Animation Sketch Pro vs Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hand-drawn animation
- Apple Pencil support
- Layer workflow
- Automatic color fill
- Frame manipulation
- Import/export MP4, GIF, JPG
- Audio import
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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.
Control
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Your AI conversations with complete privacy. Control is a free LLM interface that puts you in charge of your AI experience. Chat with lightweight open source language models while keeping your data completely private. These mobile-optimized models offer basic AI assistance with the trade-off of complete privacy and offline functionality - everything runs locally on your device. This is a basic tool. Privacy & Data Protection: All processing happens on your device with no data collection or sharing. Your conversations never leave your phone and no accounts, logins, or cloud storage are required. Works completely offline with zero network dependencies for chat, no tracking or analytics. Your data stays yours and history resets after every session or 24 hours, whichever comes first, ensuring no persistent data storage. Choice: Choose from various open source language models and switch between models instantly to find the perfect AI assistant for your specific needs. Free and open source with no subscriptions or hidden costs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Control at Free against Animation Sketch Pro's $9.99. Control also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 12 months). Animation Sketch Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Control is free to download; Animation Sketch Pro costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Animation Sketch Pro ships an update every 12 months, Control every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Animation Sketch Pro | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 365 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Arjun Gupte | Carlos Tarrats |
In-app purchases
Animation Sketch Pro
No in-app purchases
Control
No in-app purchases
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