Stop Animator vs Stop Motion Studio Maker
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 Studio Maker
Create professional stop motion animations with intuitive tools for frame-by-frame capture, editing, and playback. Easily animate toys, clay, or everyday objects and export your creations in high resolution for sharing.
- Onion skin overlay for frame reference
- Frame-by-frame capture with camera controls
- Adjustable playback speed and frame rate
- Built-in editing tools (flip, duplicate, delete)
- Image editing (text, background remove, emoji)
- 4K export for social media
- Offline functionality
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Stop Motion Studio Maker – Bring Your Ideas to Life, Frame by Frame Create professional-looking stop motion animations right from your phone. Whether you're animating toys, clay figures, LEGO bricks, or everyday objects, Stop Motion Studio Maker gives you all the tools real animators use — simplified for everyone. Key Features: Onion skin overlay — see your previous frame while shooting the next Frame-by-frame capture with precise camera controls Adjustable playback speed & frame rate (FPS) Built-in editing: flip-v/h,duplicate frame,insert blanks, delete frames Edit image: Add text, Background remove, Photos, Emoji Export in 4K to save or share directly to social media Works fully offline — no internet required Simple enough for kids, powerful enough for creators Perfect for: Claymation shorts, LEGO stop motion, toy animation, whiteboard animation, product demos, and classroom animation projects. Download Stop Motion Studio Maker today and start creating your first animated short in minutes — no editing experience required. Terms: https://plausible-motorcycle-284.notion.site/Stop-Motion-Terms-of-Use-392e5b6350e8807a95a9f8552610a7bc?pvs=73
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stop Motion Studio Maker at none against Stop Animator's shown. Stop Motion Studio Maker also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Stop Animator's advantage is ratings volume (924 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Stop Animator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Stop Motion Studio Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stop Motion Studio Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stop Animator has 924 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Stop Animator ships an update every 2 months, Stop Motion Studio Maker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stop Animator | Stop Motion Studio Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (924 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 924 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Independent Developers, LLC | Kamlesh Shingarakhiya |
Customer experience
Stop Animator
Stop Motion Studio Maker
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 Studio Maker
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 Studio Maker
- Stop Motion Weekly PRO$1.997 Days
- Stop Motion Monthly PRO$4.991 Month
- Stop Motion Yearly PRO (Best Value)$19.991 Year
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