The Best iPad Animation App - ToonSquid

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I was sceptical going into Toonsquid, a new iPad Animation app. But it won me over with some really cool features usually only found in desktop animation apps.
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[@DenisRyan]

Toonsquid, Procreate, Nomad Sculpt... What do they all have in common? Yes, they're all iPad apps, that give creators powerful tools in a compact, lightweight device, but more than that, they are all upfront single purchases. No subscriptions.

[@loveArtnotFood]

Yuuup i have all those you mentioned except toonsquid but I am buying NOW😁😁

[@DenisRyan]

@@loveArtnotFood hah!! I was the same!

[@sloppynyuszi]

Callipeg has a reasonable one time purchase price. I don’t mind options, but would always like a one time payment option

[@stuntfax9004]

Flipaclip left the chat

[@zaidali2534]

​@@DenisRyan i don't even have an ipad 😂😅

[@itsalexclark]

FINALLY. the iPad has been lacking an animation app like this for too long. . can't wait to play with this and see what its all about.

[@thebradcolbow]

Yeah, the frame by frame stuff out there is good for what it is, but I really like having a library with symbols I can control.

[@mathieul4303]

@@thebradcolbow Yoooo there's symbols?!

[@RichyFlinty]

@@thebradcolbow Ohh Brad sir, Can Make a vid About best... Android Animation Apps aswell... ( Like for Phone📱 ) Plzzzz... ✌🏻😙💛

[@shivamtripathi2857]

I won't disturb those 69 likes ✌️

[@sunflowerveilo]

@@thebradcolbow i asked the creator if they can add a feature like that, they said they aren’t really planning it but might consider to add that in the future.

[@RockyRakoon]

This got me wishing Toon Boom had made a full fledged animation app like Harmony for tablets. They definitely could do it.

[@CyndaquilStudios]

nice to see you here rocky!

[@srnityluna4658]

HIIII rockyy

[@ozyisgoated]

Aren’t you the self aware animator on KZbin who makes cringe animations because kids like it and you profit off of their obsessions with that type of content?

[@us3r.l0l]

@@ozyisgoated damn

[@SunehnEthCaek]

​@@ozyisgoated resume:fetish.

[@ozyisgoated]

You’re telling me I don’t have to suffer in FlipaClip anymore?

[@SkipperWing]

I know, right? Some alts I'd also recommend are Callipeg (as Brad mentioned) but also Rough Animator? It's $5 and really cool, albeit far more limited than ToonSquid.

[@ifeanyichukwu3644]

Yep

[@ZacBobisKing]

DON'T DISS FILACLIP

[@mathieul4303]

Or Procreate?!

[@Kavlor1]

@@-starrysunrise-2908 I was talking ideally.

[@MinkuAnimations]

Fun fact for anyone down in the comments here, if you're worried about the import feature into the library and only being able to import one image at a time, you can import more than one image at once! Click the plus button, import from photos (as you have to do photos for it sadly) then press and hold on an image and it will allow you to select multiple to import! I am unsure if it works for files but you can try that as well with files. Hope this helps anyone :D

[@dillonwright13]

Hey Brad, guess what, ToonSquid now has the ability to export assets to be used for other projects in its 1.9 update. It also now has the ability to make shapes using a brush stroke, like in Procreate.

[@foxeyestudios7021]

Purchased this app right after I saw this video. I started playing around with it and I am extremely pleased with how it works and everything you can do with it. So this is my thank you for recommending this app. I can’t tell you how long I’ve been looking for this type of app that makes it so efficient for my animations. Keep doing what you’re doing and know there’s always someone (like me) that appreciates your content. 😁

[@upsccreativenotesmindmaps8536]

Waiting for your work

[@tausif9838]

Hey man how its working?

[@workbynaja]

YES! I'm so excited you found this app too! I've been using it since launch and it's improved so much! Literally the Animate and After Effects (Motion Graphics wise) for iPad XD

[@alessandromirone4739]

Found your channel just a couple of days ago, and I have made my decision to buy a Samsung tablet and start drawing. I'm 16 and an inspiring Architect and I always wanted a device that could help me achieve my dreams, I'm on a really tight budget, and your videos helped me make my final decision. Thank you for being so informative in all your videos, really appreciate the content, keep it up!

