What is the best animation creation app for iPhone?

FlipaClip: Draw 2D Animation, S tier, ranked #1 of 13, rated 4.6 by 268,860 people.

Which animation creation apps are free?

11 of 13 are free to download: FlipaClip: Draw 2D Animation (S), Animation Creator: Flipbook 2D (S), Stick Nodes - Animator (S), FlipArtify - 2D Draw Animation (A) and more. 6 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which animation creation app has the best App Store rating?

Stick Nodes Pro - Animator at 4.8 from 6,641 ratings.

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Best Animation Creation Apps for iPhone (2026)

13 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

FlipaClip: Draw 2D Animation is the top-ranked of 13 animation creation apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 268,860 ratings.

1
FlipaClip: Draw 2D AnimationS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 268,860 ratings · score 97
2
Animation Creator: Flipbook 2DS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 29,751 ratings · score 94
3
Stick Nodes - AnimatorS
Free · ★ 4.6 · 14,740 ratings · score 93
4
FlipArtify - 2D Draw AnimationA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 28,609 ratings · score 90
5
Stop Motion StudioA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 81,208 ratings · score 85

What belongs in this list

Create my own animations.

Not here: Video creation alone, since it assembles footage rather than animating; Video generation alone from a text prompt without animation tools; Music creation alone; Avatar creation alone; Animated stickers or wallpapers alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Animation Desk® Draw & Animate

None at B yet

None at D yet

Compare every app

1
FlipaClip: Draw 2D AnimationS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 268,860 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
Animation Creator: Flipbook 2DS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 29,751 ratings · score 94 · best in class
3
Stick Nodes - AnimatorS
Free · ★ 4.6 · 14,740 ratings · score 93 · best in class
4
FlipArtify - 2D Draw AnimationA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 28,609 ratings · score 90 · excellent
5
Stop Motion StudioA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 81,208 ratings · score 85 · excellent
6
Stick Nodes Pro - AnimatorA
$3.99 · ★ 4.8 · 6,641 ratings · score 84 · excellent
7
Animation Desk® Draw & AnimateA
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 15,916 ratings · score 81 · excellent
8
FlipStudio: Draw & Animate AppA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 5,905 ratings · score 81 · excellent
9
Divoom: Pixel art communityC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,645 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
10
RoughAnimator - animation appC
$7.99 · ★ 4.6 · 2,977 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
11
MotionBook - Draw & AnimateC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,584 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
12
Mug Life - 3D Face AnimatorC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,805 ratings · score 61 · situational
13
Plotagon StoryF
Free download · ★ 3.6 · 3,889 ratings · score 33 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best animation creation app for iPhone?: FlipaClip: Draw 2D Animation, S tier, ranked #1 of 13, rated 4.6 by 268,860 people.
Which animation creation apps are free?: 11 of 13 are free to download: FlipaClip: Draw 2D Animation (S), Animation Creator: Flipbook 2D (S), Stick Nodes - Animator (S), FlipArtify - 2D Draw Animation (A) and more. 6 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which animation creation app has the best App Store rating?: Stick Nodes Pro - Animator at 4.8 from 6,641 ratings.
How many animation creation apps reach S or A tier?: 8 of 13. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.