Stop Motion Lab vs Anima
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stop Motion Lab
Create stop motion animations with ease on your iPhone or iPad. Capture frames, edit them, add sound, and export your creations as MP4 or GIF. Perfect for claymation, classroom projects, or polished animations.
- Frame-by-frame capture
- Onion skinning
- Brightness, contrast, saturation adjustment
- Background music and voiceovers
- MP4 and GIF export
- Watermark-free exports (Pro)
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Stop Motion Lab is a powerful, easy-to-use stop motion animation app for iPhone and iPad. Capture frames with your camera, arrange them into animations, add music or voiceovers, and export as MP4 or GIF, all on your device. Whether you're making your first claymation, running a classroom project, or building a polished animation, Stop Motion Lab gives you practical tools without getting in your way. CAPTURE • Tap to capture, use a timer, shoot timelapse, or trigger frames hands-free with clap detection • Set intervals from 1 second to 30 minutes • Use onion skinning to line up each new frame • Lock camera focus and exposure for consistent shots EDIT • Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation • Apply color effects to single frames or entire projects • Rotate, flip, reorder, duplicate, and delete frames • Hold frames for dramatic pauses SOUND • Add background music from the built-in library • Import your own audio files • Record voiceovers directly in the app PLAYBACK & EXPORT • Adjust FPS • Preview with loop, bounce, or reverse playback • Export as MP4 or animated GIF • Choose from multiple resolution options • Save to your device or share directly PRO UPGRADE Stop Motion Lab Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks: • Watermark-free exports • 1080p and 4K resolution • Image sequence export as JPEG or ZIP • Extra music tracks PRIVACY • No account or sign-in required • No ads • No subscriptions • Your projects, photos, and audio stay on your device • Diagnostic crash reports help us fix bugs Made by a small team in Boulder, Colorado.
Anima
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Make a stop motion film with a toy and a table. Move the toy, take a picture, and use the ghost of the last frame to line up the next one. Choose a wide or tall film, set a grid or countdown, and capture silently with the screen or volume button. Focus, exposure and white balance lock so the pictures match. Reorder frames, hold a picture longer, record your voice and share a real video without a watermark. Try 3 new films and 3 full quality exports total, shared across all profiles, with no refill. Saved films stay available to capture, edit and play. One purchase adds unlimited new films and exports, title and end cards, eight sound effects, 24 fps export and green screen backdrops. Family Sharing is supported; no subscription. Existing free users receive both trial allowances once after updating. Purchases, profiles, films, frames and voice clips are preserved. Everything is made on your iPhone or iPad. Camera and voice recordings stay on the device; a video leaves only when you choose to share it. No account, ads, tracking or server. English and Spanish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Stop Motion Lab at every 5 days against Anima's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Stop Motion Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Anima sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stop Motion Lab ships an update every 5 days, Anima every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stop Motion Lab | Anima |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (40 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zerostatic LLC | 316 SOFTWARE INC. |
In-app purchases
Stop Motion Lab
- Pro Unlock$5.99
Anima
- Full Access$4.99
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