Comparison

Animation Sketch Pro vs Gifting Planner

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

Head to head
About

Animation Sketch Pro

Create hand-drawn 2D animations with precise control using Apple Pencil and iPad. This app offers an intuitive workflow for both beginners and experienced animators, with features like layer management, color fill, and frame manipulation.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn animation
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Layer workflow
  • Automatic color fill
  • Frame manipulation
  • Import/export MP4, GIF, JPG
  • Audio import
Features
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Animate your dreams and bring them to life! An extremely fast hand-drawn animation software using Apple Pencil and iPad for precise brush control and intuitive workflow. Animators will love the simplicity and ease of use which lets them quickly sketch out animations and beginners can focus on improving their drawing and timing. Animation Sketch works seamlessly on all models of iPad. Color your line animations easily with colors automatically going below black lines. Layer workflow means you can seamlessly switch between rough and finished layers. Static layers for layout and background makes scene planning easy. Adding, inserting and duplicating frames is very easy with intuitive UI and drag-drop functionality. Videos and scene files teaching the 12 basic principles of animation included for free. Compatible with Apple Pencil 1st and 2nd Generation. Visit www.animationsketch.net for tutorials, sample works and technical manual. * Color fill automatically goes under black lines for fast coloring * Rough, Layout and background layers for scene planning * Change FPS speed * MP4 ,GIF and JPG import/export for easy rotoscopy and timing * Audio Import .MP3 and .WAV, Scrub in timeline and export out with MP4 * Onion skinning, auto-save and animated previews * Bundled demo scenes and videos for learning * Export and import animation scene files locally * Non-linear background color adjustment * Expert mode and scrub button for fast and interactive timing Animation Sketch is developed by Appy Monkeys, an award winning app developer with over 10 million downloads globally across all platforms and with an extensive suite of user friendly and power creativity apps.

About

Gifting Planner

Features
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Gifting Planner is the app you need for all gifting occasions. Birthdays and Multi Faith Festivals. This Gift Planning app was designed from the ground up with one purpose, for you to Give Great Gifts. How does it do it? Simple… 1 Capture Gift Ideas when Inspiration strikes. This Gift app is super fast for entering your gift ideas so you can use it anytime anywhere. Add a picture, maybe a quick photo of that perfect gift in a store or from the web. Talking of the web, you can assign a URL to a gift if you are buying online. In Gift Planner you can store UNLIMITED gift ideas, only constrained by the spare capacity on your phone. 2 Make a list of Special People. Gifting Planner makes this super easy too, you only enter what is really needed. This comes down to their date of birth and which faith they follow (if you happen to know). This makes Gifting Planner a very special kind of Gift Tracking app - we live in a multi cultural world, this app will keep you aware of the special days in other cultures calendars. Great for friends but even better for business contacts In Gift Planner you can create UNLIMITED special friends, only constrained by the capacity of your phone. Some Faith Festivals change each year, so for a the very low ONE TIME price you get all the updates I release and each December a special release to give you the following years festivals. All included for the life of the app. At your leisure match your gift ideas to the people that will love them the most. And customise the idea for that person. This works great for things like the value of a Gift Voucher. 3 Occasions are at the heart of Gifting and so at the centre of Gifting Planner too. From one quick to use screen get a view of a month at a time; Birthdays and Festivals. From here you can hop to specific users to update the status of their gift or see a list of which of your special friends are likely to be celebrating a religious festival. No adverts. No recurring subscription and ABSOLUTELY no great features locked away behind a paywall. For the very low price of less than you might pay for a coffee you get all the great features plus free maintenance and support for the life of the app. With this Gifting Planner on your phone you will Give Great Gifts. If you have a feature suggestion or need a little support you can get in touch online at edstivala.co.uk/support

Screenshots

Animation Sketch Pro4 screens
Gifting Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gifting Planner at $0.99 against Animation Sketch Pro's $9.99. Gifting Planner also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months). Animation Sketch Pro's advantage is chart position (#191 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

Animation Sketch Pro costs $9.99 and Gifting Planner $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Sketch Pro ships an update every 12 months, Gifting Planner monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Animation Sketch Pro versus Gifting Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation Sketch ProGifting Planner
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size365 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GupteEd Stivala Limited

In-app purchases

None

Animation Sketch Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Gifting Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animation Sketch Pro free?
Animation Sketch Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gifting Planner free?
Gifting Planner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animation Sketch Pro or Gifting Planner have ads?
Neither Animation Sketch Pro nor Gifting Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animation Sketch Pro or Gifting Planner?
Animation Sketch Pro ships an update every 12 months, and Gifting Planner monthly. Most recently, Animation Sketch Pro was updated on November 7, 2026 and Gifting Planner on November 6, 2026.

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