Spine Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Spine for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Synfig Studio, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Spine and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Spine are Inochi Creator, Expressive Animator, Live2D Cubism and AnimeEffects.

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Spine alternatives are mainly Animation Makers, but if you're looking for Game Development Tools or Vector Graphic Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Spine.
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  1. Synfig Studio icon

    Synfig Studio

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    Synfig is a free and open-source, industrial-strength, vector-based 2D animation app designed for producing feature-film animations.

    59 Synfig Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    5

    You can't make game animations in Synfig Studio, only animation clips and animation movies

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    4

    you can't get it into games and it isn't a runtime

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    -2

    Synfig isn't bone-based 2D animation

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Synfig Studio is a great Spine alternative, some don't.

    • Synfig Studio is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Spine.

    • Synfig Studio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Spine.

    • Synfig Studio is Free and Open SourceSpine is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Inochi Creator icon

    Inochi Creator

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    Inochi creator is a framework for realtime 2D puppet animation. On this site you can find the reference implementation as well as the official tooling for creating and using Inochi2D puppets for VTubing.

    10 Inochi Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • itch.io
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  4. Expressive Animator icon

    Expressive Animator

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

    77 Expressive Animator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Expressive Animator - Walking character animation
     

    • Expressive Animator is the most popular commercial alternative to Spine.

    • Expressive Animator is Paid and ProprietarySpine is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Expressive Animator is LightweightSpine is not according to our users
  5. Live2D Cubism icon

    Live2D Cubism

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    Live2D is the world's first drawing technology to enable 3D rendering of 2D images. This technology supports a variety of portable consoles and smartphones, and Live2D is already being utilized for games that take advantage of the unique characteristics of hand drawn artwork.

    12 Live2D Cubism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Unity
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  6. AnimeEffects icon

    AnimeEffects

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    AnimeEffects is a 2D keyframe animation tool based on deformation of polygon meshes. You can easily operate, quickly shape your idea, and remake at any time if you have changed your mind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Marionette Studio icon

    Marionette Studio

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    Marionette Studio is a great software, powerful, easy and very intuitive to create 2D animations, characters for video games and more.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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    • Marionette Studio is the most popular Web-based alternative to Spine.

    • Marionette Studio is Paid and ProprietarySpine is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. Spriter icon

    Spriter

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    Spriter : an intuitive 2D animation tool for video game makers.

    Spriter enables the “modular” method of animating where, instead of each frame being a single complete image, it is constructed from many small, re- useable images (such as body parts). Each of these images that ar.

    18 Spriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Far more affordable, however lacking in mesh functions.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Spriter is Paid and ProprietarySpine is also Paid and Proprietary
  10. Creature icon

    Creature

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    This software is used to create fluid and natural animation to 2D graphics, easily allowing the user to use secondary animation to make it look more natural.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Intuitive interface
     
  11. PixelOver icon

    PixelOver

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    PixelOver is a layer-based, pixel art software providing a suite of highly specialized tools for pixel perfect transformations, color adjustments and palette indexing, keyed animations and much more.

    23 PixelOver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Rubber Hose 2 icon

    Rubber Hose 2

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    Rubber Hose is an After Effects tool for animation rigging. Connect layers from Illustrator and Photoshop into two new stretchy rigs – RubberPin and RubberRig. Style hoses unlike ever before. Major speed updates and key-frame baking let you work faster.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
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  13. Jpixel icon

    Jpixel

     8 likes
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    JPixel is an editor for making pixel art animations and tilesets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  14. Kenney Studio icon

    Kenney Studio

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    Kenney Studio is an easy to use tool to create game sprites using various pre-made objects. Each object has unique options and without any artistic skill you can create a wide range of sprites.

    12 Kenney Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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