Comparison

Animate Me vs Bot3D Editor

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

Head to head
About

Animate Me

Create hilarious GIFs and videos by swapping faces, adding animated stickers, voice, and music. Choose from a vast library or upload your own content to make unique parodies and ecards for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Face swap in videos and GIFs
  • Lip-synced voice and music
  • Animated eCards
  • Custom animated photos and videos
  • Massive GIF and video library
  • Animated stickers and text
  • Photo booth and cartoon effects
Features
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Make one of a kind GIFs with Face Swap, Animated Stickers, voice and music! Choose from our massive GIF library, or upload your own! Create unique content, parodies, and ecards that will make anyone laugh! 3 Apps in 1: (1) Swap faces in videos & GIFs with lip-synced voice and music! Animate Me is the first and original app to create lip-sync videos from animated GIFs! (2) Create Animated eCards for any occasion and, (3) Create your own Custom Animated Photos, GIFs and Videos - Select from a huge collection of trending GIFs, Videos, eCards, music, faces and sounds! - Face swap with any face, or choose from a large collection of famous faces, talking emoji, animated pets, talking animals and cartoons. - Create your own custom content with your own GIFs, Music, Voice Recordings, Animated Photos and Faces. - Personalize with animated stickers, animated text and voice recordings. - Create custom videos using any photo: Add talking faces, animated stickers, animated text and more. - Adjust voice and audio pitch of any audio recording. - Add photo booth style and cartoon effects to any face. Change your appearance with a new hairstyle, cartoon yourself, elf yourself and add funny props. - Easy to use and Easy to share. Share to iMessage, Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp and more. Create Animated Ecards & GIFs for Any Occasion: - Birthdays - Christmas, Hanukkah & New Years - Love & Valentine’s Day, Anniversary and Weddings - Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day - Easter, Thanksgiving & Halloween - Independence & Canada Day - Thanks and Congratulations - Get Well Soon, Cheer Up & Sorry Create Custom Animated Photos: - Use any photo and add animated talking faces, animated text and stickers. - Add any recorded sound or music to any face. - Get faces to speak/sing in any order, or together. Animate Me makes it easy and fun to create funny videos and ecards for any occasion or custom content for any channel! HOW DOES AN ANIMATE ME MEMBERSHIP WORK? A membership provides access to premium content and premium features, including uploading your own GIFs, sounds and music. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Memberships automatically renew each month for monthly memberships or each year for 12 month memberships unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. For Animate Me's Terms of Service, see: http://apptation.com/terms

About

Bot3D Editor

Create and animate 3D characters with ease on your mobile device. Design custom characters, animate their movements, and add voiceovers for dynamic videos. Export and share your creations on social media.

Highlights
  • Full Body Inverse Kinematics Algorithm for natural movements
  • HandEditor for detailed finger and joint movements
  • FaceEditor for creating various facial expressions
  • Character customization with extensive dressing options
  • SceneEditor for camera control and background customization
  • Import sound files for lip-sync animation
  • Export and share videos on social media
Features
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\\ A Revolutionary 3D Animation Editor! // Isn’t making 3D animation hard? Not at all! This app offers everything you need at your fingertips! There has never been such a simple 3D animation editor for smartphones and tablets of this quality. Once you're finished animating, you can export and share your creation on social media. Importing sound files makes lip-sync animations easy! Enjoy creating videos featuring vibrant 3D characters that talk and dance, putting together your own "virtual YouTuber" videos, and the freedom of recording your own voices and dressing up your characters. Compatible with iPhone/iPad. Supported Languages: Japanese and English *:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・* ◆ Create poses freely. Animate them on the spot. •Simple to use! Just create poses and make Keyframes. •We have re-invented 3D animation on smartphones from the beginning. Enjoy a completely new creative experience! •Your body tilts when your arm is pulled, doesn’t it? Our app uses a Full Body Inverse Kinematics Algorithm, which enables natural movements for its characters! You can create even walking motions easily! •Create characters with flowing hair that can lip-sync to recorded voices and express lively emotions! •Sound data can be imported, so your characters can speak and dance, leaving you with infinite possibilities! •Our charming characters were created by famous CG designers! •Added Character customization function and a male character model! •Can also be used as a digital posing doll for creating illustrations! *:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・* ◆ Our groundbreaking HandEditor •The HandEditor enables you to create hand movements, finger movements, and even subtle joint movements! •Our extensive experience in 3D sign language studies is the secret to our app's user friendliness! •Extend and fold hands to make all kinds of gestures with only slide switches! *:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・* ◆ FaceEditor •From angry frowns to sunny smiles, you can make all kinds of emotions. Adjust grins to big smiles at your will! *:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・* ◆ SceneEditor •Zoom in and out, rotate and slide the frame. Create awesome animations by moving the camera like a movie director! •Backgrounds and the ground can be changed. You can import photos from your Camera Roll! Create your own scenes! •Create vertical videos for smartphones, as well as horizontal videos perfect for social media! Your creations will be saved to your Photo app, so be sure to share them on social media! *:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・* ◆Character customization •You have the freedom to dress up 3D model characters from head to toe. Feel free to mix-and-match different types of hairstyles, makeups, eyes, eyebrows, tops, bottoms, socks and shoes. Customize your selections by taking advantage of the coloring feature. *:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・*:.。..。.:+・゚・* ◆Live Recording •In LIVE, you can create real-time videos that can record fun VTuber lives by moving the character using the abundant motions created in Bot3D Editor. All functions are now open in the campaign! (Until the end of March 2021) •The head track allows you to freely control the character's neck movements with your own movements. While talking in real time, let's move the character by tapping the motion buttons and facial expression buttons in a timely manner. •When you talk to the microphone, the character lip-syncs accordingly. •In addition, the camera angle, background, telop, etc. can be switched freely with a button tap. •You can register the motions created on the POSE screen to the motion buttons! Have fun with your original movements! •Once you have selected a variety of production functions and dressed-up characters, create your own live videos! ※We recommend using a device with iOS12 or later. Bot3D Official WebSite http://www.bot3d.com/

