Moho has everything you need to make amazing, professional animations. Used in the OSCAR nominated films, The Breadwinner and Song of the Sea, for Best Animated Feature Film.



OpenToonz is described as 'Animation program that free software version of Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli, amongst others' and is a very popular Animation Maker in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to OpenToonz for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPad apps. The best OpenToonz alternative is Blender, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenToonz are Krita, Animation Desk, Synfig Studio and Clip Studio Paint.
Moho has everything you need to make amazing, professional animations. Used in the OSCAR nominated films, The Breadwinner and Song of the Sea, for Best Animated Feature Film.



OpenToonz is based on software "Toonz" which was developed by Digital Video S.p.A. in Italy,



The premier editor for SVG animations. Create interactive SVG animations that run anywhere without plugins, players, or JavaScript code embedded.




TVP Animation is the leading paperless drawing and animation tool, able to imitate traditional techniques such as Pen Brush, Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Felt-tip and Airbrush, and animate them over frames.





Top quality software for doing hand drawn animation. Very easy and fast to work with. Simple, yet powerful.


Procreate Dreams is an all-new animation app packed with powerful tools that anyone can use. Create engaging hand-drawn animations, motion graphics and enhance them with photos, videos and sound.




Draw your cartoon using frame-by-frame animation. It works just like the old school flipbook but with a modern twist!



FlipaClip is not as advanced as opentoonz. It doesn’t have a stabilizer. It might be good for you but it’s not the same for me


Most users think FlipaClip is a great OpenToonz alternative.
RoughAnimator is a fully featured hand drawn animation application that runs on Android, iOS, Mac OS, and Windows.


Very professional, has a feature where you can download different texture brushes, has onion skin, and just worth the price overall.


Cavalry makes 2d animation smarter, easier and faster to produce. Design in real-time for advertising, mobile, data visualisation, web, broadcast, UI, generative art, experiential, games and more.




Callipeg is a 2D hand-drawn animation app available on iPad, iPhone (Callipeg mini) and Android. It offers both frame-by-frame and keyframe animation tools in a workspace suitable for a range of projects, from simple scenes to complex sequences.




Tupi is a design and authoring tool for digital artists interested in 2D Animation, fork of the KToon project, offering an interface experience focused on 8-100 years olds.


Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.



One of the only professionally used software available for linux. It's also a bit of an industry standard, even though Toon Boom Harmony seems to be taking over.