Comparison

Animation Creator Express vs Anime Maker

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

Head to head
About

Animation Creator Express

Create and animate your own drawings with intuitive tools. This app offers a powerful yet simple drawing experience with frame management and sharing options. Bring your imagination to life with high-quality animations.

Highlights
  • Easy frame management
  • Powerful drawing tools
  • High-quality animation playback
  • Export to video and GIF
  • Layer support
  • Onion skinning
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! 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! Express Version Limitations: • Embedded advertisements • 2 animations • 15 frames per animation • 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. =================================== *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

Anime Maker

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

Highlights
  • Drawing with touch
  • Flipbook animation creation
  • Multiple brush colors
  • Frame management
  • Adjustable animation speed
  • Save and upload animations
  • User comments and communication
Features
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"Anime Maker" is the app creating and sharing animation, like a flip-book. 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 -Many brush colors -Fill colors using backet tool -Redo / 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. [Premium membership] Premium membership subscription is required to get access to the following features. - No Ads banners - Background Layer - 20 frames limitation unlock After the free trial period, if offered, the subscription automatically renews with the price and duration given above unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Removing the app doesn’t automatically cancel the subscription. Privacy Policy https://anime.kenmaz.net/privacy_en.html Term of Uses https://anime.kenmaz.net/term_en.html Web site: https://anime.kenmaz.net/ You can upload your animation to the web site, and publish it all over the world.

Screenshots

Animation Creator Express4 screens
Anime Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Animation Creator Express at none against Anime Maker's 4. Animation Creator Express also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Anime Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and rating (3.4 vs 3.1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Anime Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Animation Creator Express asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anime Maker holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 306 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Animation Creator Express's written reviews are positive against 55% of Anime Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Creator Express ships an update every 3 months, Anime Maker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Animation Creator Express versus Anime Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation Creator ExpressAnime Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (306 ratings)3.4 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.4% of reviews55.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3061.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB12 MB
Age rating12+12+
DevelopermiSoftKentaro Matsumae

Customer experience

Animation Creator Express

All ratings306 ratings
Positive43.8%
Neutral16.0%
Negative40.2%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral20.3%
Negative34.3%

Anime Maker

All ratings1,069 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral10.9%
Negative31.5%
Written reviews332 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral15.1%
Negative29.8%

User reviews

Animation Creator Express

From 306 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Good for beginners
  • ⭐ Great animation features
  • ✨ Fun and creative

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited features in free version
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Paywall for full version
  • 📤 Difficult to export animations

Anime Maker

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Good for animating
  • 👍 Helpful community
  • 🤝 Ability to share animations

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited frames without paying
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🙅‍♀️ Inappropriate content
  • 🤖 Presence of bots/spammers

Bugs and requests

Animation Creator Express

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Zooming leaves marks on screen
  • Exporting to YouTube doesn't work
  • Frequent crashes when using certain features

Requested features

4 requests
  • More frames per animation
  • Ability to save animations to camera roll
  • Add audio/music support
  • Improved drawing tools and brushes

Anime Maker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Logging in issues
  • Randomly logging out users
  • Inconsistent performance across devices
  • Unexpected behavior when adding frames

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more drawing tools (e.g. fill bucket, layers)
  • Increase frame limit for free users
  • Implement better content moderation
  • Improve search and discovery features

In-app purchases

None

Animation Creator Express

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Anime Maker

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Membership$0.991 Month
One-time3
  • 20 frames limitation unlock$7.99
  • Hide Advertise Banner$7.99
  • Background Layer$7.99

Questions

Is Animation Creator Express free?
Animation Creator Express is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anime Maker free?
Anime Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animation Creator Express or Anime Maker?
Anime Maker is rated higher. Animation Creator Express averages 3.1 out of 5 from 306 ratings, while Anime Maker averages 3.4 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Animation Creator Express or Anime Maker have ads?
Anime Maker shows ads; Animation Creator Express does not.
Which is updated more often, Animation Creator Express or Anime Maker?
Animation Creator Express ships an update every 3 months, and Anime Maker every 5 days. Most recently, Animation Creator Express was updated on October 15, 2026 and Anime Maker on October 13, 2026.

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