# Stop Motion Studio

> A unique animation app. Powerful, easy to use, and lots of fun.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cateater.stopmotionstudio](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cateater.stopmotionstudio)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.cateater.stopmotionstudio`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cateater
- **Category:** PHOTOGRAPHY
- **Downloads:** 21,991,046
- **Rating:** 4.09 / 5 (126,399 ratings)
- **Version:** 25.08.8578
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-30
- **First published:** 2015-03-09
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 125 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cateater.stopmotionstudio)
- **Website:** [http://www.stopmotionstudio.com](http://www.stopmotionstudio.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.cateater.com/privacy](http://www.cateater.com/privacy)

## Description

## Create Amazing Stop Motion Animations with Stop Motion Studio

Stop Motion Studio is the world’s easiest app to dive into stop motion moviemaking. It offers a simple interface yet a powerful suite of features used to create movies like Wallace and Gromit or popular Lego shorts. Whether you are a beginner or an animation pro, this app makes animating fun and accessible.

### Key Features:
- Intuitive interface with overlay mode and animation guides to assist frame positioning.
- Full-featured movie editor with copy, paste, insert, and timeline controls.
- Customize movies with unique titles, filters, soundtracks, rotoscoping, green screen effects, and more.
- Pro camera controls including manual white balance, focus, exposure, ISO, and shutter speed.
- Built-in layer-based image editor for text, facial expressions, painting, and removing unwanted objects.
- Share creations easily to YouTube in 4K/1080p, save as GIF, or transfer projects between devices.
- Learn animation with included tutorials, manuals, and tips.

Whether capturing with a single device or using a remote camera setup, Stop Motion Studio empowers creation of professional-quality stop motion animations with ease.

## Rankings

- #6,993 — Overall
- #94 — Photography (Free)
- #98 — Family (Gross)
- #148 — Family (Free)
- #167 — Photography (Gross)
- #3 — animation

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.cateater.stopmotionstudio.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviewers praise Stop Motion Studio for being easy to use, fun, and suitable for teaching kids, with smooth sharing options. However, criticisms recur around monetization (premium/pro paywalls blocking basics), gallery import issues and multi-select regressions, intrusive ads, and UX bugs (undo failures, orientation/lighting misalignment, frame-count limits). These tensions between accessibility and paid features, plus stability concerns, suggest the app is solid for hobbyists who tolerate the cost and occasional glitches, but may frustrate casual users seeking a free, seamless experience.

### Pros

- Easy to use and intuitive for creating stop-motion videos.
- Fun and engaging to create stop-motion projects.
- Educational value for teaching kids and classroom use with sharing options.
- Generally solid app for stop-motion, with positive overall experience.

### Cons

- Premium pricing/Pro requirements locking many features and can feel like a cash grab.
- Gallery import is gated by Pro or regressed after updates, including limited multi-select.
- Ads are intrusive and interrupt the workflow.
- UX bugs and alignment issues (undo not working, orientation/lighting problems).
- Performance limits on large projects (long frame counts may fail to export/download).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cateater.stopmotionstudio)