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Animation Desk vs Saola Animate

Animation Desk

kdan.com

Saola Animate

atomisystems.com

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FigureAnimation DeskSaola Animate
Price from$2.49/mo—
Free planYes—
Free trialYesYes
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
Plans published61
Spec score · Animation Software9.1 (#10)8.2 (#44)
Export formatsSupported exports listed by the maker include video, images, GIF, Photoshop PSD, PDF and ad.package.HTML5,MP4,WEBM,MKV
Free planYesNo
HeadquartersTainan City, TaiwanHanoi, Vietnam
IntegrationsGetApp records iMovie as a user-mentioned integration, rated 5.0 from one integration review.The product can import external HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files or URLs as editable script resources.
PurposeAnimation Desk is software for creating animations, cartoons, and animatics.Saola Animate creates HTML5 animations and interactive web content in an editor the maker describes as requiring no coding skills.
SupportKDAN lists Animation Desk support for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows and gives [email protected] as a contact address.The maker lists one year of email support with the perpetual license and provides tutorials, a user community, FAQs, and contact support.

Plans

Animation Desk

  • Animation Desk Pro iOS$2.49 a month
  • Creativity 365 for Individuals$4.99 a month
  • Animation Desk iOS BasicFree
  • Animation Desk iOS - Basic PlanFree
  • Animation Desk Pro iOS$2.49 a month
  • Creativity 365 for Individuals$4.99 a month

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Saola Animate

  • Saola Animate 3 Pro$79, paid once

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In their own words

Animation Desk

Animation Desk is software for creating animations, cartoons, and animatics on Android, iOS, and Windows. Its tools include paint brushes, layers, onion skinning, sound effects, and frame-rate settings. Work can begin with video clips, photos, or pre-built animation templates, with stock collections, batch frame pasting, and effects for video and images available for editing; some features depend on app version. The product is aimed at beginners, students, learners, and professional animators making rough animation, animatic sketches, or storyboards. Finished work can be exported as video, GIF, PDF, PSD, or image sequences, and editable projects can be exchanged among the Android, iOS, and Windows apps. The iOS listing also describes export to Photoshop for further editing. Animation Desk is free to download, and a free plan is listed. Animation Desk Pro for iOS is $2.49 a month, billed annually at $29.99. Creativity 365 for Individuals is $4.99 a month, billed annually at $59.99. KDAN says the product will remain available under existing paid plans but will not receive proactive new feature development or routine version maintenance updates.

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Saola Animate

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