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Head-to-head · AI Animation Makers

Melted Crayons TV vs Animate It

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Melted Crayons TV #5 in AI Animation Makers 8.0/10 Free plan · paid from $9.99/mo Free plan✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Melted Crayons
Animate It #7 in AI Animation Makers 7.2/10 Free plan · paid from $23 Free plan✓ 3 of 5 features Visit Animate It

Melted Crayons TV leads on 1 check, Animate It on 1, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreMelted Crayons TV · 8.0/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresMelted Crayons TV · 4 of 5

Melted Crayons TV scores higher on our rubric for ai animation makers: 8.0 against 7.2 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #7.

Melted Crayons TV offers image-to-animation; Animate It doesn't publish it. Animate It leads on maximum clip duration: 15 seconds versus 10 seconds.

Melted Crayons TV is the better fit for story-driven animation across many devices. Animate It is the better fit for script-to-animation production with rights.

  • Melted Crayons TV fits best

    Story-driven animation across many devices

  • Animate It fits best

    Script-to-animation production with rights

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Side by side

Feature Melted Crayons TV 8.0/10 Visit ↗ Animate It 7.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.0 7.2
Ranking #5 in AI Animation Makers #7 in AI Animation Makers
Best for Story-driven animation across many devices Script-to-animation production with rights
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $9.99/mo Not published
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Mobile Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android Web
Support Email, Community Email
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business
Features Melted Crayons TV 4/5 · Animate It 3/5
AI character creation ✓ ✓
Scene editor ✓ ✓
Image-to-animation ✓ (best) Not published
Motion transfer Not published Not published
Reference consistency ✓ ✓
Specs
Maximum clip duration 10 seconds 15 seconds (best)
Export formats MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) Not published
Our review
Pros
  • Character and style consistency across panels
  • Animation, voices, lip-sync, translation, and Watch Mode
  • Web, desktop, mobile, and broad export support
  • Generates scripts, characters, places, voices, scenes, and rendered video
  • Supports plain-English revisions, scene regeneration, and AI cinematography
  • Includes downloadable animations with commercial rights and 2D or 3D styles
Cons
  • Sketch includes watermarks and no panel animation
  • Credit limits shape production volume on paid plans
  • Commercial rights vary by plan
  • Paid packages can become expensive for longer productions
  • The service is available on the web only
  • The longest listed category duration is 15 minutes
Our verdict

Melted Crayons TV is an AI storytelling studio for creators, brands, teams, and publishers making narrated comics, graphic novels, storyboards, animated panels, and published pages. It supports character creation from uploads or…

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Animate It transforms scripts and stories into animated videos through a web-based AI platform. It is aimed at family stories, books and memoirs, children’s stories, classroom lessons, and other projects where users want to create…

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  1. Melted Crayons TVAI Animation Makers 8.0Free plan · paid from $9.99/mo
  2. Animate ItAI Animation Makers 7.2Free plan · paid from $23

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Melted Crayons TV — where it wins

    • Character and style consistency across panels
    • Animation, voices, lip-sync, translation, and Watch Mode
    • Web, desktop, mobile, and broad export support

    Where it doesn't

    • Sketch includes watermarks and no panel animation
    • Credit limits shape production volume on paid plans
    • Commercial rights vary by plan
  • Animate It — where it wins

    • Generates scripts, characters, places, voices, scenes, and rendered video
    • Supports plain-English revisions, scene regeneration, and AI cinematography
    • Includes downloadable animations with commercial rights and 2D or 3D styles

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid packages can become expensive for longer productions
    • The service is available on the web only
    • The longest listed category duration is 15 minutes
  • Melted Crayons TV8.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $9.99/mo

    A flexible AI storytelling studio for comics, panels, narration, and animation.

    Visit Melted CrayonsFull verdict →
  • Animate It7.2/10 · Free plan · paid from $23

    A script-to-animation tool with commercial rights and production-focused paid packages.

    Visit Animate ItFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026