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Stick Nodes - Animator

S Tier
Best in class · #3 of 13
93
4.6★14.7K ratings
Freeprice
2mosince update

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

Compare in Animation Creation

MeasureStick NodesAnimation CreatorFlipArtify
TierSSA
Score93 / 10093 / 10090 / 100
Rating4.6 ★4.6 ★4.4 ★
Ratings14.7K29.8K28.6K
Latest ratings · 180d4.8 ★ · 20 reviews3.1 ★ · 20 reviews3.5 ★ · 20 reviews
Last update46d ago5d ago55d ago
PriceFreeFree + IAPFree + IAP

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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.

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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
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