Comparison

Stop Animator vs Stickman Animator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Stickman Animator

Create animated stick figures from your videos. Capture new footage or use existing clips to generate unique animations. Customize frame rates and backgrounds for your exported creations.

Highlights
  • Shoot videos
  • Make animations from videos
  • Select from photo library
  • Choose frame rate
  • Set animation background
  • Export animations
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Stickman Animator is an app to make animations of stickman from videos of people. This app is available on iPhone and iPad with iOS 11 or later. You need to permit this app to access your camera and photo library to use. 【Functions】 ・Shooting videos ・Making animations from videos you shot or selected from the photo library 【Usage】 1. Shoot or select a video  (You can use like the camera app of iOS) 2. Select a frame rate, background of animation and so on 3. The video you shot and an animation will be exported in the photo library 【Reference】 ・Infocom Tech Blog  https://lab.infocom.co.jp/ ・SwiftOpenPose  https://github.com/infocom-tpo/SwiftOpenPose/

Screenshots

Stop Animator4 screens
Stickman Animator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stop Animator at 4.4 against Stickman Animator's 3.3. Stop Animator also leads on ratings volume (924 vs 42). Stickman Animator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Stop Animator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Stickman Animator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 42, 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 41% of Stickman Animator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stop Animator ships an update every 2 months, Stickman Animator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Stop Animator versus Stickman Animator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStop AnimatorStickman Animator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (924 ratings) — better3.3 (42 ratings)
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews — better41.2% of reviews
Number of ratings924 — better42
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndependent Developers, LLCINFOCOM CORPORATION

Customer experience

Stop Animator

All ratings924 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral12.7%
Negative39.7%

Stickman Animator

All ratings42 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative55.9%

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

Stickman Animator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Stop Animator

One-time5
  • 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
None

Stickman Animator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stop Animator free?
Stop Animator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stickman Animator free?
Stickman Animator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stop Animator or Stickman Animator?
Stop Animator is rated higher. Stop Animator averages 4.4 out of 5 from 924 ratings, while Stickman Animator averages 3.3 from 42 ratings.
Do Stop Animator or Stickman Animator have ads?
Stop Animator shows ads; Stickman Animator does not.
Which is updated more often, Stop Animator or Stickman Animator?
Stop Animator ships an update every 2 months, and Stickman Animator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Stop Animator was updated on September 30, 2026 and Stickman Animator on October 7, 2026.

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