Comparison

videWatch Free vs Stick Nodes

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

Head to head
About

videWatch Free

Discover and watch videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and Veoh with advanced search options. Organize favorites, connect your YouTube account, and share videos with friends.

Highlights
  • Search YouTube and Dailymotion with advanced options
  • Discover trending videos by category, views, and popularity
  • Connect YouTube account to manage playlists and subscriptions
  • Create custom video groups
  • Share videos to social media and email
  • In-app web browser for direct access to video sites
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You can search videos from YouTube and Dailymotion with various options. This app is not just a regular keyword search for videos, by category, by views, by popularity, different languages​​, you can find other videos from the most popular country right now. In addition, you can check your iPhone by a wide variety of popular videos right now the best in the area of your iphone language. If you liked the video, you can post them from this app to SNS. For example, Twitter, Facebook and Hatena bookmark. It is also possible to let you know your favorite videos to friends via email. If you have a YouTube account, this app works with your YouTube playlists, subscriptions, favorite videos, uploaded videos, you can immediately see and receive messages. Even if you have a YouTube account, you can save your favorite video into this application with creating a group to watch. Vimeo and Veoh are supported to direct web access from this app interface. * This app is free but include ads. If you control in full window, you can get shareware version. ----- NOTE: The application requires internet connection (wi-fi or cellular) to search and watch videos. ----- ======================== Main Features ======================== --Search YouTube and Dailymotion with keyword and many options. --Show trend of videos with several patterns (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Popularity, Each area and so on). --Connect your YouTube account. and manage your YouTube activity from this app. --After viewing, you can comment or reply to other user's commnet. --Create a inner favorite group and add video to the group without YouTube account. --Community function(posting to twitter, Facebook and Hatena Bookmark (*Japanese service), email). --Access to services directry with inner web browser (YouTub, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Veoh, Niconico douga). ======================== Free version limitation ======================== --Show ads in this app. --Invalid rate and comment to the video. --invalid add to YouTube favorite and playlist. *************************** INPORTANT NOTICE *************************** Not recommended for video display in all languages ​​and countries is not mandatory.

About

Stick Nodes

Create custom stickfigure animations with a user-friendly interface. Import images, add sound effects, and export your creations as GIFs or MP4 videos. Join a vibrant community for inspiration and shared resources.

Highlights
  • Stickfigure animation creation
  • Image import for animation
  • Automatic frame-tweening
  • Camera pan, zoom, and rotate
  • Movieclips for reusable objects
  • Sound effects and filters
  • GIF and MP4 export
Features
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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 even export them as animated GIFs and MP4 videos! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators! ■ 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

videWatch Free4 screens
Stick Nodes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stick Nodes at 4.6 against videWatch Free's 3.0. Stick Nodes also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 45%) and ratings volume (15K vs 3). videWatch Free's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (4.0 vs 14.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stick Nodes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stick Nodes has 15K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of videWatch Free's written reviews are positive against 85% of Stick Nodes's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
videWatch Free versus Stick Nodes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametervideWatch FreeStick Nodes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings315K — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS4.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB123 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDigi-Dtate Co., Ltd.ForTheLoss Games, Inc

Customer experience

videWatch Free

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative36.4%

Stick Nodes

All ratings14,519 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews1,416 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.4%

Bugs and requests

videWatch Free

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Stick Nodes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when downloading stickfigure packs
  • Saving/loading issues with animations
  • Nodes/limbs getting stuck or glitching
  • Unexpected behavior with certain actions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add tutorial/instructions
  • Improve save/export options
  • Implement account system
  • Expand free version features
  • Add drawing/shading tools
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  • Improve performance on older devices
  • Implement background music support

In-app purchases

None

videWatch Free

No in-app purchases

None

Stick Nodes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is videWatch Free free?
videWatch Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stick Nodes free?
Stick Nodes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, videWatch Free or Stick Nodes?
Stick Nodes is rated higher. videWatch Free averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Stick Nodes averages 4.6 from 15K ratings.

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