Last Updated: 2023-04-24

Best animation apps for Android

List of apps on the page. Sorted by rating on Google Play.
# Logo App Score Ads IAP Installs
1 Pixel Studio: pixel art editor Pixel Studio: pixel art editor 4.7 Yes Yes 1M+ installs
2 Draw Cartoons 2 Draw Cartoons 2 4.5 Yes Yes 10M+ installs
3 Stick Nodes: Stickman Animator Stick Nodes: Stickman Animator 4.2 Yes No 5M+ installs
Logo Pixel Studio: pixel art editor
4.7

Contains Ads In-app Purchases 1M+ installs

This app has Google Drive sync, and that makes it very easy to switch between devices and continue your project. Convenient color sliders, palettes, and pickers make getting colors not a hassle, and it overall feels responsive and pleasing to use. You can move and zoom with both speed and precision, select exact colors, easily make straight lines, use multiple layers, use an invisible background, save files in multiple formats, insert other images, and even load files to edit later. Good reliable experience, to export SpritesSheets in a usable format for programming, even allows you to figure out frame timing beforehand. Files can be saved to many types of folders, as different types of files can be accessed quickly and easily. This is the most useful, easy-to-use, and straightforward pixel art animation app out there by a long shot.

Logo Draw Cartoons 2
4.5

Contains Ads In-app Purchases 10M+ installs

This app makes it so fun to make little shorts, and the ability to make your own characters, accessories, etc. There are so many cool characters and objects you can use, and you can even create your own objects and characters. You can pick a speed: slow or fast, or frame-by-frame. You can control the controls easily and make cool animations. Simple stuff, like effects and guns, requires a pro. Oh, and the text signs are a little bit too hard to use.

Logo Stick Nodes: Stickman Animator
4.2

Contains Ads No purchases 5M+ installs

The tools, the custom stick-figures, the simplicity that fuels your creativity - all in one beautiful package. There are many options to make your animation work the way you want it to. Overall, this is by far the best and easiest-to-use animation app you can get to create simple animations. Down to the last minute detail, this is better than most computer animation software, and it's easy to learn.