Stick Nodes - Animator
What is Stick Nodes?
Stick Nodes is a stickman animator built for mobile devices and inspired by the Pivot stickfigure animator. It includes frame-tweening, a camera, movieclips, text fields, sound effects, filters and shape tools for building animated scenes. The listing also describes a community website with downloadable stickfigures and support for importing Minecraft skins.
Pricing. Stick Nodes - Animator is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Making stickfigure animated movies on a phone or tablet
- Learning animation in a school setting, as the listing describes
- Animating imported images or Minecraft skins
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Why this app is in S tier
Stick Nodes scores 93 out of 100: rating 91, rating count 83, App Store search rank 98, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
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
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| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | S | S | A |
| Score | 93 / 100 | 93 / 100 | 90 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.6 ★ | 4.6 ★ | 4.4 ★ |
| Ratings | 14.7K | 29.8K | 28.6K |
| Latest ratings · 180d | 4.8 ★ · 20 reviews | 3.1 ★ · 20 reviews | 3.5 ★ · 20 reviews |
| Last update | 46d ago | 5d ago | 55d ago |
| Price | Free | Free + IAP | Free + IAP |
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See all 12 ›Questions about Stick Nodes
Is the app free?
The description says sounds, filters and MP4 export are Pro-only features.
What formats can I export animations to?
The listing says animations can be exported as animated GIFs. MP4 export is described as a Pro-only feature. Projects, stickfigures and movieclips can also be saved, opened and shared.
Can I import my own images or Minecraft skins?
You can import and animate images. It also says a recent update lets you import Minecraft skins and animate them. Compatibility with pre-3.0 Pivot stickfigure files is stated too.
Is Stick Nodes free?
Yes. Stick Nodes is free on the App Store, with no in-app purchases.
What is Stick Nodes good for?
Stick Nodes is built for making stickfigure animated movies on a phone or tablet, learning animation in a school setting, as the listing describes, animating imported images or minecraft skins. It sits in the animation creation list on AppTierList.
Is Stick Nodes worth it?
Stick Nodes is S tier, ranked #3 of 13 animation creation apps with a score of 93 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 14,740 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 2 apps rank above it.
How does Stick Nodes compare to Animation Creator?
Stick Nodes is S tier at 93; Animation Creator is S tier at 93. They score the same. Stick Nodes is free, with no in-app purchases, Animation Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Stick Nodes updated?
Stick Nodes was last updated on 2026-09-04, 46 days ago.
All the facts
- List
- Animation Creation
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 93 / 100
- Rank in list
- #3 of 13
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 14,740
- Recent reviews
- 4.8 from 20 in the last 180 days
- Current version
- (46 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Entertainment
- Good for
- Making stickfigure animated movies on a phone or tablet, Learning animation in a school setting, as the listing describes, Animating imported images or Minecraft skins
- Requires
- iOS 14.0 or later
- Size
- 123 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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