Comparison

Stop Animator vs STOMO

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

STOMO

Create stop motion animations and time-lapse videos with this comprehensive camera and editing studio. Features include onion skinning, instant preview, speed control, and music import. Easily share your creations directly to YouTube or via email.

Highlights
  • Onion skinning for precise frame alignment
  • Instant playback preview
  • Thumbnail editing for frames
  • Adjustable frames per second
  • Import music from iTunes
  • Configurable time-lapse timer
  • Direct sharing to YouTube and email
Features
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STOMO - The Stop Motion and Time Lapse Camera. Turns your iPad into a fully functional animation studio!!! STOMO is ideal for both beginners and more experienced film makers who demand more features from a stop motion app. Stop Motion Camera - create amazing animations where the only limits are the power of your imagination. A fully featured stop motion camera and editing studio, including:- - Onion Skinning - See ghost images of up to your last 3 captures to allow easier scene setup. - Instant Preview - Playback from any frame in your movie - Thumbnail editing - Delete any frame or add new frames at any point in the movie - Speed control - edit the frames per second rate - Add Music to your masterpiece - import any song from your iTunes library Time Lapse Mode - Capture amazing natural events such as a plant growing or create cool urban animations using the time lapse feature. - Fully configurable timer from 1 second to 24 hours between image captures. Sharing - Completed movies are easily shared - they can be saved to the camera roll for upload to Youtube, or emailed directly to friends.

Screenshots

Stop Animator4 screens
STOMO3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stop Animator at 4.4 against STOMO's 2.7. Stop Animator also leads on ratings volume (936 vs 6) and review sentiment (48% vs 33%). STOMO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. STOMO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stop Animator holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stop Animator has 936 ratings behind it against 6, 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 STOMO's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Stop Animator versus STOMO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStop AnimatorSTOMO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (936 ratings) — better2.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings936 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.05.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndependent Developers, LLCPalmanac Limited

Customer experience

Stop Animator

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

STOMO

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

STOMO

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

STOMO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stop Animator free?
Stop Animator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is STOMO free?
STOMO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stop Animator or STOMO?
Stop Animator is rated higher. Stop Animator averages 4.4 out of 5 from 936 ratings, while STOMO averages 2.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Stop Animator or STOMO have ads?
Stop Animator shows ads; STOMO does not.

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