Comparison

Animation Sketch Pro vs Grass

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

Grass

Features
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Grass — Focus, Visualized Turn your focused time into visible progress. Grass is a simple focus timer and session tracker that transforms every completed session into a colorful block on your daily timeline and a patch in your growing field. See when you focused, when you rested, and how your focus habits develop over time. There is no complicated productivity system to manage. Choose a duration, start the timer, and focus on what matters. Whether you prefer short study sessions or longer deep-work blocks, every completed session becomes part of your progress. Grow your Grass. Grow yourself. Key Features - Simple Focus and Break Timer Start a focus or break session in seconds with a clean, distraction-free interface. - Daily Focus Timeline See exactly when you focused, rested, and completed each session throughout the day. - Visual Focus History Explore your focus patterns across days, weeks, and months as your completed sessions grow into a field. -Focus Statistics Check your completed sessions, total focus time, break count, and break time at a glance. -Flexible Session Tracking Name your activities, choose colors, and edit or delete completed sessions whenever needed. -Study and Deep-Work Support Use Grass for studying, reading, writing, creative work, daily routines, or Pomodoro-style focus sessions. -iCloud Sync Keep your focus history synchronized across your Apple devices. -Light and Dark Mode Use Grass comfortably throughout the day and night.

Screenshots

Animation Sketch Pro4 screens
Grass3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Grass at Free against Animation Sketch Pro's $9.99. Grass also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months). Animation Sketch Pro's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). 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

Grass 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Sketch Pro ships an update every 12 months, Grass every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Animation Sketch Pro versus Grass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation Sketch ProGrass
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size365 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GuptePaul Kim

In-app purchases

None

Animation Sketch Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Grass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animation Sketch Pro free?
Animation Sketch Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grass free?
Grass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animation Sketch Pro or Grass have ads?
Neither Animation Sketch Pro nor Grass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animation Sketch Pro or Grass?
Animation Sketch Pro ships an update every 12 months, and Grass every 9 days. Most recently, Animation Sketch Pro was updated on September 30, 2026 and Grass on September 25, 2026.

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