[@upsccreativenotesmindmaps8536]

This app is for ios only that is for apple ipad

[@Tonabillity]

@@upsccreativenotesmindmaps8536 yup, android users don’t realize that THIS is why we stick with Apple! It’s THE APPS!!💫🔥🌟

[@anonivan]

best of luck to you!!

[@LambdaMiscellaneous]

Oh god, how much did you pay?

[@last10line94]

Great you got around to using it, I've been using it for a month, and been seeing it rise to the tops of the charts. I had a feeling you were going to love it too when I saw the upload. I need audio scrubbing which it has and other bigger programs don't have(CSP) , it has a camera, which Callipeg doesn't have, and it has vector and bitmap layers (Which I wish adobe added to Animate), custom brushes, and etc, really cool. It's like if Flash and Procreate had a baby. Can't wait til further development.

[@melissanice8815]

Couldn't have found this video at a better time! I searched high and low for a good application and for some reason didn't find anything useful. Got this video suggested to me today and I'm really happy with this new app. Thank you so much Brad! ❤

[@TRINHPXL]

thank you for reviewing toonsquid !! its hard out here advertising this godly animation app by myself 😂 thank u sm !! im sure keiwan - creator/dev of toonsquid, will appreciate this review ! :D

[@workbynaja]

Ayee fellow ToonSquid stan

[@TRINHPXL]

@@workbynaja ayee wsg

[@toadlguy]

How many layers can you animate with key frames at once?

[@TRINHPXL]

@@toadlguy as many as u want ! just depends on storage of ur ipad !

[@toadlguy]

@@TRINHPXL Tnx 😁

[@LucasSaturn]

It seems like animation apps on the iPad are slowly getting better, but it still feels like the skill ceiling on an app like this is much lower than some of the apps on desktop. I'm still waiting on the day Toon Boom Harmony is ported to iPad (hoping that since Harmony 21.5 they moved to being M1 native, we see an iPad version at some point in the future).

[@pablomonzon87]

i´d love that, or TVpaint wich is my dream, but i´m afraid that day is not coming any soon. This animation companies are very reticent to do that. The best animation app right now, take it or leave it, is Clip Studio Paint. I think it´s really professional beyond the awckward timeline and frame management.

[@SkipperWing]

Agreed. I was super excited to move to ToonSquid (pretty much everything I do that isn't animation, I do on iPad, nowadays). But a bit of chug eventually developed in a workfile I was doing because I was working purely in vectors, which TS wasn't fully equipped to handle. There's also the issue of not being able to distort symbols the same way you can in the desktop apps (yet, anyway). I'd also love for ToonBoom to come to the iPad, but I hope that, if they do, its in a form where the interface is designed for the tablet (and not having access to a keyboard/hotkeys) rather than simply porting over the desktop application.

[@LucasSaturn]

@@SkipperWing Honestly I just want Toon Boom to be directly ported, with no UI change. I think the biggest issue these iPad apps have, is they want to make everything touch accessible, but that means they just can't implement a lot of key functionality in an understandable way for touch. I think the best example is DaVinci Resolve - they've managed to port the key functionality so far (with more coming), whilst keeping it (as far as I can tell) quite close to the desktop app. That is what I'm after, desktop power in a portable application.

[@lucasbicalho7703]

I wish I could have Toonboom for iPad as well, although I wouldn’t mind if they would have to simplify it and make it cheaper, cuz I think I’d skip if the license was to be the same price as the desktop

[@pablomonzon87]

@@LucasSaturn That´s one of the reasons Clip Studio is the best app in Ipad. It´s exactly the same desktop app, with all the features. They prove it can be sucesfully done. Of course there is a suscription, i know, but no one else did a 100% port version like them. Fresco is taking Procreate place too, especially in animation. Why, Procreate, why did you turn to 3d?? :(

[@ladyhollman9534]

Well, I was watching a Procreate tutorial, (cats-it’s waaay out of hand), and noticed your video on the side panel. Needless to say, ToonSquid along with Nomad & Procreate, is now part of my artistic portfolio. I would have never known had I scrolled past. Everything you said is spot on. Ease of use, excellent UI, and powerful. It has the Davinci brush set to boot. Great App and great presentation!

