Stop Motion Maker vs Stop Motion Animation Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stop Motion Maker
Easily create your own stop-motion videos by capturing a sequence of images. The app guides you through the process, from taking photos to previewing and exporting your final animation to your device's photo album.
- Capture image sequences
- Preview animations
- Export videos
- Camera access
- Photo library access
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Take a sequence of images and make your own stop-motion video. How to use. - Choose "create" button. - Your camera will start, Click "photo" button to take an image. - If you have enough image sequence, Click "done" button. - At preview screen. You can touch on "Play" button to see preview and Click on "Export" button to save video into photo album. Troubleshooting: - Camera doesn't work. Please make sure that allow the application to acess "Camera. - Export doesn't work. Please make sure that allow the application to access "Photo library". If you have any feedback, feature requests, bugs. Please send me an email. I will fix it as soon as possible. Thanks for your support :) im.oab.ps@gmail.com
Stop Motion Animation Maker
Create your own cartoons, animations, or time-lapse videos by taking a series of photos. This app offers easy shooting, editing, and frame-by-frame control, making animation accessible for all ages. Save and share your creations directly from your device.
- Frame-by-frame photo shooting
- Combine photos into video
- Translucent overlay for alignment
- Adjustable frame rate
- Image zoom and transparency
- Export to video format
- Save and share creations
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The app creates a series of photographs that can be combined into a video and get finished cartoon, animation, or time-lapse at the output. With the Stop Motion app, You can easily create your cartoon or stop-motion animation just like the pros do! Easy shooting and editing even for beginner animators. Creating cartoons Take photos of your plasticine, Lego, drawings, and create your cartoons. Time-lapse photography can be done with anything: Lego, plasticine crafts, drawings, sketches, objects etc. The application provides a special mode of translucent overlay on the current frame in the camera: you can align objects and determine exactly how to position objects to get the right movement in the frame. We tried to make intuitive navigation in the app so even 5-years old child could create his cartoon. Stop motion videos Easily turn your photos into amazing videos. Use a photo gallery or take photos frame by frame to create movement. Then simply select the photos you want to include in your animation, set the speed, and create your video! You can save the finished video to your smartphone or share it on social networks directly from the Stop Motion app. The main functionality of the application: - frame-by-frame photo shooting with further combining the captured photos into a video; - horizontal and vertical screen orientation; - image zoom and transparency setting of the previous frame; - choice of vocalization during the scheme: manual or auto - viewing the footage; - the ability to set the frame rate; - stream export to video format; The app is ideal for creating cartoons and spending time together between parents and children, as well as creating interesting content on a personal blog! Time Lapse is a photography technique that allows you to accelerate a video and watch slowly changing events much faster. We offer subscription plans in the app that unlock premium functions of the app: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - Price can depend on location For more information please visit the link https://support.apple.com/HT202039 Privacy Policy: https://doc.whisperarts.com/policy/stopmotion/ios/ Terms of Use: https://doc.whisperarts.com/terms/stopmotion/ios/ Want to receive the latest news about the application? Subscribe to the newsgroup https://www.facebook.com/WhisperArts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stop Motion Animation Maker at 4.5 against Stop Motion Maker's 3.8. Stop Motion Animation Maker also leads on ratings volume (879 vs 51) and review sentiment (63% vs 49%). Stop Motion Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Stop Motion Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stop Motion Animation Maker sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stop Motion Animation Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stop Motion Animation Maker has 879 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Stop Motion Maker's written reviews are positive against 63% of Stop Motion Animation Maker's.
Stop Motion Maker ships an update every 2 weeks, Stop Motion Animation Maker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stop Motion Maker | Stop Motion Animation Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (51 ratings) | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 879 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pollapee Sroysuwan | Whisper Arts |
Customer experience
Stop Motion Maker
Stop Motion Animation Maker
User reviews
Stop Motion Maker
From 51 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to understand and use
- 💰 Free to use
- 🎥 Ghost effect for frame comparison
- 🎥 Switch between front and back cameras
- 🎥 Good for beginners and casual use
Room to improve
- 📉 Low resolution quality
- 📱 Vertical format only
- 🐛 Lag during stop motion
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Videos not playing or exporting
Stop Motion Animation Maker
From 879 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy and fun to use
- 🚀 Very good app
- 🚀 Awesome and inspiring
- 👍 Great for stop motion animations
- 👍 Intuitive and simple navigation
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔒 Limited free features, paywall for more
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Ads can be intrusive
Bugs and requests
Stop Motion Maker
Reported bugs
15 issues- Lag during stop motion
- Videos not playing
- Cannot export videos
- App crashes
- Frames in wrong order
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- Back button erases work
- Picture goes like a ghost
- Results are blurry
- Cannot download the app
- Erases work when back button is pressed
- Video positioning different from preview
- Exporting issues
- Frames not in order
- Doesn't play video
- App crashes when opening videos
Requested features
14 requests- Add effects
- Add audio/sound effects
- Upload photos from photo library
- Support portrait and landscape mode
- Upload digital stop motion
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- Watch videos within the app
- Upgrade resolution quality
- Edit stop motion videos after creation
- Add voice/narration
- Make hand invisible in camera
- Add music in the background
- Change time between frames
- Front camera support
- Focus adjustment
Stop Motion Animation Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Camera not working for some users
- Frames getting rearranged during editing
- Rendering/exporting issues causing crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Add more free sound effects and music
- Improve video export quality
- Allow importing custom audio
- Implement a camera mode instead of just photos
In-app purchases
Stop Motion Maker
- Remove Ads$0.99
Stop Motion Animation Maker
- Create your cartoon$1.997 Days
- Create your film$2.497 Days
- Create your video$3.491 Month
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- 1 month subscription$3.991 Month
- premium subscription$3.991 Year
- Create your cartoon$4.997 Days
- premium subscription$5.991 Year
- Create your animation$6.991 Month
- Create an animation$9.991 Year
- Stop motion$9.991 Year
- premium subscription$9.991 Year
- 1 year subscription$19.991 Year
- premium subscription$19.991 Year
- Premium subscription$39.991 Year
- PRO version forever$3.99
- PRO version$3.99
- PRO version$9.99
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- PRO version forever$9.99
Questions
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