Comparison

Animation Creator vs Mesmera

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

Mesmera

Features
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Mesmera is an infinite feed of real-time generative audiovisual art. Every screen is alive, interactive and sound-reactive — and no two moments are ever the same. Swipe through 500+ handcrafted simulations: particle fields, pendulum waves, marble races, plasma vortices, fractal blooms, flocking creatures, kaleidoscopes, fluid paint and elastic collisions. Every touch creates sound. Every gesture shapes the visuals. FEATURES • 500+ unique animations, each with its own look, motion and sound • Fully interactive — tap, drag and hold to play with every scene • Explore tab with instant previews and category filters • Relaxing, mesmerizing and satisfying — perfect to unwind • Smooth on older iPhones thanks to automatic quality tiers • No account required to start Mesmera turns your phone into an endless, calming, hypnotic playground. Open it, touch the screen, and lose yourself.

Screenshots

Animation Creator4 screens
Mesmera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mesmera at none against Animation Creator's 5. Mesmera also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Mesmera asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Animation Creator versus Mesmera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation CreatorMesmera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (30K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings30K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCEM SOFTWARE LTDOlnesta

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

Mesmera

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

Mesmera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animation Creator free?
Animation Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mesmera free?
Mesmera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animation Creator or Mesmera have ads?
Animation Creator shows ads; Mesmera does not.

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