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RoughAnimator - animation app

Jacob KAFKA

Draw frame-by-frame animation

4.6 ★6,425 ratings
50K+Downloads
4+Age rating
32 MBApp size
$7.99In-app purchases

About this app

A fully featured hand drawn animation application for iPad. Made by an animator, for animators. Powerful enough for professionals, simple enough for beginners. Everything you need to create traditional hand drawn frame-by-frame animation, anywhere you go!

Features: - Timeline with unlimited layers and easily adjustable exposure length of individual drawings, for pose-to-pose or straight-ahead animating - Onion skinning - Preview playback - Scrub along timeline - Import audio for lip syncing - Import video for rotoscoping animation - Custom brushes - Supports Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon - Control framerate and resolution - Export animation to Quicktime video, GIF, or image sequence - RoughAnimator projects can be imported to Adobe Flash/Animate, After Effects, and Toon Boom Harmony - Also available on desktop

See a short film animated with RoughAnimator: https://youtu.be/vaHuJNNPoMM

Preview

Real screenshots from the store listing.

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Independent evidence report

Evidence and review signals

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Store listing and review signals

What we measured

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How these are measured

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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.

Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured

What the analysis found

App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.

Methodology
Reviewers report clear pricing17 reviews · user report
No ad complaints7 reviews · user report

Highlighted reviews

Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.

Reviewers report clear pricing
“overall is good and i like it because it's one time purchase app and have a lot of features! but i'd love if they add liquify pen and lasso fill that'll make animating easier! everything is good but they need to add liquify pen and lasso…”
5★ · Google Play · 2026-03-28
Reviewers report clear pricing
“This Is a great app! I recommend this for people who just want the basics with no ads and full resources. I only ask, PLEASE GIVE THE SELECTION TOOL MORE POWER. I want to be able to skew images and slant them if possible. (if there is a…”
5★ · Google Play · 2024-12-21
Reviewers report clear pricing
“Better than Flipaclip. FC: - Contains ads 👎 - Both Pro DLC and Premium subscription 👎 - Less functionality and tools 👎 - Limited backup options 👎 - Simple UI 👍 RA: - No ads 👍 - One-time payment 👍 - More functionality and tools 👍…”
5★ · Google Play · 2026-09-03

Assessment & version history

App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.

Store listing updated to version 4.25.

What this app sells

Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.

Business model$7.99

Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.