Paper & Hinge

RiffleFlipbook Animator

Draw frame by frame, then close the phone to play your flipbook, like thumbing through a real one.

Out now · Free on the App Store

Free to download, for iPhone. See what Pro adds.

A flipbook pad bound with red tape. The top page shows a red ball bouncing, with faint copies of where it was in the two frames before, and the bottom corner of the page curls up, ready to flip. 3 4 5 6 1 2 3

A flipbook in your pocket

One page of a flipbook: a paper plane climbing, with faint copies of where it was in the two frames before. 12

Draw frame by frame

Sketch on paper-textured pages with pens, pencils and markers. Onion skin shows your last two frames faintly underneath, so each drawing lines up with the one before.

iPhone Duo seen from the side, closing, with the flipbook's pages fanning between its two halves.

Close the phone to play

On iPhone Duo, close the phone slowly and your pages flick past, one frame at a time. Open it flat again and you’re back where you were drawing.

Hinge controls arrive in a free update shortly after launch. Until then, dragging works everywhere, including on iPhone Duo.

On other iPhones, drag the page edge to riffle, or tap Play.

A filmstrip of a bouncing ball, with arrows down to two tags that read MP4 and GIF. MP4GIF

Export to MP4 or GIF

Save a video for anywhere that plays video, or a looping GIF for chats. Share it straight from Riffle or save it to Photos.

Pro exports in HD, without a watermark.

A fan of paper swatches in kraft, blue, vermilion, green and pink, above a row of palette colors.

Something new to draw

A new animation prompt arrives every week, for when you want to draw but don’t know what. New paper and palette packs arrive every month.

Close the phone, or drag the edge

Riffle does everything on every iPhone. On the Duo, the hinge turns into the thumb that riffles the pages.

iPhone Duo seen from the side, half closed, with flipbook pages fanning between its two halves and arrows showing it closing.

On iPhone Duo

Open flat, the left page shows your previous frame and the right page is your canvas. Tap + to turn the page. Close the phone to riffle through everything you’ve drawn, then open it to carry on.

An iPhone with a finger dragging the edge of a flipbook page.

On any iPhone

One page, with a filmstrip below. Drag the page edge to riffle, scrub the filmstrip, or tap Play. It works on any iPhone with iOS 26 or later.

Free to draw. Pro for bigger books.

Start animating for free. Pro takes the limits off and unlocks every paper, palette, brush and template.

Free

Plenty for your first flipbooks.

  • 3 projects, up to 50 frames each
  • MP4 and GIF export, with a small watermark
  • Pens, pencils, markers and 8 colors
  • The weekly prompt and the Bouncing Ball template

Pro

For bigger books.

  • Unlimited projects and frames
  • HD export with no watermark
  • Every paper, palette, brush and template
  • The full archive of weekly prompts
Monthly
$2.99 a month
Yearly
$14.99 a year

Starts with a one-week free trial

Lifetime
$29.99 once

One payment. Nothing to renew.

If Pro ends, nothing you made is locked or deleted. Prices are in US dollars; the App Store shows the price in your currency before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel. See the terms of use.

Start your first flipbook.

Free on the App Store for iPhone, and made for iPhone Duo.

App StoreDownload on the App Store

Requires iOS 26 or later. Works on every iPhone, and folds on iPhone Duo.