Comparison

AnimCreate vs Kilona

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

Kilona

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for 3D modeling, animation, and rendering directly on your device. It integrates AI workflows for tasks like generating assets and animating stills, alongside features for texturing, rigging, and video editing.

Highlights
  • AI-powered workflows
  • 3D modeling and sculpting
  • Character rigging and animation
  • 3D texture painting
  • Node-based material editor
  • Ray-traced rendering
  • 2D drawing and compositing
  • Timeline-based video editing
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Putting craft and control in your hands. Kilona is a complete production studio that fits in your hands. Model, rig, animate, and render characters on one device, paint over the frames, cut them together, and score them. Cast virtual actors and run AI workflows when you want them, and switch them off when you don't. AI Workflows A growing shelf of ready-made workflows: turn a photo into a modeling sheet, animate a still, board a scene, dub a clip, cut a music video. Add one to your Collection, fill in a few inputs, and the results land in your library when you save them. Runs keep going while you work and tell you when they finish. Virtual Actors Cast virtual actors, and they stay themselves from shot to shot. Cast them in generated video, give them a voice, and reuse your cast across projects. Create with AI Generate images, video, voices, text, 3D meshes, and motion with leading models, then upscale, enhance, animate, isolate a voice, or change one. AI-made items are labeled. Model Your Characters Build meshes on the canvas or import models. Edit vertex by vertex with extrude, subdivide, mirror, and proportional editing. Unwrap UVs with seam tools and smooth with subdivision at separate viewport and render levels. Paint on Your Models Texture paint in 3D or in the UV editor with pressure-sensitive brushes, symmetry, and masking. Paint a composition and use it as a live texture. Rig with Armatures A full bone editor: extrude and subdivide bones, symmetrize, and paint skin weights on the model. Capture poses to a library with partial poses and one-tap mirroring. Add trackers, look-at, stretch-to, and value drivers, and apply captured or generated motion to any rig. Design Materials Visually Shape every surface in a node-based shader graph compiled live on device. Wire textures, colors, math, noise, and ramps into PBR shading, or go stylized with unlit graphs. Values update instantly, no recompile. Precision Curve Editing Fine-tune every movement in the graph editor with bezier handles and multiple interpolation modes. Scrub values, type exact numbers, and copy, paste, and align keys. Scenes and Cameras Combine rigs in one scene, iterate with drafts, and apply saved poses as keys. Set aspect ratios, backgrounds, and any frame rate, including 23.976. Orbit, animate position, rotation, and field of view with stepped keys, and switch between perspective and orthographic. Ray Traced Rendering on Device Render with a physically based rasterizer or a full path tracer. Ray traced output captures soft shadows, reflections, and bounced light with adjustable samples per frame. Draw and Composite in 2D Compositions are a full 2D studio: custom brushes, frame-by-frame cels, text layers, and stacked layers with keyframed transforms, groups, and effects. Import renders and draw right on top. Cut Video on the Timeline Arrange renders, videos, and images across lanes: trim, crossfade, change speed, and snap to seconds, frames, or a bar grid. Adjustment clips apply effects to everything beneath them. Mix the Soundtrack A multitrack audio editor is built in: record or import, arrange clips with fades and tempo-synced retiming, then shape the signal in a node graph of EQ, filters, compression, reverb, delay, distortion, and side-chain ducking. Export and Sync Render frames or sequences in HD, 4K, or custom sizes. Rigs, scenes, compositions, timelines, and mixes live beside your renders, clips, and recordings. Sign in to back everything up and pick up on iPhone or iPad where you left off. Kilona core tools are free to use. Pro, Max, and Ultra plans add monthly Create Credits for AI and more cloud storage. Terms of Use: https://www.kilona.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.kilona.org/privacy

Screenshots

AnimCreate4 screens
Kilona4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kilona at 5.0 against AnimCreate's 3.3. Kilona also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 60%). AnimCreate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Kilona sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kilona holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of AnimCreate's written reviews are positive against 83% of Kilona's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AnimCreate versus Kilona: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimCreateKilona
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB91 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer佳 罗Voxel Marketing LLC

Customer experience

AnimCreate

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Kilona

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AnimCreate

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Member$19.991 Year
8 purchases

Kilona

Subscriptions4
  • Kilona Cloud - Pro$14.991 Month
  • Kilona Cloud - Max$49.991 Month
  • Kilona Cloud - Ultra$99.991 Month
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  • Kilona Cloud - Ultra Power$199.991 Month
One-time4
  • Kilona Create Credits - Top Up 500$4.99
  • Kilona Create Credits - Top Up 1000$9.99
  • Kilona Create Credits - Top Up 2500$24.99
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  • Boosted Day Pass$249.99

Questions

Is AnimCreate free?
AnimCreate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kilona free?
Kilona is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AnimCreate or Kilona?
Kilona is rated higher. AnimCreate averages 3.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Kilona averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do AnimCreate or Kilona have ads?
Neither AnimCreate nor Kilona shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnimCreate or Kilona?
AnimCreate ships an update fortnightly, and Kilona fortnightly. Most recently, AnimCreate was updated on November 3, 2026 and Kilona on November 5, 2026.

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