Comparison

Artlapse vs Anima

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

Head to head
About

Artlapse

Record your artistic process with this app, capturing brushstrokes at set intervals to create smooth timelapse videos. It intelligently detects motion to ensure your recordings are always engaging.

Highlights
  • Timelapse recording for art
  • Customizable recording intervals
  • Adjustable recording duration
  • Motion detection for engaging clips
  • Smooth video compilation
Features
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Artlapse is the ultimate Timelapse recording app for artists. It captures your brushstrokes at a specified interval for a specified duration. The clips are then combined to create a stunning Timelapse video that doesn't jank like the regular Timelapse feature on the camera. It can even detect motion in the image so that it always shows something interesting.

About

Anima

Features
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Make a stop motion film with a toy and a table. Move the toy, take a picture, and use the ghost of the last frame to line up the next one. Choose a wide or tall film, set a grid or countdown, and capture silently with the screen or volume button. Focus, exposure and white balance lock so the pictures match. Reorder frames, hold a picture longer, record your voice and share a real video without a watermark. Try 3 new films and 3 full quality exports total, shared across all profiles, with no refill. Saved films stay available to capture, edit and play. One purchase adds unlimited new films and exports, title and end cards, eight sound effects, 24 fps export and green screen backdrops. Family Sharing is supported; no subscription. Existing free users receive both trial allowances once after updating. Purchases, profiles, films, frames and voice clips are preserved. Everything is made on your iPhone or iPad. Camera and voice recordings stay on the device; a video leaves only when you choose to share it. No account, ads, tracking or server. English and Spanish.

Screenshots

Artlapse3 screens
Anima4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Artlapse at none against Anima's 1. Artlapse also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Anima sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Artlapse asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Artlapse ships an update every 3 days, Anima every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Artlapse versus Anima: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtlapseAnima
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperJune Kim316 SOFTWARE INC.

In-app purchases

None

Artlapse

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Anima

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99

Questions

Is Artlapse free?
Artlapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anima free?
Anima is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Artlapse or Anima have ads?
Neither Artlapse nor Anima shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artlapse or Anima?
Artlapse ships an update every 3 days, and Anima every 2 weeks. Most recently, Artlapse was updated on November 6, 2026 and Anima on October 31, 2026.

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