[@bamalambe]

This is the app i've been waiting YEARS for. Audio AND video support?! Yes!!!! Thank you for making this video, i never would've found it otherwise :D

[@Remi10pm]

Symbols and Tweens?? BRO and $10 bucks!! ONE TIME!?? Any complaints ive seen via reviews are things that can easily be rectified. Well worth it, its about tiiime! 1 yr ago, no wonder word hasn't got out. 🤫😂😂

[@TangsTails]

Excited to try this out!!😁

[@jobbahthehal]

The animation app ipad users have been waiting for. Finally. Thanks for sharing, Brad!

[@vincsenzo]

Woooo, you really should make a beginners tutorial for this app! Please please please 🙏 it should be your next video 😬😁

[@Kloran777]

What’s the name of the app ? 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@vincsenzo]

@@Kloran777 it is in the title of the video 😅

[@novariousx]

YOU COVERED IT! I was waiting for this, found this about maybe a month ago but haven’t used it much 🫠 smooth brain on animation programs in general haha (got tired of years when FlipaClip would delete my animation man…)

[@dwintster]

I bought this app when it came out, haven't played around with it much as yet but the demo looked amazing. Great review of it. You should do a course on it.

[@ttyrell2885]

What's the name of it??

[@dwintster]

@@ttyrell2885 toon squid

[@frankporteriii6211]

Like all your videos so good. But I have been re-watching this A LOT as I work with the app. It is fantastic. People are going to be able to push this thing to do a lot more then I believe the creators are expecting.

[@corimyers4985]

I wish it had a trial! I need to see what it can do hands on. I love the tweening if it works like old Flash use to, but can’t test it without paying for it, OG well.

[@DrFizzyQuizzler]

Can’t wait to get home from work and try this app out!

[@christianr.5868]

Toonsquid is incredible. The vector tools are great and unlike any other animation app on the ipad

[@Remi10pm]

The vector tool suxxx. It'll look good in the app, but then when yu try to export, it looks like shyt 😒 came back to this video and it now makes sense why he DRAWS in PROCREATE FIRST.

[@Remi10pm]

Other than that? Too squid is alright. Symbols alone sets it apart. It baffles ne that no other animation app has considered this feature. Why would yu make the animators life harder with solely frame by frame 😒😂 get with the Times OLD MEN!!

[@christianr.5868]

@@Remi10pm are you using nearest neighbor or linear Interpolation?

[@Remi10pm]

@christianr.5868 Hey, so I'm using Nearest with Sharp Vectors* when exporting for animation. But I really like to make Animated Gifs too. And it comes off blotchy there as well....

[@Remi10pm]

@christianr.5868 And yet the drawing looks so good in the app. It's really weird lol. Thinking I just need to either draw in Procteate and import. Or find a more powerful post production app for the Ipad

[@SteveHarpsterDraws]

Thanks for introducing me to this app! I’ve been using this to creat fun KZbin animations! It’s a really great app.

[@gostowl]

I also like that ToonSquid has a camera tool, which I’m waiting for Callipeg to add.

[@Twilight-0000]

Hi if u can help me with this I started animating in squidtoon but I don’t know how to put a pic as a background to make it as a reference for my lining process ! It’s really a big prob plz help me if u know how 😭

[@gostowl]

@@Twilight-0000 I'm not at my iPad right now, so take my suggestion with a grain of salt. I think what you should do is in the TiMELINE click the add (+) button to add a layer. Pick "Image" from the options, and then find and select your image. Make any size changes you need to. In the Timeline, drag the duration of the image to length of your animation, just as you would other layers.

[@Twilight-0000]

@@gostowl Got it ! thank you sweetheart ☺️

[@hantumation]

Hey, which do you prefer? Callipeg or toonsquid?

[@gostowl]

@@hantumation I can’t say because I’ve only dabbled with both so far.

[@blauchiliblau7591]

So glad this video was suggested to me!

[@stevenamartin]

Brad! As always you tell it straight and honest

[@ffurrr]

Thank you for all the wonderful videos that you make, they are greatly appreciated! I have fallen in love with this app as well!

[@mattcrum777]

Thank you! This is exactly the program I’ve been looking for.

[@dustinrolstad752]

This looks great. It's about time someone came out with something like this on iOS.

