Audience

Artists, professionals and anyone seeking a hand drawn application to create animations

About RoughAnimator

Fully featured hand-drawn animation application runs on iPad, Android, Mac, and Windows. Powerful enough for professional animators, and simple enough for beginners. Everything you need to create traditional hand-drawn animation, anywhere you go. 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 the timeline. Import audio for lip-syncing. Import video for rotoscoping animation. Custom brushes, and support for Samsung S-Pen and other pressure-sensitive Android devices. Supports Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon, Adonit & Wacom styluses for iPad. 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. RoughAnimator is the most powerful hand-drawn animation program in this price range.

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Pricing

Starting Price:
$5.99 one-time payment
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
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Company Information

RoughAnimator
Founded: 2009
United States
www.roughanimator.com

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training
Videos

RoughAnimator Frequently Asked Questions

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RoughAnimator Product Features

Animation

Customizable Branding Not Supported
Drag & Drop Not Supported
Text Overlay Not Supported
Text to Video Not Supported
Collaboration Tools Not Supported
Media Library Not Supported
Social Sharing Not Supported
Templates Not Supported
Voice-Over Not Supported

RoughAnimator Verified User Reviews

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  • A RoughAnimator User
    Freelancer
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
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    "Animation and drawing"

    Posted 2026-10-29

    Pros: Camera movement and animation
    Smooth interaction
    Easy ui
    Stable
    Online support
    Smooth animation
    Great painting experience

    Cons: Lack of brushes
    Hard to tween requires you to use cycles

    Overall: Great experience even in painting i prefer it over ibspaint.
    Easy interaction.
    Takes less space for the work it gives.

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