Boats Animator vs Lapse It

Boats Animator is a free stop motion animation program for Windows, macOS and Linux. It captures high-resolution webcam images, including 1080p and beyond, and provides live frame capture with immediate frame preview. Onion skinning, gridlines and aspect ratio masks help position and compare animation frames. Finished work can be exported as video files or as conforming image files for video-editing software. The program is open source under the GNU General Public License, and contributions are welcomed. A USB webcam is required. Listed hardware requirements are an Intel Pentium 4 or later with SSE2, 1 GB RAM and 1 GB available storage. Documentation lists Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.10 or later, and Ubuntu 20.04 tested for Linux builds. Version 0.13.0 is identified as the last release supporting Windows 7 and 8.1. User documentation, a Discord community and author contact are linked.

Lapse It captures time-lapse and stop-motion videos on mobile devices. It offers choices of resolution and frame rate, plus onion skinning, live frame capture, exposure controls, timeline editing, and audio support. Finished videos can be saved as MP4, MOV, or FLV files. Lapse It says capture has no duration restriction, though battery capacity and available disk space set practical limits. Captured files are stored in the device’s sdcard/LapseIt directory. The Free plan costs nothing and records at a lower resolution, with some features unavailable. Pro supports 1080p Full HD; the FAQ also lists 720p, 480p, 360p, and 240p, but no Pro price is listed. The app is listed for Android, iOS, and macOS, with iPhone, iPad, and Mac availability stated in the App Store listing. Its shutter sound is disabled by default, although some non-rooted phones may not allow disabling it for privacy-policy reasons. On Android, the FAQ says in-app purchases can be restored after a fresh install through the user’s Google Account.