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Head-to-head

FlipaClip vs FlipArtify

FlipaClip 4.6★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner FlipaClip
FlipArtify 4.4★ · Free to download 40

FlipaClip is the better choice for animation, offering a more robust feature set and a generally more positive user experience despite its recent increase in ads and paywalls, while FlipArtify is plagued by an overwhelming number of ads that make it nearly unusable for many.

Full reviews: FlipaClip · FlipArtify

FlipaClip, with a lifetime rating of 4.6, is a more established animation app praised for its ease of use and features, though recent updates have introduced more ads and paywalls. FlipArtify, rated 4.3, struggles significantly with an excessive number of ads and paywalls, making it difficult for users to even access basic functionality.

Head to head

Features & Functionality edge: FlipaClipR3R4R8R12
FlipaClip FlipaClip offers a good range of animation features, with users appreciating its ability to animate easily, even on a phone R12. It supports importing photos and videos and allows for changing FPS R8. However, many advanced features like adding sound, more layers, or longer animations are locked behind paywalls or ads R3R4. Some users also report issues with pixelated screens and difficulty animating smoothly .
FlipArtify FlipArtify provides basic animation capabilities and some users find it fun and creative . It allows sketching on templates . However, core functionalities like adding more than three frames or making a movie are locked behind premium subscriptions . Users also struggle with the app not working in landscape mode and requiring a stylus for drawing .
Ease of Use edge: FlipaClipR8R11R12R16
FlipaClip FlipaClip is generally considered easy to use and beginner-friendly, with many users finding it simple to start animating R11R12. However, recent UI updates have made it harder for some users to navigate and understand, particularly regarding changing FPS or adding audio R8R16.
FlipArtify FlipArtify is described as having easy creations and being fun to use for animation . However, the overwhelming number of ads significantly hinders usability, making it difficult to even get past the first page or use the drawing landscape . Some users also find it hard to use without an Apple Pencil .
Reliability & Performance edge: FlipaClipR6R7R32R39
FlipaClip FlipaClip users report issues with lagging, crashing, and bugs R6R32R39. Specific problems include ads not loading R7, difficulty inserting photos or videos , and the app deleting projects or wasting storage space . Some users also mention that the app keeps crashing every time they open it R32.
FlipArtify FlipArtify users experience significant issues with ads causing the app to be unusable and not saving project data . The app is also described as glitchy and some users report it not working in landscape mode on iPads .
Price/Value & Ads edge: FlipaClipR1R3R4R5
FlipaClip FlipaClip is a free app with in-app purchases and a subscription model. Users are frustrated by the increasing number of disruptive ads R1R4R5R7 and the fact that many essential features, like adding sound, more layers, or longer animations, are paywalled R3R4R9R12. Some users who paid a one-time fee for no ads found ads reappearing after updates R1.
FlipArtify FlipArtify is free to download but is heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of ads that make the app nearly unusable . Many core features, such as adding more than 3 frames or making a movie, are locked behind premium subscriptions, which cost around $5 a week or $30 a year .
Pick FlipaClip if

You are looking for a feature-rich animation app that is generally easy to use, even if it means encountering ads and paywalls for advanced features R11R12.

Pick FlipArtify if

You are willing to pay for a premium subscription upfront to avoid an overwhelming number of ads and unlock basic functionality, and you prefer using an Apple Pencil for drawing .

Evidence note: Reviews for both apps are heavily skewed towards complaints about ads and paywalls, which is common for free-to-download apps with IAP. FlipaClip has a much larger user base and a higher lifetime rating, indicating a more established and generally more satisfying experience despite recent negative feedback. FlipArtify's reviews are almost entirely dominated by ad complaints, making it difficult to assess its core animation capabilities fairly for free users.

