Comparison

AnimCreate vs Traceline

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

Head to head
About

AnimCreate

Create 2D and 3D animations with frame-by-frame drawing, bone animation, and 3D camera tools. Import Photoshop brushes and videos to enhance your projects. Offers advanced features for both beginners and professionals.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame hand-drawn animation
  • Component & bone animation
  • 3D hand-drawn and camera movement
  • Import Photoshop brushes
  • Video import for drawing
  • Unlimited layers and frames (premium)
Features
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AnimCreate is an animation creation app that covers amateur to professional levels. 1) Frame-by-frame hand-drawn animation + component&bone animation tools, covering all audiences from amateur to professional. 2) 3D hand-drawn and 3D camera movements make your animation cooler! 3) Support for importing PS (CS6 and above) Abr format brushes, with high fidelity! 4) Import your video and draw! ######################## Hand-drawn function: Powerful brush system, compatible with and supports importing Photoshop(CS6 and above) abr format brushes Unlimited layers, multiple blending modes, lockable transparency and clipping masks Animation function: Supports both hand-drawn and component&bone animation! Support for lens functions and automatic frame compensation Onionskin of each layer can be turned on and off separately Whether you are a novice or a professional user, you can use AnimCreate to create high-quality animations! 3D function: Powerful 3D hand-drawn and 3D camera functions can be used to create 3D illustrations or 3D-like animations. Professional users can use 3D features to build 3D scenes, combined with 2D painting, greatly improving the efficiency of storyboarding! In order to provide you with more advanced features and quality services, AnimCreate has a subscription membership feature that can unlock the following advanced features: Full resolution support High-grade onion skin Unlimited layers Unlimited frames 3D hand-drawn function Import PS brush (*.abr) Automatic frame (tweening) function Lens function Combination function Video import and re-creation Remove watermark Please provide feedback in the APP if you have any questions!

About

Traceline

Features
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Prop your phone above a sheet of paper and the drawing appears on it. Follow the lines with your pencil, and a portrait, a lettering piece or an Ottoman ornament takes shape under your hand. Trace on paper Pick a template or a photo and see it over your paper through the camera. Set the line opacity, move, scale, rotate or mirror it, then lock the screen so a stray touch never shifts the drawing. Hold the lock badge to unlock. Handheld with AR On iPhone and iPad, AR pins the drawing to the paper's surface, so it stays in place even when you hold the phone in your hand. Light box Lay thin paper on the screen and trace the glowing lines. Brightness goes up while the light box is on, and the camera is not needed. Your photos as sketches Turn any photo into clean line art on your device: Outline, Detailed, Shading or Grid, with adjustable detail and line weight. Remove the background to keep only the subject. Templates from pattern books Nearly a thousand line drawings traced from public-domain ornament books: tezhip and rumi scrolls, Islamic star and girih geometry, moresque and Cairo plates, borders, rosettes, Celtic knots, Gothic tracery, Renaissance and Baroque ornament, Byzantine and East Asian motifs. Each one shows its difficulty and roughly how long it takes. Step by step Step mode splits a drawing into stages, so you trace the big shapes first and the details last. Lettering Type a word, choose a typeface, bend it along a curve and trace it for a poster, a card or a cake. Timelapse Record your session and get a short video of the drawing coming together, cropped to the paper, with a before and after reveal at the end. Also in Traceline • Projects keep your finished pieces with a photo and the timelapse • Share an image from Photos or Safari straight into Traceline (iPhone and iPad) • Template of the day widget, a Live Activity timer and a Control Center button • Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac, in light and dark mode Traceline needs no account. Camera frames and photos are processed on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://apps.cihat.dev/traceline/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

AnimCreate4 screens
Traceline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Traceline at weekly against AnimCreate's fortnightly. AnimCreate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. AnimCreate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and Traceline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnimCreate ships an update fortnightly, Traceline weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AnimCreate versus Traceline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimCreateTraceline
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer佳 罗Cihat Salik

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AnimCreate

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Member$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Traceline

Subscriptions2
  • Traceline Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Traceline Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Traceline Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is AnimCreate free?
AnimCreate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Traceline free?
Traceline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AnimCreate or Traceline have ads?
Neither AnimCreate nor Traceline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnimCreate or Traceline?
AnimCreate ships an update fortnightly, and Traceline weekly. Most recently, AnimCreate was updated on November 3, 2026 and Traceline on November 12, 2026.

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