Comparison

Acrobots vs Stick Nodes

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

Head to head
About

Acrobots

A physics-based toy for iPhone and iPad. Drag and toss living bots, watch them interact, and stack them to create structures. Customize their behavior and environment for endless playful experimentation.

Highlights
  • Drag and toss bots
  • Physics-based interactions
  • Stack bots to form structures
  • Shake to scatter bots
  • Customize scale, gravity, balance, speed, and legs
Features
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Acrobots is a mesmerizing, physics-based toy for your iPhone and iPad. - Drag and toss these living bots across the screen. - Watch them tumble and push off each other. - Stack them together to form living structures. - Shake your iPhone to watch the bots scatter. - Customize scale, gravity, balance, stickiness, speed, and number of legs.

About

Stick Nodes

Create custom stickfigure animations with a user-friendly interface. Import images, add sound effects, and export your creations as GIFs or MP4 videos. Join a vibrant community for inspiration and shared resources.

Highlights
  • Stickfigure animation creation
  • Image import for animation
  • Automatic frame-tweening
  • Camera pan, zoom, and rotate
  • Movieclips for reusable objects
  • Sound effects and filters
  • GIF and MP4 export
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 even export them as animated GIFs and MP4 videos! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators! ■ 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

Acrobots4 screens
Stick Nodes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stick Nodes at Free against Acrobots's $0.99. Stick Nodes also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 24) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Acrobots's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Stick Nodes is free to download; Acrobots costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stick Nodes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stick Nodes has 15K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Acrobots's written reviews are positive against 84% of Stick Nodes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Acrobots ships an update every 5 weeks, Stick Nodes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Acrobots versus Stick Nodes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcrobotsStick Nodes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (24 ratings)4.6 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better84.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2415K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVectorparkForTheLoss Games, Inc

Customer experience

Acrobots

All ratings24 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews165 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.5%

Stick Nodes

All ratings14,519 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews1,395 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative10.4%

User reviews

Acrobots

From 24 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Fun and entertaining
  • 👍 Mesmerizing and relaxing
  • 🤖 Clever and unique physics simulation
  • 💻 Great port from the web version
  • 🕰 Good time-waster

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options
  • 💤 Can get boring after a while
  • 💰 Some feel it's not worth the price

Stick Nodes

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Great for beginners
  • 💡 Customizable stick figures
  • 🎥 Smooth animations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Lag issues
  • 🐛 Bugs with importing/downloading
  • 🐛 Glitches with certain features
  • 💰 Pro version paywall

Bugs and requests

Acrobots

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Acrobots disappearing when device is leveled
  • Buttons/controls not always responsive
  • Performance issues with many acrobots on screen

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize individual acrobots (color, size, etc.)
  • More interactive elements (explosives, trampolines, etc.)
  • Ability to pause/freeze the simulation
  • Additional background options
  • Sound effects

Stick Nodes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when downloading stickfigure packs
  • Saving/loading issues with animations
  • Nodes/limbs getting stuck or glitching
  • Unexpected behavior with certain actions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add tutorial/instructions
  • Improve save/export options
  • Implement account system
  • Expand free version features
  • Add drawing/shading tools
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  • Improve performance on older devices
  • Implement background music support

In-app purchases

None

Acrobots

No in-app purchases

None

Stick Nodes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Acrobots free?
Acrobots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stick Nodes free?
Stick Nodes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Acrobots or Stick Nodes?
Stick Nodes is rated higher. Acrobots averages 4.4 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Stick Nodes averages 4.6 from 15K ratings.
Do Acrobots or Stick Nodes have ads?
Neither Acrobots nor Stick Nodes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Acrobots or Stick Nodes?
Acrobots ships an update every 5 weeks, and Stick Nodes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Acrobots was updated on October 16, 2026 and Stick Nodes on October 17, 2026.

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