AniToon: Draw Art & Animate

No crazy payment requirements, no layer limits, no canvas limits, canvas resolution up to 4K, and the ability to import audio and video – this might not be the best animation software, but it's definitely the most affordable animation software I've used. However, there are some drawbacks. Besides the commonly reported issues of limited brushes, no fill function, and no lasso tool, I think there are some areas for improvement: 1. More onion skin layers would be helpful for comparing frames. 2. The grid should be resizable, or an auxiliary line function should be added (like in Procreate), which would be very user-friendly for beginners. 3. Drawings on different layers should be independent; deleting something on one layer shouldn't affect other layers. 4. More export formats would be beneficial. The following suggestions are very important!!! 5. The ability to merge layers and canvases would be extremely helpful, allowing artists to easily adjust their work. 6. Imported audio should be able to be trimmed and become an independent track. This is the most important point!! Like Flipaclip, the audio should be flexible; dragging the audio should move the canvas to that point, and the audio should play as it's dragged. This would allow users to easily time their animations and have characters perform actions in sync with the music. This software has great potential; it's an excellent animation software for mobile devices, and I hope it can be improved further!

Right off the bat, this is hands down the app I will be using for animation after looking through a handful. This has been a way better experience for me than using flipaclip due to its new update. It’s very simple to use and my main deal with this is because I can add my own MP3 music. I’m so baffled how this app isn’t popular considering how nice it is to use especially as a newer animator. Here comes the cons: The app uses the firmware pens (firmware is a microcode or program written into the device’s hardware modules) not pens unique to the app therefore no fill tool or lasso. It’s not a dealbreaker, but having to fill tool nor a way to select a specific part of the canvas is inconvenient. Rotating the canvas is very crunchy and weird, often not picking up that I’m even trying to or lagging at a certain point.

I honestly give credit to this app for having audio import capabilities. Especially ones that aren’t locked behind a paywall. That being said the brushes are really bad, at least for me as an ios user! I really do like the app though and I think really good things could be made with it if the brushes were more stable to use. A feature i’d like to see added is being able to scrub through your animation with the audio playing as you scrub through. So for example if you scrub slow the audio plays slow and if you scrub backwards through it plays in reverse if that makes sense. I find it easier to lipsync an animation with! I honestly like the app and see potential