Animation Desk is software for creating animations, cartoons, and animatics on Android, iOS, and Windows.
Alternatives to SpriteForge
Animaze is software for creating interactive avatar-based entertainment, with avatars, animations, and customization tools.
FlipaClip is a frame-by-frame animation app for creating animated projects.
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VTube Studio
VTube Studio is an app for Virtual YouTubers to animate Live2D models.
Free planAndroidiOSAPImacOS8.0$14.99, paid once - 5
Animaker
Animaker is a web-based tool for creating animated and live-action videos.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.8Free plan - 6

Adobe Character Animator
Free planmacOSWindows7.5Free plan - 7

Live2D Cubism
Live2D Cubism Editor turns drawn illustrations into animated 2D models, with tools for puppet-style motion, mesh deformation, physics and lip sync.
AndroidiOSWebmacOS7.4From $5.65 a month - 8

Pencil2D
Pencil2D is free, open-source desktop software for making hand-drawn 2D animations, including commercial work.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows7.4Free plan - 9
PNGTuber Plus
PNGTuber Plus is a free desktop app for customizing 2D PNG VTuber avatars.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows7.4Free plan - 10
Stick Nodes
Stick Nodes is an Android and iOS app for creating stickfigure animations and exporting them as GIFs or videos.
Free planAndroidiOS7.2$3.99, paid once - 11

Callipeg
Callipeg is a 2D animation application for frame-by-frame work on tablets and desktop computers.
AndroidiOSLinuxmacOS7.0From $5 a month - 12

Spriter
Spriter Pro is a 2D game animation tool that builds movement from modular sprite pieces and skeletal animation.
Free planLinuxWindows6.9From $59.99 a month - 13
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 planWindows6.8From $99 a month - 14
Plotagon
Plotagon apps let users create animated videos for fan fiction, original stories, social stories, training, education, and advertising.
AndroidiOSWindows6.8 - 15
RoughAnimator
RoughAnimator is a paid, frame-by-frame app for creating traditional hand-drawn animation on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.
AndroidiOSmacOSWindows6.8From $7.99 a month - 16
veadotube
veadotube is a collection of tools for people interested in virtual puppetry, including VTubing.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.8From $8 a month - 17
Moho
Moho is 2D animation software for creating cartoons, films, vector animation, stop-motion, and cut-out animation.
macOSWindows6.7From $59.99 a month - 18

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.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.7From $70.83 a month - 19

TupiTube
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.7Free plan - 20

SkelForm
SkelForm is a free 2D skeletal animator for creating game animations.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows6.6Free plan - 21
Cartoon Animator
Windows6.5From $149 a month - 22

Adobe Animate
Adobe Animate is a macOS and Windows application for creating 2D animations for cartoons, banners, games, and web projects.
macOSWindows6.4 - 23

AnvilWiki
AnvilWiki is an open-source template for building game wikis and other game-focused content sites.
Free planWebmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.4Free plan - 24
CACANi
Windows6.4 - 25
Creature
Creature is Windows software for making 2D animation for games, digital art, and web design.
Windows6.4$50, paid once - 266.4From $0.58 a month
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OpenToonz
OpenToonz is free software for producing 2D animation on Linux, macOS and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 28

Procreate
iOS6.4$5.99, paid once - 29
Synfig Studio
Synfig Studio is free, open-source software for making 2D animation from vector and bitmap artwork.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 30
Tahoma2D
Tahoma2D is open-source software for creating 2D and stop motion animation on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan


