Comparison

iStopMotion vs Stop Motion Factory

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

Head to head
About

iStopMotion

Create stop motion animations and time-lapse recordings with ease. This app allows users of all ages to tell stories frame by frame, making it a fun creative experience for families and an educational tool for classrooms. Features include camera overlays, instant playback, and audio import.

Highlights
  • Camera Overlay
  • Instant Playback
  • Timeline and Navigator
  • Import or Record Audio
  • Remote Camera Support
  • Flip Book Printing
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Join many thousands of iStopMotion fans and enjoy the excitement of creating stop motion animations (AKA claymation or stop action movies) and time lapse recordings with the highly-rated iStopMotion. You can be a master filmmaker, directing your own blockbuster animation movie. It's fun and easy for everybody from kids to grandparents to tell your story frame by frame, featuring your favorite toys. Turn the time spent with your children into a great creative experience and wow friends and family at your opening night. iStopMotion is also used in hundreds of classrooms all over the world in all disciplines, honing creativity, problem-solving and communication skills in students of all ages. KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS Camera Overlay – Overlay the current live camera image with the previous one and see the changes unfold before your eyes. Animate more quickly and with a higher degree of accuracy. Instant Playback – Being able to play back your work at any time without a long wait leads to instant gratification. Beautiful Timeline and Navigator – Never get lost and quickly navigate through your movie, even if there are hundreds of frames. Import or Record Audio – Easily animate to a prerecorded sound track like the pros or dub your movie after shooting. A waveform view helps you recognize significant events in the sound track making it easy to match sound with the animation. Remote Camera – Position your camera more conveniently and avoid touching the camera device for capturing a frame with iStopMotion Remote Camera (download separately from the app store) - a free complementary app to iStopMotion! Theater – Be inspired by what other people create with iStopMotion or share your own masterpiece with the world. Flip Book Printing – Create a PDF that contains the key frames of your animation to print out and assemble into a nice flip book to show off to your friends and family. For more information, great examples, a forum and tech support go to boinx.com/istopmotion/ HIGH RATINGS FOR ISTOPMOTION "Once again, Boinx has done an excellent job…" – Steve Sande, TUAW.com "I was truly impressed with the quality of movies I could make with this software." – Derrick Story, TheDigitalStory.com *** Winner Macworld Best of Show 2013 *** *** Winner Macworld Best of Show 2012 and Mac Observer Editors Choice Awards ***

About

Stop Motion Factory

Create stop motion animations with ease. Capture individual frames, add text, images, and sound effects, including text-to-speech. Enhance your creations with various filters and utilize voice-activated shooting to prevent camera shake. Share or download each frame to your device.

Highlights
  • Take individual frames
  • Add text and images
  • Add sound and text-to-speech
  • Apply various filters
  • Voice-activated shooting
  • Share or download frames
Features
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Stop Motion Factory is an application dedicated to making stop motion animations. It allows you to easily take pictures and make stop motion animations. - Special feature - . Add text and images You can easily add text and images to the video to make the video content richer. . Add Sound There are many ways to add sound, you can even convert text to speech. . Various filters A lot of filters can make your video more exciting. . Voice-activated shooting The sound can trigger the camera to avoid shaking caused by touching the phone. . Get every frame Every frame taken can be shared or downloaded to the album. ---------------------- VIP description 1. Price -- 1 Month VIP 6 (CNY) -- 1 Year VIP 30 (CNY) 2. Terms Of Service https://dz1992dz.github.io/tos/stop_motion.html 3. Privacy Policy https://dz1992dz.github.io/pp/stop_motion_policy_en.html ---------------------- email: johndong2019@163.com

Screenshots

iStopMotion4 screens
Stop Motion Factory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stop Motion Factory at Free against iStopMotion's $9.99. Stop Motion Factory also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (12K vs 23). iStopMotion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Stop Motion Factory is free to download; iStopMotion costs $9.99 up front. Stop Motion Factory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iStopMotion asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stop Motion Factory holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stop Motion Factory has 12K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of iStopMotion's written reviews are positive against 86% of Stop Motion Factory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iStopMotion ships an update every 2 months, Stop Motion Factory every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
iStopMotion versus Stop Motion Factory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriStopMotionStop Motion Factory
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (23 ratings)4.7 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2312K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoinx Software International GmbH壮 董

Customer experience

iStopMotion

All ratings23 ratings
Positive65.2%
Neutral13.0%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative32.0%

Stop Motion Factory

All ratings11,121 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews725 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative7.6%

User reviews

iStopMotion

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for stop motion animation
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🔍 Useful onion skinning feature
  • 📱 Ability to use iPhone as remote camera

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔒 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🔒 Doesn't work on iPad 1
  • 🔒 Remote camera feature not reliable
  • 🔒 Inability to reorganize frames

Stop Motion Factory

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Smooth animations
  • 💡 Onion skinning feature
  • 👍 Great for beginners
  • 👍 Lots of customization options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🔒 Limited audio features without paying
  • 🔒 Restricted camera orientation
  • 🔒 Watermark on free version

Bugs and requests

iStopMotion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frames disappearing or showing as black screens
  • Exported videos not saving properly
  • Remote camera connection issues
  • App crashing on launch or during use

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to import images from camera roll
  • Implement voice recording and audio editing
  • Add option to loop animations
  • Improve focus and exposure controls
  • Implement frame reordering and editing

Stop Motion Factory

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty transferring projects between devices
  • Audio issues when exporting videos
  • Camera focus problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More sound effects and audio options
  • Ability to reorder frames
  • Rig removal tool
  • Landscape camera mode
  • Ability to import photos from camera roll

In-app purchases

None

iStopMotion

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Stop Motion Factory

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Vip$0.991 Month
  • 1 Year Vip$4.491 Year

Questions

Is iStopMotion free?
iStopMotion costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stop Motion Factory free?
Stop Motion Factory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iStopMotion or Stop Motion Factory?
Stop Motion Factory is rated higher. iStopMotion averages 3.8 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Stop Motion Factory averages 4.7 from 12K ratings.
Do iStopMotion or Stop Motion Factory have ads?
Stop Motion Factory shows ads; iStopMotion does not.
Which is updated more often, iStopMotion or Stop Motion Factory?
iStopMotion ships an update every 2 months, and Stop Motion Factory every 5 weeks. Most recently, iStopMotion was updated on November 10, 2026 and Stop Motion Factory on November 11, 2026.

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