Aseprite vs Cartoon Animator
Aseprite
aseprite.comCartoon Animator
reallusion.comSide by side
| Figure | Aseprite | Cartoon Animator |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $149/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Game Animation Software | 8.4 (#8) | 8.5 (#7) |
| Animation | It supports layers, frames, cels, frame tags, playback modes, and onion skinning. | Listed features include puppet animation, motion paths, spring dynamics, free-form deformation, body and facial animation, and 2D talking heads. |
| Export | It can export animated GIFs, PNG image sequences, and sprite sheets in PNG and JSON, and create texture atlases. | It supports transparent MOV video and PNG image-sequence export, including export of selected items for compositing. |
| Platforms | The maker offers a Windows installer and portable ZIP, a macOS app bundle, and Ubuntu packages; the FAQ specifies Ubuntu 20.04 or greater for purchased packages. | windows |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says the website uses cookies and server logs, stores its site on Google Cloud Compute Engine in the United States, and stores backups in Google Cloud Storage in the European Union; it states that Igara respects GDPR privacy rights. | Reallusion's privacy policy says it collects information provided by users and information gathered through its website, including anonymous site statistics, domain names, and IP addresses. |
| Purpose | Aseprite is a desktop editor for drawing animated graphics and pixel art. | Cartoon Animator creates animatable 2D characters from images, photos, paintings, layered Photoshop PSD files, and vector graphics. |
| Support | The maker offers priority email support with purchase and lists support hours as Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm UTC-3, in English and Spanish. | The online manual directs users to product FAQs and further assistance, and the FAQ page says users can submit a Reallusion support ticket under the Cartoon Animator 5 category. |
Plans
Cartoon Animator
- TrialPrice not published
- Full$149 a month
- Cartoon Animator 5 Full$149, paid once
In their own words
Cartoon Animator
Cartoon Animator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.