Comparison

AnimeMaker Pro vs Stick Nodes Pro

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

Head to head
About

AnimeMaker Pro

Create and share your own flip-book style animations. Draw with various brushes, manage frames, and adjust animation speed. Upload your creations to a web platform to share them globally and interact with other users through comments.

Highlights
  • Drawing with touch
  • Flipbook animation creation
  • Brush customization (width, color)
  • Frame management (add, remove, duplicate)
  • Animation speed adjustment
  • Save and upload animations
  • User comments and communication
Features
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AnimeMaker is app creating and sharing animation, like a flipbook. Your animation can be upload to the web site, and publish it all over the world. You can communicate with other user through comments. Features: -Drawing with touch. -Creating flipbook animation. -Choose width of brush. -Choose brush color from 15 colors. -Undo -Eraser -Adjust animation speed -Adding, Removing,Duplicating, and listing anime frames. -Save and upload your animations. -Post comment to published animations and communicate with other users. Web site: http://anime.kenmaz.net/view You can upload your animation to the web site, and publish it all over the world.

About

Stick Nodes Pro

Create and export your own stickman animations as GIFs or MP4 videos. This app offers tools for drawing, animating, adding sound effects, and importing images. Join a large community of animators and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Create stickman animations
  • Export as GIF or MP4
  • Add sound effects
  • Import images for animation
  • Customizable frame-tweening
  • Movieclips for reusable objects
Features
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Stick Nodes is a powerful stickman animator app created with mobile devices in mind! Inspired from the popular Pivot stickfigure animator, Stick Nodes allows users to create their own stickfigure-based movies and export them as animated videos (GIF or MP4)! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators! ■ This is the PRO VERSION of Stick Nodes. Extra Pro features include ■ ◆ No startup ad ◆ No watermark on exports ◆ Add sound effects to frames ◆ Export to MP4 video (not just GIF) ◆ More stickfigure filters (blur, glow, and more) ■ Features ■ ◆ Import and animate images as well! ◆ Automatic customizeable frame-tweening, make your animations smoother! ◆ A simple camera to pan/zoom/rotate around the scene, similar to the "v-cam" in Flash. ◆ Movieclips allow you to create and reuse/loop animation objects within your projects. ◆ A variety of shapes, color/scale on a per-segment basis, gradients - create any "stickfigure" you can imagine! ◆ Textfields allow for easy text and speech in your animations. ◆ Add all kinds of sounds effects to make your animations epic. ◆ Apply different filters to your stickfigures - transparency, blur, glow, and more. ◆ Join stickfigures together to easily simulate holding/wearing objects. ◆ A large community full of all kinds of interesting people and other animators. ◆ Over 30,000+ stickfigures (and counting) to download from the website. ◆ Export to GIF (or MP4 for Pro) to share your animation online. ◆ Compatibility with pre-3.0 Pivot stickfigure files. ◆ Save/open/share your projects, stickfigures, and movieclips. ◆ And all the other typical animation stuff - undo/redo, onion-skin, background images, and more! * Please note, sounds, filters, and MP4-export are Pro-only features ■ Lanuages ■ ◆ English ◆ Español ◆ Français ◆ Japanese ◆ Filipino ◆ Português ◆ Russian ◆ Türkçe Stick Nodes has a thriving community where animators have a good time, help each other out, show off their work, and even create stickfigures for others to use! There are thousands of stickfigures (and more added daily!) over at the main website https://sticknodes.com/stickfigures/ As of one of the latest updates, Stick Nodes is also a Minecraft™ animator as it allows you to easily import Minecraft™ skins and animate them instantly! Search for "stick nodes" on YouTube to see just a few of the thousands of animations users have made with this stickfigure animation app! If you're looking for an animation creator or an animation maker app, this is it! ■ Stay Updated ■ New updates have been never-ending for Stick Nodes since it's original 2014 release. Keep up-to-date with the latest news and updates about your favorite stick figure animation app and join in with the community! ◆ Website: https://sticknodes.com ◆ Facebook: http://facebook.com/sticknodes ◆ Reddit: http://reddit.com/r/sticknodes ◆ Twitter: http://twitter.com/FTLRalph ◆ Youtube: http://youtube.com/FTLRalph Stick Nodes is *the best* simple animation app available on the iOS market! It's a great tool for learning animation, even in a school setting for students or newbies. At the same time, Stick Nodes is robust enough and powerful enough for even the most skilled animator to really showcase their skills! Thank you for trying out Stick Nodes! Leave any questions/comments below or on the main Stick Nodes website! Common questions are already answered on the FAQ page here https://sticknodes.com/faqs/

Screenshots

AnimeMaker Pro4 screens
Stick Nodes Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stick Nodes Pro at 4.8 against AnimeMaker Pro's 3.9. Stick Nodes Pro also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 57%) and price ($3.99 vs $9.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

AnimeMaker Pro costs $9.99 and Stick Nodes Pro $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stick Nodes Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stick Nodes Pro has 6.6K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of AnimeMaker Pro's written reviews are positive against 91% of Stick Nodes Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnimeMaker Pro ships an update monthly, Stick Nodes Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
AnimeMaker Pro versus Stick Nodes Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimeMaker ProStick Nodes Pro
Price$9.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.9 (16 ratings)4.8 (6.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.5% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings166.6K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#14 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB129 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKentaro MatsumaeForTheLoss Games, Inc

Customer experience

AnimeMaker Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive57.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative30.0%

Stick Nodes Pro

All ratings6,584 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,059 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.0%

Bugs and requests

AnimeMaker Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Stick Nodes Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stick figure demon jumpscare
  • Glitch where downloaded stickfigures don't show up
  • Crashing when trying to select background images

Requested features

16 requests
  • Auto save feature
  • Ability to tint stickfigure without affecting outline
  • Option to import custom sounds
  • Layering for individual segments
  • More onion skin frames
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  • Ability to record own voice and sounds
  • 3D/360 mode
  • Speed up mode
  • Ability to copy/paste stickfigure effects
  • Folders to organize imported files
  • Ability to view animation layers
  • Option to make custom tweened frames
  • Ability to change frames per second
  • Ability to import background videos for reference
  • Multiplayer collaboration
  • Ability to draw custom shapes and props

In-app purchases

None

AnimeMaker Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Stick Nodes Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AnimeMaker Pro free?
AnimeMaker Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stick Nodes Pro free?
Stick Nodes Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AnimeMaker Pro or Stick Nodes Pro?
Stick Nodes Pro is rated higher. AnimeMaker Pro averages 3.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Stick Nodes Pro averages 4.8 from 6.6K ratings.
Do AnimeMaker Pro or Stick Nodes Pro have ads?
Neither AnimeMaker Pro nor Stick Nodes Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnimeMaker Pro or Stick Nodes Pro?
AnimeMaker Pro ships an update monthly, and Stick Nodes Pro every 2 weeks. Most recently, AnimeMaker Pro was updated on October 12, 2026 and Stick Nodes Pro on October 14, 2026.

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