmotion Animation Studio against 4.0 for Video2StickFigure. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stopmotion Animation Studio has 389 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of Stopmotion Animation Studio's written reviews are positive against 50% of Video2StickFigure's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stopmotion Animation Studio ships an update every 4 weeks, Video2StickFigure every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stopmotion Animation Studio versus Video2StickFigure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopmotion Animation StudioVideo2StickFigure
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (389 ratings)4.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings389 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GupteYuki Konda

Customer experience

Stopmotion Animation Studio

All ratings385 ratings
Positive69.9%
Neutral7.5%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative50.8%

Video2StickFigure

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Stopmotion Animation Studio

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Camera orientation inverted/upside down
  • App crashes when reaching frame limit
  • Blank white screen when taking pictures
  • Videos duplicate when viewed
  • App force closes and loses unsaved work
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  • Blank screen footage appears in videos
  • App becomes unresponsive/blank screen
  • Crashes on devices with adequate specs

Requested features

8 requests
  • Increase free frame limit to 40-120 frames
  • Add eraser/editing tool for removing support objects
  • Improve camera quality and reduce blur
  • Fix upside-down camera orientation
  • Add auto-save functionality
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  • Reduce or eliminate paywall requirements
  • Fix video duplication issue
  • Better save management system

Video2StickFigure

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stopmotion Animation Studio

One-time2
  • Discount to Pro$7.99
  • Upgrade to Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Video2StickFigure

One-time1
  • Premium Service 6 months$1.99

Questions

Is Stopmotion Animation Studio free?
Stopmotion Animation Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video2StickFigure free?
Video2StickFigure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stopmotion Animation Studio or Video2StickFigure?
Video2StickFigure is rated higher. Stopmotion Animation Studio averages 3.9 out of 5 from 389 ratings, while Video2StickFigure averages 4.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Stopmotion Animation Studio or Video2StickFigure have ads?
Video2StickFigure shows ads; Stopmotion Animation Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, Stopmotion Animation Studio or Video2StickFigure?
Stopmotion Animation Studio ships an update every 4 weeks, and Video2StickFigure every 5 weeks. Most recently, Stopmotion Animation Studio was updated on October 27, 2026 and Video2StickFigure on October 24, 2026.

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