RoughAnimator Downloads & RevenueRoughAnimator - animation app · App Store & Google Play
RoughAnimator - animation app gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
RoughAnimator - animation app by Jacob KAFKA is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
RoughAnimator - animation app update history & changes
Last change · 31 events since 15 Oct 2014Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 31 events
- 🚀RoughAnimator - animation app: now shown next to FlipaClip: Draw 2D Animation, Flip Animation: 2D Draw a Clip, Callipeg: 2D Animation App +1 moreAndroidthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Graphics & Design · KR
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · CN
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app new best rank in the overall chart: #111iOSTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Graphics & Design · IN
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Art & Design · NL · Top Paid · Art & Design · TH
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app charting in a new countryAndroidThailand
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Art & Design · MX · Top Paid · Art & Design · TR · Top Paid · Art & Design · VN
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands · Turkey · Vietnam
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Graphics & Design · RU
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app new best rank in the overall chart: #114iOSTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · SA
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app new best rank in the overall chart: #173iOSTop Paid · All Apps · TR
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app charting in a new countryiOSTurkey
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · CA
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · BR
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · IN
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app hit #1AndroidTop Paid · Art & Design · US
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app new best rank in the overall chart: #49AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · US
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · KR · Top Paid · Graphics & Design · RU
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · AU
- 🔎RoughAnimator - animation app reached Top 10 for “animation”Android#2 in South Korea search · popularity 25
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Graphics & Design · DE
- 🆕RoughAnimator - animation app first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app new best rank in the overall chart: #190AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · ID
- 📈RoughAnimator - animation app new best rank in the overall chart: #90AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · US
- 🆕RoughAnimator - animation app first spotted by AppInsideriOS#9 in Top Paid · Graphics & Design · United Kingdom
- 📦RoughAnimator - animation app version 4.25iOSNo release notes
- 📦RoughAnimator - animation app version 4.25Android- Bug fix: crash after using the lasso fill tool repeatedly
- 🆕RoughAnimator - animation app released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕RoughAnimator - animation app released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Graphics & Design PaidRoughAnimator - animation app at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
RoughAnimator is a professional-grade, hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation tool for iPad designed to serve both beginners and experienced animators. The app maintains strong visibility in the paid Graphics & Design category across diverse global markets, ranking within the top 20 in regions including South Korea, India, Canada, and the United States.
Similar apps: Procreate, Adobe Animate, Toon Boom Harmony
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
RoughAnimator - animation app declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
RoughAnimator - animation app downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 10+ | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where RoughAnimator - animation app's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #5 Graphics & Design Paid | 16 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #5 Art & Design Paid | 10 of 23 countries | – | #118 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.6 ★ | 3k |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 3.6k 860 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 6.6k |
What users say about RoughAnimator - animation app
From the 54 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly praise the app's one-time purchase model and intuitive interface for both beginners and professionals, often preferring it over subscription-based competitors like FlipaClip. However, significant complaints arise regarding stability issues, including frequent crashes during playback or import, and a lack of advanced features like tweening or localized language support.
Mostly positive (81% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and being hard to use.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Empowering and deceptively simple”
- Features & content: “Theres so many neat lil tools too”
- Useful: “Those tools would be super helpful”
- Price & subscription: “Great not restricting to us and worth all the money easy to organize with folder feature”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Playback causing app to crash”
- Ease of use: “I'm rather disapointed that it's not more user friendly”
About RoughAnimator - animation app
Features:
- Timeline with unlimited layers and easily adjustable exposure length of individual drawings, for pose-to-pose or straight-ahead animating
- Onion skinning
- Preview playback
- Scrub along timeline
- Import audio for lip syncing
- Import video for rotoscoping animation
- Custom brushes
- Supports Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon
- Control framerate and resolution
- Export animation to Quicktime video, GIF, or image sequence
- RoughAnimator projects can be imported to Adobe Flash/Animate, After Effects, and Toon Boom Harmony
- Also available on desktop
See a short film animated with RoughAnimator:
https://youtu.be/vaHuJNNPoMM
RoughAnimator - animation app App Store
RoughAnimator - animation app gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
RoughAnimator - animation app is #7 in Graphics & Design Paid in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026
Graphics & Design PaidRoughAnimator - animation app at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
RoughAnimator is a professional-grade, hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation tool for iPad designed to serve both beginners and experienced animators. The app maintains strong visibility in the paid Graphics & Design category across diverse global markets, ranking within the top 20 in regions including South Korea, India, Canada, and the United States.
