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Animated video making software

Last updated: March 2024

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4.4

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39

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Toonly is so far the best program to make animated explainer videos, with it's price. It is quite easy to use, there is quite a lot ready made backgrounds and learning curve is not too big.
It is very useful and gives a low budget solution.

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Darlene B.

Publishing, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend3/10

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High Learning Curve and Difficult to Master

Reviewed 2 years ago

Initially, I enjoyed using Toonly. I had great ideas and plans for how I could use the cartoon software in my author/training business. But the more I used it, the more I began to be frustrated with the lack of templates and the gap between what I knew how to do and what I saw the product should be able to do. It was hard to create a product that was not cheap looking, unprofessional, and lacking in style. In order to get an excellent product, too much time was required, but there was no training to help users get that excellent end-product. Most people using the product are trying to start up something, be it a restaurant or some sort of educational training. But the promises of how a Toonly video can help in this start up actually backfire and became detrimental to the start-up because there was no theory-training videos to enable the user to make the product feel and look professional. If it were simply marketed to people trained in design, I wouldn't be here writing this review. I used their sister product Doodly, found out about this, and eagerly bought it as well. I had hoped to include both types in my training videos. In the end, I stopped using both products because it took too much time for the low quality that resulted. Yes, it's that I didn't study design. But it's also because they promoted it to me without giving me the additional tools I needed to make of the videos what I could. To be fair, compared to Doodly, this end product is easier to master.

Pros

The cute videos that can possibly result. It's an amazing idea to be able to animate cartoons to use for business start-ups or education.

Cons

The lack of training in how to create a masterful product as well as the relative lack of template designs to use.

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Eldar P.

Education Management, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Toonly is a great tool for small business and Individuals who want a animation presentation

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

Anyone with a basic knowledge of editing can create their own animated presentation, also its the only tool in this category that I found for a one-time payment. The support is great and the team tries to improve the software with updates every few weeks. I using it to create a marketing videos for my business and also lessons videos for my digital course It is very useful and gives a low budget solution.

Cons

There is a nice selection of animations for the characters but not all the characters get all of them, and if you are interested in using a particular character it may not have the animation you need. Because all creators use the same characters, it may be not unique if they will consider to add a character creation tool it can be great. Editing the sound on the timeline may feel uncomfortable and inflexible.

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Online Media, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Good software to make 2D explainer videos

Reviewed 2 years ago

When we want to make 2D explainer videos, Toonly is definitely our best tool for them.

Pros

Toonly is so far the best program to make animated explainer videos, with it's price. It is quite easy to use, there is quite a lot ready made backgrounds and learning curve is not too big. Price is right comparing what you get. Lip-sync is very good.

Cons

There could always be more different characters and items, or possibility to buy more personalized ones. There could be more ready made 'templates' or 'stories' which we could use immediately (just change texts and another small things) and we would also learn from them.

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ivana s.

Banking, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Perfect for a beginner video creator

Reviewed 3 years ago

it is very fast and easy to create animated explanatory videos.. there is also included royalty-free music what is really great value for money - especially when you purchase it while the special promo discount... a big plus is also relatively frequent updates including new objects, characters, animations

Pros

It is really easy to use, even for a person who has never made a video before

Cons

I feel like there is not enough fonts and text animations

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Andre P.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Toonly one of the best and easiest software to use

Reviewed 2 years ago

great it extremely affordable easy to use and navigate

Pros

the part i liked most is the ease of use and how beginner friendly it was to use with out having prior experience with the software

Cons

i didn't really notice any cons with the software

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Natalie W.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Limited Package - Could be better

Reviewed 4 years ago

It is good for short videos that are not for a diverse audience but for us it didn't work out so well.

Pros

This was advertised on Instagram as a one time fee for the software and it was a great price. We jumped at the chance mainly due to the price offered and on using the software it was as stated easy to use and did what we expected.

Cons

As we got deeper into the software we found that although we had the software the limitations we had on characters/images and sounds made the software lose appeal very swiftly, it almost became a waste of money due to having to not having what we expected from the advertisement. For the people we engage, we need diversity and a good database of characters, this appears that we would have to buy additional features.

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Michael K.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Toonly - An Easy To Use, Affordable Cartoon Creation Software

Reviewed 2 years ago

I have enjoyed my experience with Toonly. It gives me another piece of software that I can use to create content for my companies, as well as for my clients. I think that i got my moneys worth within the first week of owning the software.

Pros

I liked the fact that the software is easy to use and intuitive. You get better working with it as time goes on, but it is quite easy to use "out of the box".

Cons

The range of animations for the characters can be somewhat limiting, depending on what you are trying to do with your videos.

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Vivek C.

Law Practice, 1-10 employees

Used other for 6-12 months

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Waste of Money

Reviewed 4 years ago

Waste of money. And feel hell if you will purchase only basic version.

Pros

Pricing of additional features. 'Enterprise version'

Cons

No Updates since purchase. No new text effect.

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Design, self-employed

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  • Likelihood to recommend3/10

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Alright for 2D animation

Reviewed 2 years ago

I used the free trial but it gets boring after a while.

Pros

The characters are well made. it is easy to use

Cons

A bit expensive comparing with other software that does the same thing.