Animation Maker School vs Amber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Animation Maker School
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Animation Maker Kids is an easy to use animation app for creating exciting animation sequences using drawings with fingers or with Apple Pencil. This app has all the traditional tools such as paint palette, auto-save, onion skin, brush eraser and frame controls for duplicating, inserting and copy/paste. You can make beautiful animations on your iPad in just a few steps and save out as an .MP4 to share with friends. Using the thumbnail viewer at the bottom of the screen the user can adjust the timing and composition of each frame fast and easy. The animation feature is easy to use and even the youngest of users can soon master making animations in little time, unsupported by parents and teachers. Upon opening the app, they are greeted by a welcoming splash screen with an accompanying tutorial. This helpful tutorial will take the user through the application and its features. The prompts and visuals are easy to follow and a young user can create their first animation unsupported. Features: *Easy and fast workflow, get up and started in minutes *Export out creations as MP4 , share with anyone *Import Audio(mp3, wav) and scrub on timeline to sync animation with sound. *Onion skinning, frame controls and Apple Pencil support for creating high quality animations *Designed by animation teachers using the principles of Montessori teaching as a guide "Learn By Doing" *Bundled library of animations ranging from simple to complex so that kids can learn by watching Animation Maker Kids is created by Appy Monkeys , the award winning studio behind Blox 3D,Animate Me and Draw 3D Junior which have collectively been downloaded more than 3 million times globally and been featured by Apple and Google. Our apps have worn awards from Children's Tech review and have been featured by Purdue University in their STEAM/STEM guide for parents.
Amber
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Enhance your late-night reading, deep study sessions, and Pomodoro workflows. Amber is a comprehensive productivity suite and acoustic shielding tool engineered specifically for nighttime focus environments and shared spaces. Designed for students, researchers, and avid readers, Amber combines time management, acoustic masking, and specialized visual reading aids into one distraction-free interface. Whether you are cramming in a shared dorm or reading without waking your partner, Amber provides a multi-sensory environment to keep you locked into your physical book or deep work session. Core Productivity Features: • Ambient Focus Sessions: Manage your study time effectively. Utilize built-in session timers to box your reading or work into 15, 30, or 60-minute increments. Perfect for Pomodoro-style workflows, the app’s visual and audio cues organically adapt when your session is complete. • Unbroken Acoustic Shielding: Maintain your concentration by masking background home and dorm noises. Amber features built-in, seamlessly looping pure Brown and Pink Noise generators. Audio streams fully uninterrupted into your locked screen background to keep you in the zone. • Line-Tracking Reading Ruler: A highly specialized concentration utility for physical books. Amber dims the majority of your display into deep shadow, leaving only a customizable, draggable horizontal strip. Use this strip to visually track line-by-line down your physical textbook—drastically reducing visual clutter, aiding reading focus, and minimizing room light pollution. • Low-Stimulation Visual Themes: Select from dedicated low-Kelvin interface themes (Deep Red, Amber, and Candlelight). These organic dark-light zones are designed to minimize eye strain during late-night app usage and prevent jarring visual transitions. • Guided Access Optimized: Amber's interface is structurally designed to act as a strict "Do Not Disturb" hub. When paired with native iOS Guided Access, it functions as a locked-down focus blockade, preventing doom-scrolling and external alerts while the app’s timer and audio keep you on task. • OLED-Conscious Architecture: Built mindfully for modern displays. Amber integrates complex pixel-drifting modules, deep moving vectors, and organic true-black rendering to protect your screen and optimize battery life during multi-hour study marathons. Important Notice: Amber is a productivity and ambient focus tool intended strictly for personal comfort, time management, and study session enhancement. It makes no medical claims regarding sleep, ADHD, or health benefits, and users assume all risks associated with prolonged screen usage. EULA/TOS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Amber at Free against Animation Maker School's $9.99. Animation Maker School's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Amber is free to download; Animation Maker School costs $9.99 up front. Amber sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Animation Maker School asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Animation Maker School | Amber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arjun Gupte | Gal Itach |
In-app purchases
Animation Maker School
No in-app purchases
Amber
- Amber Light Pro$0.991 Month