Screenshots

Animate Me4 screens
Bot3D Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Animate Me at 4.6 against Bot3D Editor's 3.8. Animate Me also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 73%). Bot3D Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Animate Me sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Bot3D Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animate Me holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bot3D Editor has 3.4K ratings behind it against 487, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Animate Me's written reviews are positive against 73% of Bot3D Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animate Me ships an update fortnightly, Bot3D Editor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Animate Me versus Bot3D Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimate MeBot3D Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (487 ratings) — better3.8 (3.4K ratings)
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews — better73.1% of reviews
Number of ratings4873.4K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB359 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperApptation Inc.heuristic Inc.

Customer experience

Animate Me

All ratings488 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews616 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.3%

Bot3D Editor

All ratings3,323 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews774 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral14.9%
Negative12.0%

User reviews

Animate Me

From 487 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app
  • 🤩 Lots of fun
  • 🎨 Highly creative
  • 👌 Easy to use
  • 💯 Excellent features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Requires subscription
  • 🔒 Limited free features
  • 🤖 Outdated animation options
  • 🤔 Navigation issues

Bot3D Editor

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth animations
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Customizable character
  • 🚀 Fluid motion
  • 👍 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 💡 Limited customization options
  • 💡 Lack of diverse skin tones and hair styles
  • 💡 Inability to have multiple characters in a scene
  • 💡 Short animation length

Bugs and requests

Animate Me

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes
  • Inability to save videos
  • Sound not working
  • Face selection problems
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free content
  • Ability to upload custom sounds
  • Improved face detection
  • Blinking eyes and moving eyebrows
  • Expanded animation library

Bot3D Editor

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Animations freezing or glitching
  • Difficulty with character customization
  • Exporting issues and limitations

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more skin color options
  • Expand hair and clothing customization
  • Allow multiple characters in a single scene
  • Increase animation length
  • Add background and prop options
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  • Implement audio recording and lip-sync features
  • Provide ability to import custom 3D models

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Animate Me

Subscriptions5
  • Animate Me Pro - Monthly2 variants$2.491 Month
  • Animate Me Pro - Quarterly3 Days trial$5.993 Months
  • Animate Me Pro - 6 Months7 Days trial$11.496 Months
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  • Animate Me Pro - Yearly$19.491 Year
  • Animate Me Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$20.491 Year
None

Bot3D Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animate Me free?
Animate Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bot3D Editor free?
Bot3D Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Animate Me or Bot3D Editor?
Animate Me is rated higher. Animate Me averages 4.6 out of 5 from 487 ratings, while Bot3D Editor averages 3.8 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Animate Me or Bot3D Editor have ads?
Animate Me shows ads; Bot3D Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Animate Me or Bot3D Editor?
Animate Me ships an update fortnightly, and Bot3D Editor every 3 weeks. Most recently, Animate Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bot3D Editor on November 6, 2026.

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