Stop Animator vs Stop Motion Video Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stop Animator
Create stop motion and time-lapse videos with ease. Features include a full-screen capture window, adjustable frame rates, and helpful tools like onion skinning and grids for precise frame composition. Save your progress in projects and capture automatically at set intervals.
- Full-screen capture window
- Adjustable frame rate
- Onion skinning and grid tools
- Automatic interval capture
- Project saving and resuming
- Portrait and landscape support
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Stop Animator is perfect for anyone interested in making stop action or time lapse videos. • Full-screen capture window gets you a close-up view of each frame before it is captured • Support for both portrait and landscape orientations • Saves all your work to projects that can be picked up again later • Adjustable frame rate allows for complete control over the production and style of the video • Onion skinning and grid tools can help you decide how to compose each frame • Option to capture automatically at user-defined intervals, perfect for creating time-lapse videos exactly how you want them
Stop Motion Video Editor
Easily create stop motion videos by combining source clips and adding background music or voiceovers. Trim and merge your content, then save or share directly to social media platforms.
- Create stop motion videos
- Add background music
- Record voiceovers
- Merge and preview videos
- Save to Camera Roll
- Share to social media
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This Stop Motion Video Editor help you to create stop motion video and add background music to videos. STEPS: 1. Add source videos 2. Add background music from library or record your voice 3. Start merge and preview 4. Save to Camera Roll or share to Instagram, Facebook, YouTube The result video will be saved to the Camera Roll. You can then open Camera Roll to start sharing. TIPS: - Control volume of the original videos, music and records - Using range slider to trim video, music, record - You can add as many videos, music and records as you want - Using feature "share to Instagram" to let the app square the final video for you Stop Motion Premium We currently offer the following auto-renewing subscription option: - 3 days of free trial followed by $2.99 per week - $7.99 per month By subscribing you get unlimited access to effects and remove advertisement. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: https://tos.atlantismobileapps.com Privacy Policy: https://privacy.atlantismobileapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stop Animator at 4.4 against Stop Motion Video Editor's 3.3. Stop Animator also leads on ratings volume (924 vs 18) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Stop Motion Video Editor's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Stop Animator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Stop Motion Video Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stop Animator holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stop Animator has 924 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Stop Animator's written reviews are positive against 33% of Stop Motion Video Editor's.
Stop Animator ships an update every 2 months, Stop Motion Video Editor every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stop Animator | Stop Motion Video Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (924 ratings) — better | 3.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 924 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Independent Developers, LLC | Nguyen Nam Giang |
Customer experience
Stop Animator
Stop Motion Video Editor
Bugs and requests
Stop Animator
Reported bugs
5 issues- Camera not working
- Randomly deletes projects
- Autosave feature causes data loss
- Upside down camera orientation
- Freezes and black screens
Requested features
5 requests- Add audio/music support
- Implement editing tools
- Allow importing photos from gallery
- Provide more customization options
- Add countdown timer for taking photos
Stop Motion Video Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stop Animator
- Variable Frames Per Second$1.99
- Time Lapse$1.99
- Onion Skinning$1.99
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- Ad Removal$3.99
- Feature Pack$4.99
Stop Motion Video Editor
- Stop Motion Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
- StopMotionPremiumMonthly$7.991 Month
- Video Editor Pro$33.99
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