ManimStudio vs Herebit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManimStudio
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ManimStudio renders mathematical animations on iPhone and iPad using manim, the open-source animation engine behind 3Blue1Brown's videos. Type a Scene class, tap Render, and watch the math come to life as a video — entirely on-device, no signup, no cloud. Built for math educators, content creators, and students who want to visualize mathematics without leaving their iPhone or iPad. ManimStudio bundles everything manim needs — there is nothing to install or configure. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Author Scene classes that produce animated videos using manim's full mobject API: Text, MathTex, Circle, Square, Arrow, Graph, NumberPlane, Transform, FadeIn, Write, Create. • Render at multiple qualities (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K) with hardware video encoding via Apple VideoToolbox. • Compose mathematical formulas with LaTeX-backed Tex and MathTex mobjects — the LaTeX engine is bundled, no internet needed. • Auto-detect every Scene class in your file with the built-in scene picker. • Preview the rendered video the moment manim finishes — saved as MP4 to the Files app or shared to Photos, AirDrop, Mail. WHAT'S BUNDLED manim, numpy, scipy, sympy, matplotlib, plotly, PyAV, Cairo, and a full LaTeX engine. ManimStudio works entirely offline. No account, no telemetry, no internet required.
Herebit
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What you want to create is already in your head. You can see the part that needs fixing. You know exactly what you want changed. And yet the work stops because you have to explain to AI what “here” means. Crop the image. Save it. Find where it was saved. Wait for iCloud. Move the file into a folder. Drag it into the conversation. Then turn something obvious at a glance into words: “A little lower and to the left” “Not the button—the empty space beneath it” And the result is still: “Not there.” Explain it again. Wait again. Check again. You wanted AI to help you move faster, but tiny tasks required just to point at one place keep breaking your train of thought. You are not only losing a few seconds. You are losing focus. Creative momentum. The next idea that was in your head a moment ago. The feeling that you are actually making progress. What you really want is not to manage image files or write a perfect description of a location. You want to turn an idea into something real before the excitement fades. You want to keep creating without stopping. You want to end the day with something made, not a pile of explanations. Herebit removes the unnecessary image work that still stands between you and AI. Choose an image. Tap the place you want to point out. That is it. Then simply say: “Fix this here” “Remove this” “Make this space wider” No cropping. No searching for the saved file. No moving files between folders. No long explanation of where something is. You no longer have to be AI’s image assistant. You no longer have to search for the perfect wording. You no longer have to repeat “not there” again and again. You do not want a better explanation. You want to be understood the first time. You want to keep moving without interrupting your train of thought. You want to turn what is in your head into reality, one idea after another. Herebit does more than give back the seconds lost managing images. It gives back your focus and creative speed. Key features • Choose an image and tap the exact place • Show AI visually where a change is needed • Share the marked image immediately • No complicated editing tools • Fewer explanations, mistakes, and repeated attempts Herebit is for you if you: • Build apps or websites with AI • Frequently revise specific parts of AI-generated images • Need to point out a button, text, or empty space quickly • Are tired of describing places that have no name • Do not want tiny tasks to break your focus • Want to turn ideas into reality without stopping Do not cast a spell. Point. Do not spend your time explaining. Make what you want to make.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ManimStudio at Free against Herebit's $1.99. ManimStudio also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
ManimStudio is free to download; Herebit costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ManimStudio ships an update every 6 days, Herebit monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManimStudio | Herebit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 756 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | chienchung Yu | Makoto Fukuoka |
In-app purchases
ManimStudio
No in-app purchases
Herebit
No in-app purchases









