Kineo vs Toonable
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.
Toonable
Turn your photos into vibrant cartoons using a variety of fun filters. Easily share your cartoon creations with friends and family. This app offers a simple way to add artistic flair to your images.
- Photo to cartoon transformation
- Variety of fun filters
- Easy sharing with friends
- Artistic image editing
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Transform your photos into colorful cartoons with fun filters and share with friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Toonable at 100% against Kineo's 44%. Toonable also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Kineo's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Toonable sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Toonable holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kineo has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Kineo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Toonable's.
Kineo ships an update every 2 months, Toonable daily. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kineo | Toonable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — 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 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cocoatype, LLC | Steven Marrone |
Customer experience
Kineo
Toonable
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
Toonable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kineo
- Kineo Pro$1.99
Toonable
- 100 Credits$9.99
- 220 Credits$19.99
- 600 Credits$49.99
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- 1300 Credits$99.99
