I Can Animate vs Picture Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Can Animate
Easily create stop-motion animation movies on your iOS device. Capture frames, adjust settings, and preview your work with intuitive tools. Share your finished animations in various resolutions to social media and cloud storage.
- Capture frames with device camera
- Onion skinning for frame comparison
- Scrollable timeline preview
- Manual and automatic camera controls
- Duplicate and reorder frames
- Time lapse capture
- Export in multiple resolutions
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Create stunning and exciting animation movies quickly and easily. With I Can Animate you can bring the art of creating stop-frame animations to your iOS devices and then share them for all to see. I Can Animate has some really great features: • Capture frames using either camera on your iOS device • Displays onion skinning, so you can easily see the differences between frames you are capturing. • Preview captured frames in the scrollable timeline. • Adjust exposure, white balance and focus automatically or manually lock the settings. • Duplicate & Reorder frames • Review last five frames • Preview whole project • Undo support • Capture automatically using the inbuilt time lapse feature • Standard & Widescreen display • Full 1080p supported (device dependant) • Change playback speed • Rename Projects • Supports a library of multiple projects • Connect a bluetooth keyboard and capture frames without returning to or tapping the device (iOS7+). • Help guide included Share your movies • Export your animation in three movie sizes: medium, large 1080p HD. (iPhone 3Gs only supports medium - 360p export) • Exported animations can be added to your camera roll, Facebook, Youtube & Dropbox. I Can Animate provides hours of fun for both the serious and amateur animators. Join with the thousands of existing users enjoying I Can Animate and begin filming fantastic animations with your. iOS device. There's also a free iBook download on the website.
Picture Play
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Simply purchase your Picture Play photograph on our website, press the scan button in the app and hover your device over your printed photograph and watch it come to life!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Picture Play at Free against I Can Animate's $2.99. I Can Animate's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On 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
Picture Play is free to download; I Can Animate costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
I Can Animate ships an update every 2 months, Picture Play every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I Can Animate | Picture Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kudlian Software | Xanda Ltd. |
In-app purchases
I Can Animate
No in-app purchases
Picture Play
No in-app purchases
Questions
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