Inkplainer

Spec sheet

Purpose

Inkplainer turns images and text into hand-drawn explainer videos for educational content, product walkthroughs, and social media campaigns.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Intended users

The maker describes it as an open-source alternative aimed at students, teachers, creators, and small teams.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Privacy

The maker says images, text, projects, and exported videos stay on the user's device and are not sent to Inkplainer's servers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Support

The app links to a Ko-fi support page, and privacy questions can be sent to the developer on Reddit; response times may vary.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Maker

The maker describes Inkplainer as a passion project built and maintained by one solo developer.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Animation styles

It offers Chunk Jump, Scanner, Contour, Outline Chunks, and seven subject-aware styles, including Human, Animal, Portrait, and Landscape.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Browser export limit

MP4 export is available only in Chrome and Edge; Firefox and Safari fall back to WebM.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Desktop browser

The maker describes Inkplainer as a desktop-browser tool and says it works best on a desktop browser.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Drawing controls

Per-layer controls include stroke styles, outline detection, coloring fills, and image reveal options.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Export

Animations can be downloaded as MP4 or WebM at up to 1440p, and the final frame can be exported as a PNG.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Input formats

The editor accepts PNG, JPG, GIF, and SVG images, and supports adding text layers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Layers and slicer

Users can stack image and text layers, set animation order, and split images into regions with Grid, Rectangle, or Freehand slicing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Local projects

Projects are automatically saved in browser storage and are not synced to another device or cloud service.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Third-party requests

The privacy policy says Google Fonts may receive a request containing the user's IP address and referring URL; MP4 export loads mp4-muxer from jsDelivr, which may log the IP address.Read 9 Oct 2026 · inkplainer.pages.dev

Plans and prices

Every Inkplainer plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Explainer Video Software#24 of 407.7
• Whiteboard Animation Software#17 of 267.6