RoughAnimator - animation app

christian

1 year ago

What you get in a robust app you lose in an easy to use one. I will say that the app has lots of functionality, but the menus and UI for animating can be quite annoying at times and can also make the animation space quite small. However, if you can get around that type of setback, then, when you learn the tool, it can be capable of quite a lot.

A Google user

5 years ago

Look, I like the app, but when I was working on an animation, I had digitally downloaded it a few days ago, it did not load correctly or something due to it having some layers blank and all the names erased. It also wouldn't allow me to play it back. Can you guys please fix this. This has happened multiple times now.

Divvy Mason

1 year ago

It's better than flipaclip but some things are really off like if you color on one layer and then use another color the second color goes under the first one and no app does that and it's super annoying because I have to add multiple layers just to color and do shading. And also on the background layer you can't delete it and you have to have the same background throughout the drawing which isn't that bad because you could just add another one but it's just weird but maybe I'm just new to this

brianna :

4 years ago

LOve this app, been using it for years and it just keeps updating and getting better. I get excited every new update but lmao. Also the pen sensitivity is awesome (i have a note 8) the new update lets u export in a ton of new ways. Since the begining i was excited because i was really looking for that hand drawn aspect and this app delivers and just keeps giving, theres so many advanced and useful features but its in no way complicated to get the hang of. Great for both beginniners and advanced

Jordan Wolf

4 years ago

I really like this app. Its already leagues better than Flipaclip in the sense that you can stretch frames to be longer or shorter rather than having to just copy paste copy paste copy paste and have 200 frames of the same image. I just wish the layout wasn't so cluttered. This sort of layout works on a computer but not a small phone like I'm using. You can open/close the timeline etc. to make space but its just so much work and everything is so so SO tiny. Still a good app though. 👍

Queen Phantom

3 years ago

I didn't even get a chance to use it, it kept on crashing right when I tried to use it. I'm not sure if it's my phone that had an issue or if it's literally the app, but it wouldn't let me even create anything! When I tried to start an animation, it crashed right as I hit the confirm button for canvas size and such. I'd rather stick with huion paint, clip studio, krita and flipaclip for animations.... They don't even crash like that on me!

A Google user

5 years ago

I find this app great, and I think it is a really good app to do animation on. There are a few problems though. One is the fact the audio is always weird when I animate. It'll change or move when it's not supposed to, and it's really hard to animate to that. Another is the fact that I can't exported video with a transparent background, I can only export transparent backgrounds when they are multiple pictures, which is annoying. Other than that, I still find it a great app.

Azure

2 years ago

Rewriting my review to say the new update has been great and thanks for listening to my feedback about the center cross, really improved my videos by using it more often. Really fixed a lot of problems. Gets a bit slow and laggy if I make a really long video, but that's probably just my phone not able to handle it. Cant wait to see what the next update holds, looking forward to it. Oh, I just remembered, a cursor when using eraser and pen would be helpful to see how much is going to erased.

A Google user

5 years ago

It's probably the best animation app on the app store. I have a problem though, a REALLY big one. When I edit audio, it seems fine. No problems, everything is great. As soon as I play the animation, the audio gets messed up. It's completely off. This REALLY needs to be fixed because I've seen other people with this problem too. I've also heard that you guys don't respond to questions and it's hard to get in touch but I hope I'll be able to reach you

Icecellus snow

2 years ago

This app is awesome and definitely worth buying. However, It keeps deleting all of my progress, even thought I saved it, it keeps deleting everything. I merged one of my layers down, and then all the rest of the layers deleted. I don't know if this problem is with the program or my computer, but I'm pretty sure it's the app cause my other drawing app doesn't do this.

Theo Sparks

1 year ago

Its crazy to me how this is without a doubt the best animation app for android, and it has 10K downloads. Flipaclip on the other hand has 50M downloads and it inferior in so many ways. This has so many great features, but the best ones for me are the ability to flip with the volume buttons, and undo with the spen button, all while in full screen mode, and the ability to use a bluetooth keyboard too. These are really important features and its the only app that has them, as well as many others

Katy Rogers

1 year ago

The app is really wonderful but does have some big issues for me. There is no way to copy & paste multiple frames. You can copy one at a time, but this is very tedious. I LOVE that you can edit multiple frames at once! That's actually the reason I got this app. But unfortunately I cannot view the onion so I can move and place things where they belong. I can't quickly snap the frame back to full size after zooming. No ruler. The option to turn cycles into drawings crashes the app.

Meg

1 year ago

Great except for one thing. I've been drawing on my phone on portrait mode my whole life, so it's all I really know how to do. I can't draw on landscape mode because it's not what I'm used to at all and is very difficult. I'm compare this to another animation app I use: Flipaclip. While it's pretty good, doesn't have as much to offer, but I'm able to use it anyway because of it being in landscape mode. This app has more to offer, but I physically can't use it because of its layout.

Boopi

1 year ago

Incredibly good, Definitely better than Flipaclip. The UI is super simple and is easy to access. The brush settings/parameters are miles better what other apps have to offer+you can import audio! Though I would've given it five stars if I could use my drawing tablet, for whatever reason, it doesn't work with it even though it's an android DT, it acts as if it's still in portrait mode and completely ignores the other half of my tablet.

Ha'ani Whitlock

1 year ago

Typically, this is an awesome app, but it breaks my Bigme Inknote tablet. When I open it, the screen flashes indefinitely and renders everything else—including Android gestures—useless until I reboot the device or "force clear memory". It is Android 11 and fully updated. But I'm thinking it's a problem with that specific device. So, for those with working Android, definitely recommend, this is awesome!

Mach 21

1 year ago

Currently there's a strange glitch? Essentially, the entirety of a frame becomes invisible. Or just completely deletes. It's hard to explain, but I'll be working on one frame, and switch to next, only to see it completely gone. And even when I press undo to see what caused it, it's shown taking pieces and strokes from...nothing. It's as though it never existed, and I was editing nothing before. It's very weird, and I hope it gets fixed soon. It's really starting to cause me some problems.

Rich Wetpasta

11 months ago

Saves projects to "android/data" which has been restricted from general user access since android 12. It doesn't let you save as anywhere else. When you try to export rather than letting you pick a folder it forces you to share the exported file. You have to upload that file to Dropbox to get the file. It would literally be a 5 star if it didn't have these bizarre restrictions, it's otherwise perfect.