Comparison

Anime Maker vs Animation Desk® Ultimate

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

Head to head
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.

About

Animation Desk® Ultimate

Create frame-by-frame animations from scratch or over existing media. This app offers a robust set of drawing tools, layer support, and various export options for your animated projects. It's designed for both beginners and experienced animators.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame animation creation
  • Import Photoshop layers (PSD)
  • Animate over videos and images
  • Advanced drawing tools and brushes
  • Onion skinning with color-coding
  • Multiple export formats (video, GIF, PDF, PSD)
  • Add music to animations
Features
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Dream big with Animation Desk. Draw frame-to-frame animation from scratch, or create animations upon videos, images, Photoshop layers. Animation Desk supports multiple export formats. Create animation on your iPad and iPhone with Animation Desk. AWARDS - Featured in Top100 iPad Entertainment apps in 86 App Stores - Featured by Apple on iTunes Home Page - Featured by Yahoo Tech - Featured by TechCrunch - Recommended by EdTech Impact, Edshelf, EducationalAppStore.com, All about apps in YOUR classroom, iPad Educators CREATE ANIMATION • Import Photoshop layers (PSD) • Make animation over videos and pictures • Create animations with a different aspect ratio, FPS, and duration DRAWING TOOLS • Brushes and Erasers • Custom Brush • Onion skin • Color-coded onion skinning • Selection tools • Layers • Color palettes for developing and managing color schemes • Caption* • Perfect with Apple Pencil 1,2, Wacom and Adonit styli HELPFUL TOOLS • Frame tags • Ruler tools • Frame viewer and timeline • Zoom-in and zoom-out • Canvas rotation EXPORT • Export individual frame into image • Export videos • Export PSD layers, PDF, and GIF (up to 640x480 px), PDF* • Export video with different aspect of ratio • Add music to the animations • Combine multiple animation sequences into an animatic storyboard CAN WE GIVE A HAND? Got a question? Contact us at helpdesk@kdanmobile.com or check out http://support.kdanmobile.com Term of Use: https://www.kdanmobile.com/en/terms_of_service Privacy Policies: https://www.kdanmobile.com/en/privacy_policy

Screenshots

Anime Maker4 screens
Animation Desk® Ultimate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Anime Maker at Free against Animation Desk® Ultimate's $9.99. Anime Maker also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (54% vs 39%). Animation Desk® Ultimate's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Anime Maker is free to download; Animation Desk® Ultimate costs $9.99 up front. Anime Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Animation Desk® Ultimate sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animation Desk® Ultimate holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 299 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Anime Maker's written reviews are positive against 39% of Animation Desk® Ultimate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anime Maker ships an update every 11 days, Animation Desk® Ultimate monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Anime Maker versus Animation Desk® Ultimate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnime MakerAnimation Desk® Ultimate
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating3.4 (1.1K ratings)4.0 (299 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews — better39.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better299
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB374 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKentaro MatsumaeKdan Mobile Software LTD

Customer experience

Anime Maker

All ratings1,070 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral14.6%
Negative31.9%

Animation Desk® Ultimate

All ratings299 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral16.9%
Negative43.8%

User reviews

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

Animation Desk® Ultimate

From 299 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for beginners/amateurs
  • 🎨 Decent set of brushes and tools
  • 💯 Excellent for frame-by-frame animation
  • 🎥 Useful for creating storyboards and rough animations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Laggy and unresponsive at times
  • 🎨 Drawing tools lack precision and smoothness
  • 🔀 Issues with layer management and frame duplication
  • 💰 Expensive for the current feature set

Bugs and requests

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

Animation Desk® Ultimate

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frames randomly disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Layers merging unexpectedly or not behaving as expected
  • Crashes when trying to import certain media files
  • Onion skin and playback issues causing problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more brush customization options
  • Improve the timeline and layer management tools
  • Implement a better undo/redo system
  • Allow importing and syncing of audio for lip-syncing
  • Provide more export options beyond just video

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
10 purchases

Animation Desk® Ultimate

Subscriptions5
  • Kdan Cloud$2.991 Month
  • All Access Pack-1 Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Kdan Cloud$9.991 Year
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  • All Access Pack-3 Months3 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • All Access Pack - 1 Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time5
  • 10 Kdan Credits$0.99
  • 100 Kdan Credits$7.99
  • 200 Kdan Credits$15.99
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  • 500 Kdan Credits$37.99
  • 1000 Kdan Credits$59.99

Questions

Is Anime Maker free?
Anime Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Animation Desk® Ultimate free?
Animation Desk® Ultimate costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anime Maker or Animation Desk® Ultimate?
Animation Desk® Ultimate is rated higher. Anime Maker averages 3.4 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Animation Desk® Ultimate averages 4.0 from 299 ratings.
Do Anime Maker or Animation Desk® Ultimate have ads?
Anime Maker shows ads; Animation Desk® Ultimate does not.
Which is updated more often, Anime Maker or Animation Desk® Ultimate?
Anime Maker ships an update every 11 days, and Animation Desk® Ultimate monthly. Most recently, Anime Maker was updated on September 24, 2026 and Animation Desk® Ultimate on September 24, 2026.

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