Kineo vs QuikAnimate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kineo
Create hand-drawn flipbook-style animations on your iPhone or iPad. The app provides drawing tools with ghosting features for easy animation creation and sharing. It supports Apple Pencil and iCloud sync for seamless workflow.
- Flipbook-style drawing tools
- Ghosting for next frame reference
- Apple Pencil support
- iCloud automatic syncing
- Share animations on social media
- Use animations as Messages stickers
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With Kineo, you can create stunning hand-drawn animations on your iPhone or iPad. Kineo’s flipbook-style drawing tools make it easy for you to create and share your animations with the world. Kineo shows you faint reminders of the last few pages, making it easy to draw the next. When you’re done, you can share your creation on your favorite social networks; you can even use your very own animations as stickers in the Messages app! While Kineo makes it easy to create basic animations, it definitely doesn’t stop there. Kineo’s great support for the Apple Pencil lets your creativity flow. Use multi-window mode on iPad to preview your animation as you draw it. Need to take your work on the go? Kineo syncs automatically over iCloud so you can take your animations with you, no matter what device you’ve got on hand.
QuikAnimate
Easily create engaging animated videos using sprites, text, and music. Intuitive touch controls allow for real-time motion recording and frame-by-frame editing. Perfect for social media clips, explainers, and animated stories.
- Multi-sprite animation
- Frame-by-frame editing
- Real-time motion recording
- Advanced transforms
- Group selection
- Multiple aspect ratios
- Audio import
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**QuikAnimate makes animation fast, fun, and easy.** Create scroll-stopping videos with sprites, text, emojis, and music—no steep learning curve required. Design with touch-first controls: pinch to scale, rotate with two fingers, drag to position, and record motion in real time. From quick social clips to polished explainers, QuikAnimate helps you turn ideas into shareable videos in minutes. **Why creators love QuikAnimate** • Direct multi-sprite animation with independent control • Frame-by-frame editing up to 24 FPS • Real-time reactive recording for natural motion • Advanced transforms: position, rotation, scale, and layer order • Undo/redo for worry-free experimentation • Group selection to animate multiple elements together **Built for every platform** • 16:9 (YouTube) • 9:16 (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) • 1:1 (square posts) **More powerful tools** • Precise timeline scrubber for frame-perfect edits • Drag-and-drop Z-order layer management • Audio import support: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC • Save and load projects anytime • Theater mode for distraction-free playback Perfect for animated stories, social content, product demos, and explainer videos. **Start creating with QuikAnimate today—where creativity meets simplicity.**
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Verdict
Kineo and QuikAnimate both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of QuikAnimate's written reviews are positive against 44% of Kineo's. QuikAnimate also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Kineo's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 13) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Kineo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and QuikAnimate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kineo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Kineo's written reviews are positive against 80% of QuikAnimate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kineo ships an update every 2 months, QuikAnimate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kineo | QuikAnimate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (56 ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cocoatype, LLC | Smart Bros Ltd co |
Customer experience
Kineo
QuikAnimate
Bugs and requests
Kineo
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes when holding finger while creating new page
- Crashes when deleting slides (requires multiple attempts)
- Crashes with animations exceeding 400 pages
- Drawing glitch causing curves to become straight lines
- App crashes randomly during use
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- App closes when home button pressed during work
- Update overwrites and deletes saved animations
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions
- App crashes when trying to change pages
- Stability issues with large animation files
Requested features
21 requests- Zoom in/out capability
- Adjustable frame rate/animation speed
- Copy and paste frames
- Fill/bucket tool
- Eraser tool with dedicated button
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- Variable brush sizes
- Layers and timeline system
- Onion skin customization (color, opacity, toggle)
- Export animations as GIF or video
- Share animations via email or social media
- Undo/redo buttons
- Adjustable canvas ratio
- Import photos and backgrounds
- Print physical flip books
- Stylus support
- More color options and color wheel
- Basic shape tools (circle, line, square)
- Loop playback option
- Magnified drawing view
- Frame duplication
- Settings menu and help documentation
QuikAnimate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kineo
- Kineo Pro$1.99
QuikAnimate
- recording coins$0.99