Similar apps: Procreate, Adobe Animate, Toon Boom Harmony
RoughAnimator - animation app on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
RoughAnimator - animation app declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
RoughAnimator - animation app downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where RoughAnimator - animation app's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Graphics & DesignPaid | #7 |
 South Korea | Graphics & DesignPaid | #6 |
 China | Graphics & DesignPaid | #16 |
| Canada | Graphics & DesignPaid | #5 |
| United Kingdom | Graphics & DesignPaid | #14 |
 Japan | Graphics & DesignPaid | #32 |
 Germany | Graphics & DesignPaid | #20 |
| India | Graphics & DesignPaid | #13 |
 France | Graphics & DesignPaid | #20 |
 Indonesia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #10 |
 Brazil | Graphics & DesignPaid | #18 |
 Australia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #21 |
 Russia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #18 |
 Saudi Arabia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #14 |
 Italy | Graphics & DesignPaid | #21 |
 United Arab Emirates | Graphics & DesignPaid | #15 |
Apps near RoughAnimator - animation app on the chart
Graphics & Design Paid, around #7.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about RoughAnimator - animation app
From the 54 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly praise the app's one-time purchase model and intuitive interface for both beginners and professionals, often preferring it over subscription-based competitors like FlipaClip. However, significant complaints arise regarding stability issues, including frequent crashes during playback or import, and a lack of advanced features like tweening or localized language support.
Mostly positive (81% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and being hard to use.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Empowering and deceptively simple”
- Features & content: “Theres so many neat lil tools too”
- Useful: “Those tools would be super helpful”
- Price & subscription: “Great not restricting to us and worth all the money easy to organize with folder feature”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Playback causing app to crash”
- Ease of use: “I'm rather disapointed that it's not more user friendly”
About RoughAnimator - animation app
Features:
- Timeline with unlimited layers and easily adjustable exposure length of individual drawings, for pose-to-pose or straight-ahead animating
- Onion skinning
- Preview playback
- Scrub along timeline
- Import audio for lip syncing
- Import video for rotoscoping animation
- Custom brushes
- Supports Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon
- Control framerate and resolution
- Export animation to Quicktime video, GIF, or image sequence
- RoughAnimator projects can be imported to Adobe Flash/Animate, After Effects, and Toon Boom Harmony
- Also available on desktop
See a short film animated with RoughAnimator:
https://youtu.be/vaHuJNNPoMM
Latest updates
RoughAnimator - animation app Android
RoughAnimator - animation app gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
RoughAnimator - animation app is #5 in Art & Design Paid on Google Play in India and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Art & Design PaidRoughAnimator - animation app at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
RoughAnimator is a professional-grade, hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation tool for Android designed to serve both beginners and industry animators. The app maintains strong visibility in the paid Art & Design category across diverse global markets including the US, Europe, and Asia, though its grossing rank in the US trails behind its download position.
Similar apps: Procreate Dreams, FlipaClip, Adobe Animate
RoughAnimator - animation app on Google Play
App details
RoughAnimator - animation app downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where RoughAnimator - animation app's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
| United States | All AppsPaid | #104 |
 Mexico | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
| Indonesia | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
| Saudi Arabia | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
| United States | Art & DesignGrossing | #118 |
 Turkey | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
 Netherlands | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
| United Arab Emirates | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
 Thailand | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
 Vietnam | Art & DesignPaid | #5 |
| India | All AppsPaid | #193 |
| India | Art & DesignGrossing | #163 |
| Mexico | Art & DesignGrossing | #171 |
| Saudi Arabia | All AppsPaid | #194 |
| Indonesia | Art & DesignGrossing | #168 |
| Saudi Arabia | Art & DesignGrossing | #168 |
| Netherlands | All AppsPaid | #196 |
| United Arab Emirates | Art & DesignGrossing | #168 |
| Netherlands | Art & DesignGrossing | #168 |
| Turkey | Art & DesignGrossing | #174 |
| Thailand | All AppsPaid | #194 |
| Thailand | Art & DesignGrossing | #185 |
| Vietnam | All AppsPaid | #194 |
| Vietnam | Art & DesignGrossing | #170 |
Apps near RoughAnimator - animation app on the chart
Art & Design Paid, around #5.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about RoughAnimator - animation app
From the 119 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users highly value the one-time purchase model and professional features like pressure sensitivity and cross-platform syncing, often preferring it over subscription-based competitors. However, frequent complaints arise regarding stability issues on Android devices, specifically crashes that result in lost work, along with missing advanced tools like tweening and better export options.
Mostly positive (82% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “Amazing features and simple”
- Ease of use: “Amazing features and simple”
- Useful: “Very useful and a great app for mobile”
- Design: “beginner friendly, looks good, simple”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “It will crash, lag, and become unresponsive”
- Features & content: “And the sound feature is also fairly nice”
About RoughAnimator - animation app
Features:
- Timeline with unlimited layers and easily adjustable exposure length of individual drawings, for pose-to-pose or straight-ahead animating
- Onion skinning
- Preview playback
- Scrub along timeline
- Import audio for lip syncing
- Import video for rotoscoping animation
- Custom brushes
- Supports Samsung S-Pen and other pressure sensitive devices
- Control framerate and resolution
- Export animation to Quicktime video, GIF, or image sequence
- RoughAnimator projects can be imported to Adobe Flash/Animate, After Effects, and Toon Boom Harmony
- Also available on desktop
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