Handout to accompany presentation offered at the 2014 Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT) on "Creating Comics and PowToons for Instruction.".
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Comic apps comparison table
1. Cartoon Apps Comparison Table (all prices, features and comments subject to change)
App Cost Built-in
Assets
Import
Photos
Shoot
Photos
Platform Export/Share to Notes
BitStrips
***
Free Yes No No iOS,
Android
Message, Email,Facebook,
Bitstrips or selected BitStrip
colleagues
Comic images selected from captionlesscartoons
Bubble
*
Free, $2.99 full
upgrade or $1.99
unlimited bubbles
No No Yes iOS Save, Print,AirDrop,
Message, email,Facebook
Free version:pop-up ads,can re-edit images. Paid version:
unlimited bubbles, unlocks additional fonts,colors,bubble
styles,eliminates ads
Captions
(Perfect
Captions)
****
Free, $1.99
upgrade to full
version
No Yes Yes iOS Email,Facebook, Twitter,
Flickr,Photos,Clipboard,
Print
Can create albums to group your captioned images,includes
quick reference, can re-edit images. Import from DropBox.
ChatterPix
****
Free No Yes Yes iOS Facebook, Email,YouTube
or Photos
Can record sound on iPad or iPhone; app automatically
animates mouth (you draw straightlinefor mouth) to
match audio recording
Comic Life
****
$4.99 (iOS),
$29.99 (Mac,
Windows,$10
discountfor
education)
Yes Yes Yes iOS,Mac,
Windows
Email,Facebook, DropBox,
iTunes and using“In Tray”
system.
Templates, filters,iPad version slightly different from
Windows and Mac versions.
PicStrip
*
Free, $.99 to
unlock all filters
Yes Yes iOS Clipboard,Email,Photos,
Facebook, Instagram
With free version,every time you want to use a locked
filter,you must firstwatch an ad.Even with paid version,
you’ll have pop-up ads throughout app. Only supports
vertical rectangular panels.Doesn’t savewithin app for
future editing. No help or tutorial.
PowToon
****
Free to SIDLIT
2014 attendees
Yes Yes No Mac,
Windows
MP4, YouTube Outputs video or slides,typically notused for single
cartoon, but rather for animation.
Strip Designer
(POW!)
****
$2.99 Art
Tools
Yes Yes iOS Clipboard,Email,Photos,
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr,
Dropbox, WebDav, Air Print,
iTunes or any photo capable
app
Can also includedrawings,maps,photos from Facebook or
Dropbox. Onlinetutorials.
Toon ToolKit
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$2.99, character
packs $0.99 each
Yes No No iOS Clipboard,Photos,iTunes
for filesharing,Twitter
Has characters and props .5 additional character packs
includeHome & garden, OfficeProps,Bedroom Props,The
Princess Roomand Restaurant. can only work with
character packs included.
ToonCamera
****
No No Yes iOS Photos, Email,Twitter,
Facebook, Flickr,Tumblr,
Instagram,Text, Print, Copy,
Postcard (printing)
Cannot add balloons. Applies filters to photos or video you
shoot.