[@jmbosquesillo7203]

Just got it after seeing this video. I was looking for something like this. Awesome… thanks!

[@Savvysnek]

This looks awesome! Your review has already convinced me to try it out, I love that it’s a 1 time purchase.

[@loveArtnotFood]

Whaaaaaaaaaat? Have I been living under a rock how did I not know this app existed???😱😱

[@talesofhighstrangeness]

This looks great!

[@krizanta6497]

I love that squarespace is still sponsoring your videos

[@JMulvy]

Cool! I am not a big animation fan myself, but this actually got me interested so i just might give it another try.

[@blackheartgaming6121]

The thumbnail alone looks epic

[@dillonwright13]

8:05 As a token of my gratitude for this video, I should inform you that it's now possible to import multiple files at once.

[@sheryla54]

What an app....... Stunning and updated regularly.....

[@ZombieDinocorn]

If i wasn't sold on subscribing to you channel by your dry humor and great explanations, the donut dog would have gotten me

[@dillonwright13]

I want more videos about ToonSquid, could you do some ToonSquid classes in your Art School series?

[@flemmerc]

Awesome! Just downloaded… love that it’s not a sub and looks easy to use relative to some other programs I’ve dabbled with. Great review 😊

[@sbdesignworks]

Looks great, thanks for the heads up!

[@charliegonzalez1169]

ToonSquid is by far best animation app on iPad. Glad ppl know about it now

[@yellowbee2954]

Is it better than callipeg? I want to buy one, but I’m having a hard time to decide, I bought RoughAnimator a while ago, it’s good, but lacks some features. So, I’m trying to decide between toonsquid and Callipeg, but there are not that many videos or post comparing these two :c

[@sara.castik]

This is amazing! The ipad truly lacks a complete animation app and looks like this one is the best one yet. So you can also animate in vectors? Like adobe animate?

[@Cyainnie]

Thank you so much for this video! It helped me so much since I didn’t realize the clip studio paint license I purchased is PC only, and doesn’t work with iPads for animation 🥲 this tutorial also helps so much for key frame animation that I’ve desired for ages 💖 (procreate animation is kinda cursed)

[@jay_seijo]

Wooowwwww coooollll! Thank you so much for sharing this! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@clare2439]

wow, cool! thanks for sharing. will be buying this. ive been looking for a decent animation app for a long time now!!! 😊❤

[@alpha8here]

What I'm really looking forward to are fully using Photoshop brushes in it, then I can start using it with unique lineart brushes

[@eriways2018]

So creative!! Wonderful 😸💞🐶

[@trowawayacc]

Excellent find

[@skinnyd79]

Okay, watched this and purchased it!

[@zmperry1]

For adding things to your library: Could you use Stage Manager with your files app open on one side and ToonSquid on the other side, then drag and drop files into library?

[@weirdchannel505]

I’m glad I saw this video before I embarked on a flip a clip or animation desk journey

[@mikachili]

YEEESSSSSS OMG i've been waiting for so longgg sdjkfhksaf XD after learning the more intermediate(or even more) animation tools, it's just hard to go back to just the basics which is basically the only stuff available on the ipad that time

[@Oliver-gammarART]

Best ad I ever seen integrated in a review 😁🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🐶

[@dillonwright13]

Brad, the software is great, it even works on my iPad Air 4. However, if you plan on making your videos with the animated Brad, yellow background, and lip-syncing, you better have one project as the main rig setup, and duplicate it for future projects. Why I'm telling you this, because right now ToonSquid isn't able to share assets from one project to another.

[@meaningoflife7199]

Thanks for the tip

[@13trix63]

Please More with this app

[@blackheartgaming6121]

Beautiful puppy

[@HikwaMehluli]

This is great. Quick addition the mouth shapes - these are called Visemes

[@mynameisvincent.]

im trying to learn animation and this looks absolutely perfect for me.

[@loveArtnotFood]

Donuts! I loved the commercial 👍👍

[@rubymedendorp1997]

hey Brad, your dog is so cute., Your art is Awesome Brad

[@louera]

That is so cool! I have had rough animator for over 2 years now, and I haven't touched it often bc it's a pain to use and it lags sometimes. I'll see how toonsquid goes.

