Adobe Character Animator vs FlipaClip
Adobe Character Animator
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FlipaClip
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| Figure | Adobe Character Animator | FlipaClip |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $2.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 5 |
| Spec score · 2D Character Animation Software | 9.2 (#3) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Spec score · Animation Software | 9.1 (#8) | 8.8 (#18) |
| Spec score · Cartoon Maker Software | 9.1 (#3) | 9.0 (#5) |
| API and SDK | Adobe's public Character Animator help presents user workflows for behaviors, rigging, recording, export and streaming but does not present a public Character Animator API or SDK section. | The official site and knowledge base document end-user app features and support but do not publish a public API or SDK. |
| Company headquarters | Adobe's LinkedIn profile lists San Jose, California as headquarters. | LinkedIn lists FlipaClip headquarters in Miami, Florida, with a primary address at 150 SE 2nd Avenue, Suite 500. |
| Company legal name | LinkedIn identifies the maker as Adobe, a public software-development company. | Crunchbase lists the legal name as Visual Blasters LLC. |
| Company size | Adobe's LinkedIn profile lists company size as 10,001+ employees. | LinkedIn reports a company size of 11–50 employees. |
| Export formats | Exports include H.264 video, Adobe Media Encoder output, PNG sequences and WAV audio. | MP4,GIF,PNG sequence |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | Adobe lists Character Animator under Creative Cloud software governed by Adobe's general terms; it is proprietary commercial software rather than open source. | The Apple listing points to Apple's standard App Store EULA and identifies Visual Blasters LLC as seller; it does not state an open-source licence. |
| Supported platforms | Windows,macOS | The app is listed for Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore and Huawei AppGallery; Mac computers with an M chip are supported but not fully optimized. |
| What it does | Adobe Character Animator is a performance-based 2D animation application that brings layered characters to life in real time. | FlipaClip is a frame-by-frame 2D animation and cartoon-making app for creating short movies and flipbooks. |
Plans
Adobe Character Animator
- Character Animator StarterPrice not published
- Character Animator StarterPriced on request
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachersPriced on request
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachersPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for teamsPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for teamsPriced on request
- StarterFree
- Creative Cloud Pro annual billed monthly$34.99 a month
- Creative Cloud Pro$69.99 a month
FlipaClip
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- FlipaClip Plus monthly$5.99 a month
- FlipaClip Plus annual$29.99 a year
- FlipaClip PlusPrice not published
In their own words
Adobe Character Animator
Adobe Character Animator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
FlipaClip
FlipaClip is a frame-by-frame animation app for aspiring and emerging artists. Its timeline offers Classic and Studio layouts, with Studio showing frames, layers, and audio together. Users can draw beyond the canvas, though that extra content is left out of the final video. Audio support allows up to six separate tracks on Android and eight on iOS. Projects can be exported as MP4, GIF, or PNG sequences. The Free plan is free and includes three layers and ads. FlipaClip Plus adds unlimited layers, audio and video import, watermark and ad removal, PNG image sequence export, and custom canvases up to 1920×1920; the price appears in the app before purchase, with monthly or yearly billing. Magic Cut uses AI to separate images into elements and is a Plus feature. Voice maker generates dialogue audio, includes 15,000 monthly credits, and limits each text input to 150 characters. Projects stay on the device where they were created and do not sync through sign-in, but creation, editing, and rendering work offline. Users can back up projects manually to third-party storage. FlipaClip also offers an Education option for educational institutions.