Comparison

Animation Creator vs ArtCopy

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

Head to head
About

Animation Creator

Create 2D animations with a user-friendly interface, frame-by-frame drawing, and customizable tools. Perfect for beginners and professionals alike, it allows you to bring your artistic visions to life and share them as GIFs or videos.

Highlights
  • Intuitive drawing interface
  • Frame-by-frame animation
  • Customizable brushes and tools
  • Onion skinning for smooth motion
  • Export as GIF or video
  • Built-in tutorials
Features
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Animation Creator: Flipbook 2D turns your doodles into cartoons that move, no drawing skills needed. Draw frame by frame with onion skin and export GIFs or videos in minutes. Start from a template or a blank page, then press play to watch your stickman run, fight, dance or fly. It's the classic paper flipbook, rebuilt for iPhone and iPad. WHY ANIMATORS LOVE IT • Simple timeline: add, duplicate and delete frames • Onion skin: see previous and next frames for smooth motion • Adjustable FPS, from choppy to silky smooth • Pencil, eraser, fill, lasso, selection, layers, text and full color palette • Brush size, opacity, undo and redo • Speech bubbles to tell your story TEMPLATES FOR EVERY IDEA • Stickman fights and stunts, including Red vs Blue • Anime, animals, shapes and seasonal themes like Halloween • Easy, Medium and Hard levels for every skill • Backgrounds: scenes, colors, patterns and fantasy worlds EXPORT AND SHARE • Save as GIF, MP4 or PNG in up to 1080p • Sizes ready for vertical video and social media • Loop GIFs and share with friends and followers • Keep all projects in your collection and edit anytime PERFECT FOR Beginners, stickman and anime fans, content creators making clips and memes, students and teachers, artists and illustrators, and game designers sketching storyboards. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a template or start a new project 2. Draw each frame with onion skin as your guide 3. Choose your speed and background 4. Press play, export and share Free to download. Some templates, backgrounds and features require a Premium subscription or an in-app purchase. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION • Unlock all Premium features, templates and backgrounds. • Weekly or yearly plans. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by country. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. • Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 • Any unused part of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you subscribe. Terms of Use: https://cemsoftwareltd.com/term.html Privacy Policy: https://cemsoftwareltd.com/privacyPolicy.html We read every review and improve the app with every update. Download now and make your first animation today!

About

ArtCopy

This app challenges you to recreate artwork after watching process videos and reading descriptions. It offers collaborative drawing games and a mobile studio with Procreate-style tools. Share your interpretations and connect with a community of artists.

Highlights
  • Recreate artwork from process videos
  • Collaborative drawing game
  • Procreate-style mobile art tools
  • Layer system
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Community sharing and interpretation
Features
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What if you could only see the finished art — then had to recreate it from scratch? ArtCopy flips the script on art. Watch real artists create through stunning procaess videos. Read a description of their finished piece. Then pick up your brush and try to recreate it — your way. No tracing. No copying. Just you, a blank canvas, and your interpretation. DRAW N SWITCH Our collaborative drawing game. You and another artist take turns on shared canvases — no talking, just drawing. Watch your styles collide round by round until a masterpiece emerges. YOUR STUDIO Procreate-style tools built for mobile — brush, pencil, charcoal with pressure sensitivity. Full layer system. Apple Pencil support. Paint bucket, shapes, eyedropper, and selection tools. Everything you need, nothing you don't. THE COMMUNITY Follow artists. Share recreations. See how 10 people interpret the same prompt completely differently. That's the magic. Free to download. Made by artists, for artists. --- Terms of Use: https://artcopy.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://artcopy.app/privacy

Screenshots

Animation Creator4 screens
ArtCopy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArtCopy at 100% against Animation Creator's 64%. ArtCopy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Animation Creator's advantage is ratings volume (30K vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Animation Creator sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. ArtCopy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ArtCopy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Creator has 30K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Animation Creator's written reviews are positive against 100% of ArtCopy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Creator ships an update fortnightly, ArtCopy every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Animation Creator versus ArtCopy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation CreatorArtCopy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (30K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCEM SOFTWARE LTDArt Copy LLC

Customer experience

Animation Creator

All ratings30,028 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews1,547 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral9.6%
Negative26.4%

ArtCopy

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Animation Creator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleting frames causes issues
  • Eraser changes brush size
  • Animations not rendering properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Zoom in/out option
  • More brush/drawing tools
  • Fewer ads or ad-free version
  • Better instructions and tutorials
  • More customization options

ArtCopy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Animation Creator

Subscriptions5
  • Draw Animation Pro$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Draw Animation Premium$7.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Draw Animation Supreme$29.991 Year
None

ArtCopy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animation Creator free?
Animation Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ArtCopy free?
ArtCopy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Animation Creator or ArtCopy?
ArtCopy is rated higher. Animation Creator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 30K ratings, while ArtCopy averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Animation Creator or ArtCopy have ads?
Animation Creator shows ads; ArtCopy does not.
Which is updated more often, Animation Creator or ArtCopy?
Animation Creator ships an update fortnightly, and ArtCopy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Animation Creator was updated on October 31, 2026 and ArtCopy on October 31, 2026.

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