FlipaClip

What FlipaClip does

FlipaClip, operated by Visual Blasters, LLC, is a mobile and desktop 2D animation application that enables users to create frame-by-frame hand-drawn animations, stop-motion content, and animated stories on iOS, Android, Chromebook, Amazon, and Huawei devices. Founded in 2010 in Miami by three brothers who originated from Argentina, the app combines professional-grade animation features — including up to 10 layers per frame, onion skinning, rotoscoping, audio import and a sound effects library, customizable brushes and color pickers, and custom canvas sizes up to 1920x1920 — with a consumer-friendly interface designed to make animation accessible to beginners within minutes.

The company's product portfolio spans three lines: the core FlipaClip app (free with ads), the FlipaClip Plus premium subscription offering advanced features such as unlimited layers, watermark removal, Magic Cut, Voice Maker, export image sequences, and ad-free usage, and FlipaClip for Schools, a customized, privacy-focused, ad-free version licensed per device for STEAM education. FlipaClip's go-to-market is product-led and community-driven, leveraging freemium onboarding, a 7-day free trial, organic social media content on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Discord, and multi-platform app store distribution to reach a global audience that has produced 80+ million lifetime installs, 30+ million hours of monthly creative time, and 3+ billion annual organic social media views.

FlipaClip monetizes through a recurring subscription model (FlipaClip Plus, monthly or annual billing via Apple, Google, Amazon, or Huawei payment rails) complemented by advertising on the free tier. The company is privately held, maintains a lean team of 11-50 employees, has no disclosed external funding, and was recognized as Apple's App Trend of the Year in 2019.

Name

FlipaClip

Legal name

Visual Blasters, LLC

Website

https://flipaclip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FlipaClip is a mobile 2D animation app that enables millions of individual creators, professionals, and schools to produce frame-by-frame animations, stop-motion content, and audio-integrated stories across iOS, Android, Chromebook, Amazon, and Huawei platforms via a freemium and subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Animation Software

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430)

akta.pro primary industry

Short-Form Video for Education & Microlearning Platforms (MPACAHAK)

Keywords

• 2D animation software
• Frame-by-frame animation
• Mobile drawing app
• Digital art creation
• Animation education tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. FlipaClip Plus Subscription: Auto-renewing subscription model with monthly or annual billing options. Subscription provides access to premium features including unlimited layers, audio import, longer video import, watermark removal, export image sequence, custom canvas sizes, enhanced onion settings, audio library access, Magic Cut, extra brushes, Voice Maker, and ad-free experience. Users can subscribe via Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, or Huawei AppGallery.
2. Advertising: Free version of the app displays advertisements to users. Educational versions configured for schools do not show advertisements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FlipaClip is a mobile 2D animation application that enables users to create frame-by-frame hand-drawn animations using professional drawing tools, up to 10 layers per frame, onion skinning, audio integration, and rotoscoping. It is distributed as a freemium app across iOS, Android, Amazon, Huawei, and Chromebook with a FlipaClip Plus premium subscription unlocking advanced features, plus a specialized FlipaClip for Schools educational version.

Product overview

FlipaClip is a hand-drawn animation application built by Visual Blasters, LLC, available across iOS, Android, Chromebook, and Amazon platforms. The core FlipaClip app provides drawing tools, animation frames, onion skinning, layers, audio import, rotoscoping, and video export capabilities. The premium tier, FlipaClip Plus, is a subscription model offering advanced features including an audio library, Magic Cut, extra brushes, Voice maker, watermark removal, and customizable canvas sizes. The FlipaClip for Schools product is a specialized educational version configured without ads or student data collection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FlipaClip

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ million hours of creative time per month
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature12 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RoughAnimator: RoughAnimator is a dedicated mobile animation app focused on hand-drawn frame-by-frame workflows on Android and iOS. It targets the same hobbyist and prosumer animator audience as FlipaClip.
• Clip Studio Paint: Clip Studio Paint is a cross-platform illustration and animation application popular with illustrators and animators. Its animation module competes with FlipaClip's frame-by-frame workflow, especially among aspiring comic and animation creators.
• Stop Motion Studio: Stop Motion Studio is a mobile app for creating stop-motion animations on iOS, Android, and Chromebook. It addresses an adjacent use case within FlipaClip's stop-motion creator segment.
• Procreate: Procreate is a leading iPad-focused illustration and animation app with a similar target of mobile/tablet creators. It overlaps with FlipaClip on frame-based drawing workflows and a creator-community-driven brand, and is the most direct premium creative-tool competitor in the Apple ecosystem.
• Animation Desk: Animation Desk by Kdan Mobile is a frame-by-frame animation app on iOS, Android, and Windows. It serves the same beginner-to-professional animator segment with overlapping drawing, layering, and export features.
• ibisPaint: ibisPaint is a popular mobile drawing and animation app available across iOS and Android with a freemium subscription model. It competes directly with FlipaClip on handheld frame-by-frame drawing, layering, and community sharing features.

Broad incumbents

• Canva: Canva is a mass-market design platform that has expanded into animation and short-form video creation. While not focused on frame-by-frame animation, it targets overlapping hobbyist creator use cases on mobile and web.
• PicsArt: PicsArt is a large venture-backed mobile creative platform offering drawing, photo editing, and short-form video creation. It competes with FlipaClip for casual creator attention on mobile and represents a broader incumbent with greater resources.
• Adobe (Fresco / Premiere Rush / Express): Adobe's mobile creative apps (Fresco for drawing, Premiere Rush for video, Express for quick design) overlap with FlipaClip's mobile creator audience and represent the dominant incumbent in professional creative software.

Emerging players

• Toontastic (Google): Toontastic is Google's free 3D storytelling and animation app for kids. It targets the same younger, school-age creator audience FlipaClip reaches through its schools program, representing a well-funded competitor in the education-focused animation niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/flipaclip
• YouTubeyoutube.com/flipaclip
• Facebookfacebook.com/FlipaClip
• Instagraminstagram.com/flipaclip
• TikToktiktok.com/@flipaclip?lang=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flipaclip

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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