[@TheEverycolor]

That might be useful in future. Thanks a lot! Don't even know how could I find this new somewhere else (:

[@rells1da1great1]

I really wish one of these app add video timelines for animation one day

[@CyberMizu]

i love your videos |Brad . ive always wanted to start digital art and animation ,but i cant afford a drawing tablet and im from africa Malawi. i wish i could start digital art. love you. dumchi 😅

[@CLIPFILM888]

where can i buy the ipad for animation you are using ?please advise me.thx.

[@-beviz-]

I like in adobe animate to use the stroke brush tool over a form to be able to separate it and then using the fill tool with too different colors and after that erase this stroke on all the images by once with the multi edit, which is a real time saver. There are some similar things like process on toon squid or the easiest way finally is to use the toogle mask? I hope I was clear and thank you in advance :)

[@Puppytism]

Thx for the tutorial

[@The-only-KIANA]

You had me at iPad animation app 😂😂

[@TOgaa0]

This is gonna be so helpful since I do tweening for gacha videos but I use CapCut and it’s quite unhelpful and has limited layers /overlays which I don’t like so this will definitely be of help!

[@drewo.127]

You said vector shapes… My mind immediately went HOLD UP… I’M LISTENING!

[@alexsmaniaa]

Yo big ytbers are finally using this 😮

[@talknplusradio]

Hi Brad! Thank you for the info ma man! What kind of iPad were you using in this video? I think I missed it…

[@CINEmprises]

I currently use Callipeg on the iPad and I'm seeing how this app compares

[@DECIFERTHIS09]

Toon squid is the best, wish you could have a fast sidebar library, not just key markers, but same concept drag and drop.

[@dillonwright13]

When version 2.0 comes, could you do another video on ToonSquid?

[@iagonery]

Wow, this Draw a Stickman reference got me. im playing this thing that made my childness.

[@I4get42]

very cool!

[@tibblesyorkie789]

I Cant figure out that “animate in” thing, or the easing, I can’t find a way to make it work

[@TheJackal342]

My son wants to get into animating. I know nothing about iPads. What generation do you recommend for this to work for someone starting out?

[@animazyx]

Find this app is kinda like find one treasure chest 🤩

[@remgyu]

Wahhh it looks so easyyyyyy

[@Old_Man_Jay]

I love my Galaxy note but damn this makes me want to get an ipad!

[@glitter_w]

5:44 Hi~ Thank for sharing this great animation application ! Can you make a vid of which app you used for your voice recording and how you imported that voice file into this app? Doesn't this app have any recording function ?

[@angelconsuelo5354]

if I follow your procreate courses and beginner course, and if I use toonsquid, would I be able to eventually make a decent cartoon?

[@vstoryco]

Could you do a course on ToonSquid, for people who are new to animation? I would love to purchase that course of yours

[@genorpg20]

You should review Rough Animator!!

[@spuishymonkey]

Ty

[@goodylucky2000]

That is looks cool😎

[@JonathanPriceArt]

Can this app export frames as separate images? I like to use Adobe Animate to create sprites for games and I've been wanting something that could do it on iPad.

[@krizanta6497]

Wow!

[@vn-81]

I really hope there is an an after effects dupe on ipad soon

[@Arpit7265]

Can we do This type of animation in apple keynote?? I watch some of videos where they are use keynote for animation.. plzz tell me

[@zenmrtnlpz]

Would you recommend this app/software for someone trying to create video animations but who doesn’t know how to draw well?

[@jakevelasquez5399]

Hi, awesome video. Does it work on android? If not Is there a similar app on android

[@KimberlyPinkney]

It's clunky for sure. I just may draw in procreate and animate in this. I just got it a few days ago and started making my own custom brushes( I learned I gotta use pngs), if you import a jpg texture it not only will not work, but you cannot delete it from program. I never realized how much I use the selection tool! Trying to use the selection tool trying to change colors, sometimes it will, sometimes it won't. You are on one layer, but if you don't lock other layers stuff will move. It does do some cool things, tho! So far, It's worth the money I paid!

[@Remi10pm]

Yea 😂 I tried to export after making a vector drawing with paint brush used for skin tone highlights. The quality was lost but looked decent in app. Drawing/Line nd Color in procreate 1st is best 💯

[@kelvinchuks8885]

Nice app,