Alternatives to Adobe Character Animator

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Animation Desk

Animation Desk is software for creating animations, cartoons, and animatics on Android, iOS, and Windows.

Free planAndroidiOSmacOS

From $2.49 a month

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Animaze

Animaze is software for creating interactive avatar-based entertainment, with avatars, animations, and customization tools.

Free planAndroidiOSAPI

From $19.99 a year

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FlipaClip

FlipaClip is a frame-by-frame animation app for creating animated projects.

Free planAndroidiOSmacOS

From $29.99 a year

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   VTube Studio

   VTube Studio is an app for Virtual YouTubers to animate Live2D models.

   Free planAndroidiOSAPImacOS
   8.0$14.99 one-time
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   Animaker

   Animaker is a web-based tool for creating animated and live-action videos.

   Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI
   7.8From $15 a month
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   Live2D Cubism

   Live2D Cubism Editor turns drawn illustrations into animated 2D models, with tools for puppet-style motion, mesh deformation, physics and lip sync.

   AndroidiOSWebmacOS
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   Pencil2D

   Pencil2D is free, open-source desktop software for making hand-drawn 2D animations, including commercial work.

   Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows
   7.4Free plan
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   PNGTuber Plus

   PNGTuber Plus is a free desktop app for customizing 2D PNG VTuber avatars.

   Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows
   7.4Free plan
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   Stick Nodes

   Stick Nodes is an Android and iOS app for creating stickfigure animations and exporting them as GIFs or videos.

   Free planAndroidiOS
   7.2$3.99 one-time
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    Callipeg

    Callipeg is a 2D animation application for frame-by-frame work on tablets and desktop computers.

    AndroidiOSLinuxmacOS
    7.0$5 one-time
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    Spriter

    Spriter Pro is a 2D game animation tool that builds movement from modular sprite pieces and skeletal animation.

    Free planLinuxWindows
    6.9$59.99 one-time
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    Mango Animate Whiteboard Animation Maker

    Mango Animate Whiteboard Animation Maker, also called Mango WM, is a Windows application for making whiteboard and hand-drawn style animation videos.

    Free planWindows
    6.8Free plan
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    Plotagon

    Plotagon apps let users create animated videos for fan fiction, original stories, social stories, training, education, and advertising.

    AndroidiOSWindows
    6.8
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    RoughAnimator

    RoughAnimator is a paid, frame-by-frame app for creating traditional hand-drawn animation on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.

    AndroidiOSmacOSWindows
    6.8$7.99 one-time
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    SpineBones

    SpineBones is a free 2D skeletal animation editor for creating bone rigs, animating them with timeline keyframes, and exporting finished work.

    Free planAPImacOSWindows
    6.8Free plan
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    veadotube

    veadotube is a collection of tools for people interested in virtual puppetry, including VTubing.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.8From $8 a month
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    Moho

    Moho is 2D animation software for creating cartoons, films, vector animation, stop-motion, and cut-out animation.

    macOSWindows
    6.7$59.99 one-time
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    Spine

    Spine is a desktop 2D animation tool focused on game animation, with an editor for building skeletal or cutout motion and runtimes for using the results in games.

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    6.7From $850 a year
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    TupiTube

    Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.7Free plan
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    SkelForm

    SkelForm is a free 2D skeletal animator for creating game animations.

    Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.6Free plan
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    Cartoon Animator

    Windows
    6.5
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    Procreate

    iOS
    6.5$5.99 one-time
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    AnvilWiki

    AnvilWiki is an open-source template for building game wikis and other game-focused content sites.

    Free planWebmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
    6.4Free plan
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    Creature

    Creature is Windows software for making 2D animation for games, digital art, and web design.

    Windows
    6.4$50 one-time
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    Marionette Studio

    Web
    6.4
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    OpenToonz

    OpenToonz is free software for producing 2D animation on Linux, macOS and Windows.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.4Free plan
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    Synfig Studio

    Synfig Studio is free, open-source software for making 2D animation from vector and bitmap artwork.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.4Free plan
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    Tahoma2D

    Tahoma2D is open-source software for creating 2D and stop motion animation on Windows, macOS and Linux.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.4Free plan
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    Adobe Animate

    Adobe Animate is a macOS and Windows application for creating 2D animations for cartoons, banners, games, and web projects.

    macOSWindows
    6.3From $22.99 a month
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