30 alternatives · from 2d character animation software

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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 planAndroidiOSAPI

$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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Adobe Character Animator
Free planmacOSWindows
7.5Free plan
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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
7.4
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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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