Comparison

Anime Maker vs Stick Nodes Pro

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

Stick Nodes Pro

Create and export your own stickman animations as GIFs or MP4 videos. This app offers tools for drawing, animating, adding sound effects, and importing images. Join a large community of animators and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Create stickman animations
  • Export as GIF or MP4
  • Add sound effects
  • Import images for animation
  • Customizable frame-tweening
  • Movieclips for reusable objects
Features
Currently charting
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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 export them as animated videos (GIF or MP4)! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators! ■ This is the PRO VERSION of Stick Nodes. Extra Pro features include ■ ◆ No startup ad ◆ No watermark on exports ◆ Add sound effects to frames ◆ Export to MP4 video (not just GIF) ◆ More stickfigure filters (blur, glow, and more) ■ 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

Anime Maker4 screens
Stick Nodes Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Anime Maker at Free against Stick Nodes Pro's $3.99. Anime Maker also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Stick Nodes Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (91% vs 55%). On 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; Stick Nodes Pro costs $3.99 up front. Anime Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Stick Nodes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stick Nodes Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stick Nodes Pro has 6.6K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Anime Maker's written reviews are positive against 91% of Stick Nodes Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anime Maker ships an update every 5 days, Stick Nodes Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
Anime Maker versus Stick Nodes Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnime MakerStick Nodes Pro
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.4 (1.1K ratings)4.8 (6.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews91.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K6.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#9 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB129 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKentaro MatsumaeForTheLoss Games, Inc

Customer experience

Anime Maker

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

Stick Nodes Pro

All ratings6,584 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,065 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.0%

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

Stick Nodes Pro

From 6.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Top two animation software
  • 🚀 Very fun and highly recommended
  • 👍 Highly recommend for beginners and pros
  • 👍 Recommended for animating without drawing
  • 👍 Worth the money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when saving
  • 🐛 Sounds not working
  • 🐛 Glitch with importing custom files
  • 🐛 App crashes when opening project
  • 🐛 Glitch with movie clips and tweening

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

Stick Nodes Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stick figure demon jumpscare
  • Glitch where downloaded stickfigures don't show up
  • Crashing when trying to select background images

Requested features

16 requests
  • Auto save feature
  • Ability to tint stickfigure without affecting outline
  • Option to import custom sounds
  • Layering for individual segments
  • More onion skin frames
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  • Ability to record own voice and sounds
  • 3D/360 mode
  • Speed up mode
  • Ability to copy/paste stickfigure effects
  • Folders to organize imported files
  • Ability to view animation layers
  • Option to make custom tweened frames
  • Ability to change frames per second
  • Ability to import background videos for reference
  • Multiplayer collaboration
  • Ability to draw custom shapes and props

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
None

Stick Nodes Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anime Maker free?
Anime Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stick Nodes Pro free?
Stick Nodes Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anime Maker or Stick Nodes Pro?
Stick Nodes Pro is rated higher. Anime Maker averages 3.4 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Stick Nodes Pro averages 4.8 from 6.6K ratings.
Do Anime Maker or Stick Nodes Pro have ads?
Anime Maker shows ads; Stick Nodes Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Anime Maker or Stick Nodes Pro?
Anime Maker ships an update every 5 days, and Stick Nodes Pro every 2 weeks. Most recently, Anime Maker was updated on October 22, 2026 and Stick Nodes Pro on October 21, 2026.

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