Comparison

Stop Motion vs Anima

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

Head to head
About

Stop Motion

Features
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Turn a simple move-and-hold recording into stop motion automatically. You do not need to press the shutter for every frame. Keep your phone steady, reposition your clay, blocks, drawing, paper art or product, and pause briefly after each change. The app finds clear, steady moments in the continuous video and combines them into a frame-by-frame animation. Key features: • Record in the app with live hold-steady guidance • Import an existing video from Photos • Automatically find the steady frame after every change • Use on-device hand-pose detection to avoid obstructed frames when possible • Adjust frame duration, stability sensitivity and output resolution • Preserve portrait, landscape and square orientation • Loop the finished animation, save it to Photos or share it • Automatically follows the device or iOS per-app language in English or Simplified Chinese Privacy first: Video analysis, hand detection and animation rendering happen entirely on your device. No account is required. Videos are not uploaded, and the app contains no advertising or tracking SDKs. Great for clay animation, building blocks, paper art, drawing progress, product showcases, classroom demonstrations and any frame-by-frame creation.

About

Anima

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Stop Motion4 screens
Anima4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stop Motion at none against Anima's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Anima sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stop Motion asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Stop Motion versus Anima: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStop MotionAnima
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeräøŗå® 黄316 SOFTWARE INC.

In-app purchases

None

Stop Motion

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Anima

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99

Questions

Is Stop Motion free?
Stop Motion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anima free?
Anima is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stop Motion or Anima have ads?
Neither Stop Motion nor Anima shows ads.

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