Comparison

Stick Nodes vs toongether

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

Head to head
About

Stick Nodes

Create custom stickfigure animations with a user-friendly interface. Import images, add sound effects, and export your creations as GIFs or MP4 videos. Join a vibrant community for inspiration and shared resources.

Highlights
  • Stickfigure animation creation
  • Image import for animation
  • Automatic frame-tweening
  • Camera pan, zoom, and rotate
  • Movieclips for reusable objects
  • Sound effects and filters
  • GIF and MP4 export
Features
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Stick Nodes is a powerful stickman animator app created with mobile devices in mind! Inspired from the popular Pivot stickfigure animator, Stick Nodes allows users to create their own stickfigure-based movies and even export them as animated GIFs and MP4 videos! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators! ■ Features ■ ◆ Import and animate images as well! ◆ Automatic customizeable frame-tweening, make your animations smoother! ◆ A simple camera to pan/zoom/rotate around the scene, similar to the "v-cam" in Flash. ◆ Movieclips allow you to create and reuse/loop animation objects within your projects. ◆ A variety of shapes, color/scale on a per-segment basis, gradients - create any "stickfigure" you can imagine! ◆ Textfields allow for easy text and speech in your animations. ◆ Add all kinds of sounds effects to make your animations epic. ◆ Apply different filters to your stickfigures - transparency, blur, glow, and more. ◆ Join stickfigures together to easily simulate holding/wearing objects. ◆ A large community full of all kinds of interesting people and other animators. ◆ Over 30,000+ stickfigures (and counting) to download from the website. ◆ Export to GIF (or MP4 for Pro) to share your animation online. ◆ Compatibility with pre-3.0 Pivot stickfigure files. ◆ Save/open/share your projects, stickfigures, and movieclips. ◆ And all the other typical animation stuff - undo/redo, onion-skin, background images, and more! * Please note, sounds, filters, and MP4-export are Pro-only features ■ Lanuages ■ ◆ English ◆ Español ◆ Français ◆ Japanese ◆ Filipino ◆ Português ◆ Russian ◆ Türkçe Stick Nodes has a thriving community where animators have a good time, help each other out, show off their work, and even create stickfigures for others to use! There are thousands of stickfigures (and more added daily!) over at the main website https://sticknodes.com/stickfigures/ As of one of the latest updates, Stick Nodes is also a Minecraft™ animator as it allows you to easily import Minecraft™ skins and animate them instantly! Search for "stick nodes" on YouTube to see just a few of the thousands of animations users have made with this stickfigure animation app! If you're looking for an animation creator or an animation maker app, this is it! ■ Stay Updated ■ New updates have been never-ending for Stick Nodes since it's original 2014 release. Keep up-to-date with the latest news and updates about your favorite stick figure animation app and join in with the community! ◆ Website: https://sticknodes.com ◆ Facebook: http://facebook.com/sticknodes ◆ Reddit: http://reddit.com/r/sticknodes ◆ Twitter: http://twitter.com/FTLRalph ◆ Youtube: http://youtube.com/FTLRalph Stick Nodes is *the best* simple animation app available on the iOS market! It's a great tool for learning animation, even in a school setting for students or newbies. At the same time, Stick Nodes is robust enough and powerful enough for even the most skilled animator to really showcase their skills! Thank you for trying out Stick Nodes! Leave any questions/comments below or on the main Stick Nodes website! Common questions are already answered on the FAQ page here https://sticknodes.com/faqs/

About

toongether

Create and read fantasy comic stories, inspired by popular magical and mystery series. Build your own worlds, characters, and plots panel by panel. Collaborate with others by remixing existing panels or developing full comic series.

