PatternPix vs Flip Animation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PatternPix
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Design beautiful, seamless patterns. Whether you're a textile designer, a hobbyist, or just love creating, this app gives you the tools to turn simple shapes and sketches into stunning, repeatable patterns. DESIGN YOUR WAY - Choose from a growing library of ready-made designs and fillers - Fine-tune size, colors, rotation with simple controls SEE IT BEFORE YOU PRINT - Preview your pattern in Augmented Reality on real walls, floors, and tables - Instantly see how your design will look at full scale EXPORT READY-TO-USE FILES - Export as SVG, PNG, or JPEG - High-resolution exports for print, fabric, wallpaper, and packaging - Commercial licensing available for professional use SIMPLE, FOCUSED, AND FAST - Clean, distraction-free canvas - Works on iPhone and iPad Whether you're designing for a client, prototyping fabric, or just exploring your creativity, this app makes pattern design fast, flexible, and fun. Download now and start creating your first pattern. https://rubellite-ltd.github.io/PatternPix/Terms
Flip Animation
Create frame-by-frame 2D animations with professional drawing and animation tools. Features include multiple layers, audio syncing, and various export options like GIF and MP4. Learn animation techniques with built-in tutorials.
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Multiple drawing brushes
- Onion skinning
- Audio track import and sync
- GIF and MP4 export
- Built-in animation tutorials
- Symmetry drawing mode
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Turn your ideas, and even your own videos, into 2D animation! FlipAnimation is a complete frame by frame animation studio on your phone and tablet: draw cartoons like a flipbook, trace over video with Rotoscope, put background images behind your frames, learn from 115+ step by step lessons and export as GIF or HD video. ROTOSCOPE: DRAW OVER YOUR VIDEOS • Import any video from your gallery and trace it frame by frame • The easiest way to learn real motion: walk cycles, dance moves, sports, pets, faces • Trim the clip, place it on your canvas exactly how you want, adjust guide opacity • Everything is processed privately on your device, and you decide if the video appears in your export FRAME BACKGROUNDS • Put a background picture behind any frame, or behind all frames at once • Move, resize and rotate the image freely, then lock it in place • Draw your characters over photo scenes, storyboards and comic panels LEARN ANIMATION: 115+ GUIDED LESSONS • Step by step tutorials from bouncing ball to full mini scenes • The 12 principles of animation, walk cycles, effects, characters and more • Trace the guide strokes and watch your drawing come alive • Your lesson progress is saved so you can continue or reset anytime PROFESSIONAL DRAWING TOOLS • Pencil, ink pen, marker, crayon, fill and a precise eraser • Pressure sensitive strokes with smooth curves • Shapes, symmetry drawing, grid overlay and color eyedropper • Text tool, custom brush presets and a full color palette ANIMATE FRAME BY FRAME • Unlimited frames with per frame timing control • Onion skinning shows previous frames as ghost overlays • Auto In-Betweens generate the frames between your keyframes for you • Copy, duplicate and reorder frames; loop, ping-pong and one-shot playback LAYERS, TRANSFORM & AUDIO • Multiple layers per frame with lock and visibility controls • Free transform: scale, rotate, flip and move your selection • Import music or voice over, see the waveform on the timeline, export video with sound EXPORT & SHARE • GIF for social media, HD MP4 video with audio • Printable sheets to cut your own physical flipbook, ZIP with all frames as PNG • Share straight to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and WhatsApp MADE FOR CREATORS OF EVERY LEVEL • Beginners: guided lessons and a friendly, clean interface • Artists and animators: pro tools, layers, rotoscoping and precise timing • Kids and families: draw, doodle and bring silly characters to life • Optimized layouts for both phone and tablet, dark theme for long sessions WHAT WILL YOU MAKE? • Animated memes, stickers and reaction GIFs for your chats • Rotoscope studies of dancers, athletes and animals from your own clips • Storyboards and animatics for films, games and school projects • Game sprites, walk cycles and pixel style motion tests • Birthday cards, logo animations, doodles on photos and mini music videos WHY ANIMATORS LOVE FLIPANIMATION • A real animation studio, not a toy: onion skin, timing, layers, audio sync • Auto In-Betweens save hours of drawing on every scene • Works fully offline: animate anywhere, no account needed • Fast and lightweight, with autosave protecting every stroke • Available in 20 languages PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Unlock unlimited projects, every lesson, Auto In-Betweens, all brushes and watermark free HD export with a weekly plan or a single lifetime purchase. A generous free version lets you draw, animate and export from day one. Whether you are making your first flipbook doodle, teaching yourself the 12 principles, or rotoscoping reference footage like a pro animator, FlipAnimation turns every idea into motion. Sketch it. Animate it. Share it. Download FlipAnimation and make your first animation in minutes! Privacy Policy: https://flipanimation.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PatternPix at none against Flip Animation's 2. Flip Animation's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Flip Animation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. PatternPix asks for nothing beyond the download.
PatternPix ships an update every 12 months, Flip Animation weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PatternPix | Flip Animation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gulnaz Siddiq | ZENBYTE DIJITAL TEKNOLOJILER LIMITED SIRKETI |
In-app purchases
PatternPix
No in-app purchases
Flip Animation
- Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
- Premium Lifetime$9.99









