AnimCreate vs MapBake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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!
MapBake
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Turn images into practical, game-ready PBR material starting points directly on iPhone and iPad. MapBake prepares a source image, makes it tileable, estimates a complete material set, previews the result in 3D, and exports the conventions your target engine expects. IMPORT AND PREPARE • Import from Photos, Files, Camera, Clipboard, or drag and drop on iPad • Crop, rotate, flip, correct perspective, and normalize uneven lighting • Keep the original source intact while you experiment MAKE IT SEAMLESS • Create a horizontally and vertically tileable texture offline • The tile is rebuilt from patches of your photo, joined along cuts that follow real detail, so joins stay invisible and nothing is mirrored • One control trades keeping your source's structure against mixing it more freely • Inspect any map at 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, or 4×4 with zoom and pan GENERATE A COMPLETE PBR SET • Base Color, Height, tangent-space Normal, Roughness, Metallic, and Ambient Occlusion • Useful deterministic estimates designed to be adjusted—not false claims of recovering perfect physical properties from one photo • Fast working previews with full-resolution recomputation when you export PREVIEW THE MATERIAL • Physically based RealityKit preview on a plane, sphere, cube, or rounded cube • Neutral, soft, outdoor, overcast, warm, high-contrast, and dark studio lighting • A directional key light you can sweep and lower to rake across the surface, so relief in the height and normal maps actually reads • Inspect scale, tiling, reflections, normal response, roughness, and metallic behavior EXPORT FOR YOUR TOOLS • Unity Built-in, URP, HDRP, Unreal Engine, Godot, Blender, OpenGL, and DirectX profiles • Automatic normal Y conversion, roughness/smoothness conversion, and standard packed maps • PNG output at 256, 512, and 1024 in the free app • MapBake Pro is a one-time purchase that removes ads and adds 2K/4K export, custom RGBA packing, and saved custom presets No account is required. Source images and generated materials are processed on-device and stay local unless you explicitly export or share them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapBake at none against AnimCreate's 1. AnimCreate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. AnimCreate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. MapBake asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | AnimCreate | MapBake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 佳 罗 | White Bread Games |
In-app purchases
AnimCreate
- Premium Member$19.991 Year
MapBake
No in-app purchases