Highlights
  • Create manga/manhwa inspired stories
  • Build magic academies and mysterious worlds
  • Remix panels and publish your own take
  • Develop serialized comic story series
  • World-building playground with characters and locations
  • No drawing skills required
Features
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Make your own manga, manhwa and webcomics. Build dramatic romance scenes, cinematic panels, and characters readers won't forget. All from your phone. You supply the ideas. We'll supply the assets. toongether keeps you in charge of the story: you write the script, compose the scenes, choose the vibe. We handle the canvas, the posing, the backgrounds, so you can go from idea to published chapter in one afternoon. Drag, drop, write, publish. That's the loop. FIND YOUR SQUAD You're not posting into the void. toongether publishes straight to a community of readers and creators who care about webcomics. Read free romance, fantasy and slow-burn series from creators around the world while you build your own. Drop a cliffhanger and watch the reactions roll in. Trade tips. Find a co-writer for your next series. WHY CREATORS LOVE TOONGETHER - Characters that stay consistent between panels. Your protagonist looks exactly like themselves from page one to the finale. - Cooking an enemies-to-lovers arc? Fake dating? CEO romance? Fanfic? Generate the poses, outfits and backgrounds to match in one tap. - Real layout control. Layer, rotate, resize, stack speech bubbles until the scene looks how you saw it in your head. You aren't just prompting, you are directing. - Built-in readers. Your chapter goes live in front of manga and manhwa fans the moment you hit post. - A real community. Co-writers, comments, and a fanbase you build from chapter one. Start your story today. Who is your main character falling for first? Terms of Use: https://toongether.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://toongether.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Stick Nodes4 screens
toongether4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stick Nodes at none against toongether's 16. Stick Nodes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). toongether's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. toongether sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Stick Nodes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Stick Nodes against 4.7 for toongether. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Stick Nodes's written reviews are positive against 83% of toongether's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stick Nodes ships an update every 2 weeks, toongether every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stick Nodes versus toongether: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStick Nodestoongether
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15K ratings)4.7 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better82.9% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better3.9K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperForTheLoss Games, IncKartoon

Customer experience

Stick Nodes

All ratings14,519 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews1,405 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.3%

toongether

All ratings3,764 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews703 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.8%

User reviews

Stick Nodes

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Great for beginners
  • 💡 Customizable stick figures
  • 🎥 Smooth animations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Lag issues
  • 🐛 Bugs with importing/downloading
  • 🐛 Glitches with certain features
  • 💰 Pro version paywall

toongether

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fun and engaging
  • 💡 Helpful for non-artists
  • 🤗 Great community

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited character/background options
  • 🎨 Lack of customization
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding right assets

Bugs and requests

Stick Nodes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when downloading stickfigure packs
  • Saving/loading issues with animations
  • Nodes/limbs getting stuck or glitching
  • Unexpected behavior with certain actions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add tutorial/instructions
  • Improve save/export options
  • Implement account system
  • Expand free version features
  • Add drawing/shading tools
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  • Improve performance on older devices
  • Implement background music support

toongether

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to add characters to stories
  • Zooming issues
  • Requests for custom characters not working
  • Crashes and freezing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add search bar
  • Allow custom character/background creation
  • Improve character pose options
  • Add more text/speech bubble styles
  • Implement voting/commenting system

In-app purchases

None

Stick Nodes

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

toongether

Subscriptions6
  • toonpass standard monthly$9.991 Month
  • toonpass plus monthly$19.991 Month
  • toonpass max monthly$39.991 Month
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  • toonpass plus monthly [LEGACY]$39.991 Month
  • toonpass standard yearly$89.991 Year
  • toonpass plus yearly$359.991 Year
One-time8
  • credits pack 12 variants$1.99
  • credits pack 22 variants$4.99
  • credits pack 3$9.99
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  • credits pack 3$14.99
  • credits pack 4$19.99
  • credits pack 5$29.99
  • credits pack 6$49.99
  • credits pack 4$49.99

Questions

Is Stick Nodes free?
Stick Nodes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is toongether free?
toongether is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stick Nodes or toongether?
toongether is rated higher. Stick Nodes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while toongether averages 4.7 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Stick Nodes or toongether have ads?
toongether shows ads; Stick Nodes does not.
Which is updated more often, Stick Nodes or toongether?
Stick Nodes ships an update every 2 weeks, and toongether every 3 days. Most recently, Stick Nodes was updated on October 24, 2026 and toongether on October 24, 2026.

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