Comparison

Animation Creator HD vs Plotagon Story

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

Head to head
About

Animation Creator HD

Create and animate your ideas with powerful drawing tools and frame management. Export your creations to video or GIF, and share them with others. Offers advanced features like layers, onion skinning, and audio integration for professional-quality animations.

Highlights
  • Intuitive drawing tools
  • Frame management and onion skinning
  • Layer support
  • Export to video and GIF
  • Audio manager
  • Import backgrounds and layers
Features
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What do you get when you combine the most popular iPad drawing apps and the #1 hottest animation app? - Animation Creator HD! Easily Create Awesome Animations any time! An "App Store Essential: Painting & Drawing" Plus, Share Animations on Cineverse* for Free! Animation Creator HD allows your creativity to come to life on your iPad or iPad Mini. Be the director! Simple, yet powerful drawing tools, color options, and easy frame management, limited only by your imagination! Create amazing, life-like animations with Retina quality and the high frame rate playback of Animation Creator HD! The only Animation Brand to hit the Top 10! Animation Creator's Amazing Honors: App Store Essentials: Painting & Drawing! #1 Paid Entertainment App! #10 Top Overall Paid Apps! Apple Staff Favorite! Apple Retail Store Featured Display! App Store 'What's Hot' in 50 Countries! • Ultra HD 4K, 1920x1080, 1280x720 & more! • No limits, Infinite frames and animations • Export to Video and share • Export to Animated GIF and share • Email Project and share • Audio Manager tool • Import background/layer from Photo Library and Camera • Layers, highly configurable • Superior frame management • Animation scrub tool • Smooth, high-quality drawing experience • Full screen editing, no annoying tools in the way • Paint brush, with various stroke types • Pencil • Pen, with ink flow effect • Spray can • Eraser • Line • Rectangle • Fill, with adjustable tolerance • Line width selection • Circle • Select/Cut/Copy/Paste/Scale • Undo/Redo - no limit! • Frame positioning and rotation • Color selection palettes, sliders, and wheels • Zooming and panning • On the fly frame rate adjustment • 'Onion Skinning', overlay of previous/next frame * Cineverse is a cloud-based photo & video social site where users freely share and enjoy creative content with others around the world. Right to access Cineverse is offered only to registered iTunes users who are of appropriate age under applicable law in their territory, please contact miSoft or iTunes support with questions. See for yourself why Animation Creator is one of a kind! Take your animations to the next level with Audio and HD! =================================== *Please rate this app!* Your kind Ratings help keep the updates coming! Thanks to everyone for your support! =================================== New features are planned regularly, including more drawing tools, more animation sharing methods, photo importing, and much much more! Thanks to everyone for their feedback, we listen! All Data & Info ©, ™, ® 2008/2020 miSoft, LLC.

About

Plotagon Story

Easily create animated movies by choosing scenes, designing actors, and writing your script. Turn your text into film with this award-winning storytelling tool, perfect for sharing your creations on social media.

Highlights
  • Create custom actors
  • Choose from various scenes
  • Write and animate stories
  • Record voiceovers
  • Add sound effects and music
  • Share movies on social media
Features
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Want to try the easiest and most fun way to create animated movies ever invented? This is how easy it is: 1 Choose a scene 2 Create your own actors 3 Write your story and let Plotagon make it come to life 4 Save your masterpiece and share it with the world! Please use #Plotagon when sharing. We’re always looking out for the next blockbuster! Get Plotagon Story and experience this award-winning storytelling tool! We literally TURN TEXT TO FILM! ● Create yourself, a celebrity or your friends to act in your movie ● Record your own voice, add sound effects and music ● Share your story on YouTube and other social media apps Plotagon is an award-winning storytelling tool for all ages. With this app, you essentially have an animation studio in the palm of your hand. What's on your mind? For Plotagon Terms of Use please refer to: https://www.plotagon.com/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Plotagon Story at Free against Animation Creator HD's $3.99. Plotagon Story also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Animation Creator HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Plotagon Story is free to download; Animation Creator HD costs $3.99 up front. Plotagon Story sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Animation Creator HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animation Creator HD holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Animation Creator HD's written reviews are positive against 51% of Plotagon Story's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Creator HD ships an update every 3 months, Plotagon Story every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Animation Creator HD versus Plotagon Story: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation Creator HDPlotagon Story
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (1.8K ratings) — better3.5 (3.9K ratings)
Positive reviews58.2% of reviews — better51.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K3.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB349 MB
Age rating12+12+
DevelopermiSoftPlotagon

Customer experience

Animation Creator HD

All ratings1,784 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral12.6%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews294 reviews
Positive58.2%
Neutral20.1%
Negative21.8%

Plotagon Story

All ratings3,876 ratings
Positive60.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative27.9%
Written reviews464 reviews
Positive51.3%
Neutral16.6%
Negative32.1%

User reviews

Animation Creator HD

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient for beginners
  • 🚀 Great for quick animations
  • 💡 Affordable price point

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Buggy fill tool
  • 🐛 Inconsistent brush strokes
  • 🐛 Inability to export animations
  • 💡 Limited brush/tool options

Plotagon Story

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Entertaining
  • 🚀 Awesome
  • 👍 Love the app
  • 👍 Recommend

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy
  • 🐛 Buggy
  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🔒 Too many ads
  • 💰 Expensive

Bugs and requests

Animation Creator HD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to export animations
  • Upside down animations after device rotation
  • Disappearing/glitched animations after updates
  • Unresponsive drawing area with Apple Pencil

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add text feature
  • Implement layer management improvements
  • Introduce more brush types and customization
  • Implement a stabilizer tool
  • Allow importing audio files
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  • Add scaling/mirroring tools
  • Expand onion skinning capabilities

Plotagon Story

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Infinite loading issues
  • Subscription/purchase restoration problems
  • Disappearing content after updates
  • Scenes not loading properly
  • Dialogue not working as expected
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  • Exporting/saving issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more free voices
  • Allow more than 2 characters in a scene
  • Add ability to create own backgrounds
  • Add more actions (walking, holding objects, etc.)
  • Add character customization options (age, height, etc.)
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  • Add ability to import custom audio/music
  • Add pets and animals
  • Improve voice acting and lip-syncing

In-app purchases

None

Animation Creator HD

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Plotagon Story

Subscriptions5
  • Bronze subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Silver subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Silver voice subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • Gold subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Gold voice subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time5
  • Red car (driving)$0.99
  • Cute style$0.99
  • School$3.99
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  • Cars$3.99
  • Golden ticket$49.99

Questions

Is Animation Creator HD free?
Animation Creator HD costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plotagon Story free?
Plotagon Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animation Creator HD or Plotagon Story?
Animation Creator HD is rated higher. Animation Creator HD averages 3.9 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Plotagon Story averages 3.5 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Animation Creator HD or Plotagon Story have ads?
Plotagon Story shows ads; Animation Creator HD does not.
Which is updated more often, Animation Creator HD or Plotagon Story?
Animation Creator HD ships an update every 3 months, and Plotagon Story every 5 weeks. Most recently, Animation Creator HD was updated on October 13, 2026 and Plotagon Story on October 12, 2026.

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