Frequently asked

How do FlipaClip and FlipArtify compare on ads?
FlipaClip has ads that are disruptive and appear frequently, especially when trying to use certain features or play animations, but some users found a workaround by turning off Wi-Fi R1R4R5R7. FlipArtify is far worse, with an overwhelming number of ads that appear every few seconds or minutes, making the app nearly unusable for many free users .
What features are behind paywalls in FlipaClip and FlipArtify?
In FlipaClip, features like adding sound, using more than three layers, having more than six seconds of animation, and accessing certain brushes are behind paywalls or require watching ads R3R4R9R12. For FlipArtify, basic functionalities such as adding more than three frames or creating a movie require a premium subscription, which costs around $5 a week or $30 a year .

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R3] FlipaClip 3/5 · US Not fair: Why do you make all the helpful and nice things cost money? I’m 9 going on 10 and i cant even add the sound i want without the app trying to force me to pay for premium and also the adds arev very disruptive. I am disappointed that i thought it would be diffrent
  2. [R4] FlipaClip 2/5 · US Ads, greedy.: If you want a simple animation it does the job but it’s exetremely annoying because you have to pay money just to add sound. You could buy the whatever it is and you’ll just get what you’d expect to be free. They really don’t need that much money, they’re just greedy asf and want more. And the every time I want to play my animation it shoves an ad that I’ll never buy a product from i
  3. [R8] FlipaClip 4/5 · US The new update changed my flipaclip experience: It’s a really good update, but also it seems like everything is all across the screen, and I still don’t know how to change the fps. I do like how you can change it back to the old flipaclip. Great app and I think it’s the best anamation app that I have used!
  4. [R12] FlipaClip 3/5 · US Pretty Good, just a couple of things that make it annoying: Flipaclip is amazing. Super easy to use, even on my phone.I can understand why this is a thing but it stills frustrates me, the fact that I can’t use my own music in my animation without the pass. I get it of course, but it still makes it tedious for me to use other editing software so I don’t have to spend any money doing a hobby I enjoy
  5. [R11] FlipaClip 5/5 · US My review: It really helped me and from the start I could animate with this app it was really helpful. Also I saw it in a viyaura YouTube video
  6. [R16] FlipaClip 1/5 · US Why…: I love this app but why did yall change that layout now it so hard for me to use! And it annoying so I stop using the app until yall fix that im use it again
  7. [R6] FlipaClip 3/5 · US Not my fav but still good!: It’s a good app I didn’t like it was too laggy tho but it may of been my internet but the app is really good! Actually my first drawing/animating app!
  8. [R7] FlipaClip 1/5 · US Ads, bugs, GREED.: This app was beautiful, wonderful even, until the “New FlipaClip” update… there are ads everywhere, when I try importing audio and videos into the studio it tells me to wait for an ad, WHICH DOESN’T EVEN LOAD???? Like yeah, I understand the greed. Hustlers gotta hustle. But come on… the fact that you heartlessly give us users an ad that doesn’t even work shows that you don’t eve
  9. [R32] FlipaClip 5/5 · US Why is it crashing so much?: I am trying to make a animated series on YouTube and for some reason it keeps crashing every time I open it and I deleted a few things to make more storage and yet it still crashes I have freed around 76.3 MB and it still crashing FlipaClip please help me out here.☹️☹️☹️
  10. [R39] FlipaClip 3/5 · US Good but many bugs 👾👾👾: It would be five stars if not the bugs one time it just would not let me animate and that bug has been here for like a few days now but yeah pretty good if you ask me
  11. [R1] FlipaClip 1/5 · US What’s happened..: It was 2019. I was happily animating with this app for the first time. It felt so free. I could use anything any time. After a while, I got tired of ads. I purchased a one time fee promising me that I would never have to watch ads again. It was a simple price- $8.00. I kept on animating a ton. It went on for years. Then 2023 came. I got on the app after installing one update- an
  12. [R5] FlipaClip 4/5 · US To many adds: 4/5 to many adds
  13. [R9] FlipaClip 3/5 · US Okay app: It pretty good at animating but you pretty much have to pay cause there too many adds and brushes lock behind a paywall

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store