Biteable vs Brush Ninja
Biteable and Brush Ninja side by side, as of September 2026: what each one costs, what it's made for, and when smooth.video, a free animation tool that runs in your browser with no account, does the job instead.
- Free
- No signup
- No watermark
Biteable vs Brush Ninja at a glance
| Biteable | Brush Ninja | smooth.video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$29 billed monthly | Free with ads, membership at US$7 a month or US$48 a year | Free, no paid plan |
| Account | Required | Only for membership | Not needed |
| Formats | MP4 | GIF, image sequence, and WebM for members | MP4, GIF, WebM, PNG, JPG, WebP |
- Price
- BiteableFrom US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$29 billed monthly
- Brush NinjaFree with ads, membership at US$7 a month or US$48 a year
- smooth.videoFree, no paid plan
- Account
- BiteableRequired
- Brush NinjaOnly for membership
- smooth.videoNot needed
- Formats
- BiteableMP4
- Brush NinjaGIF, image sequence, and WebM for members
- smooth.videoMP4, GIF, WebM, PNG, JPG, WebP
As of September 2026. Plans change, so check those of Biteable and Brush Ninja before you decide.
Biteable
- Free option
- A 7-day trial: watermarked, no MP4 download
- Export resolution
- HD on Pro, 4K on Premium
- How you build
- Animated scenes, from a script or in the editor
- AI voices, avatars, automatic captions
- Yes
- Video hosting and viewer analytics
- Yes
When Biteable fits better
You write a script and want a video built from it, need AI voices, avatars or captions, or want to host the video and see who watched it. smooth.video has no script-to-video, no AI voices and no hosting.
Biteable vs smooth.videoBrush Ninja
- How you animate
- Frame-by-frame drawing, with onion skin
- Layers
- None
- Video with sound
- WebM, for members
- Lesson plans for teachers
- Yes
When Brush Ninja fits better
You want to draw every frame, like a flipbook, in a tool made for children and classrooms, with stickers, sound effects and lesson plans ready to go.
Brush Ninja vs smooth.videoWhen smooth.video fits better
You want to download a short animated video today without a subscription, and you'd rather set the motion yourself than start from a script.
The animation is made of things that move: a title, a photo, a logo, a sticker, a chart. You want sound in the video, more than one layer, and no ads, without a membership.
Open the editor- Free, full stop
- No plan, no trial, no credits, no export limit.
- No account
- Open the page and the editor is already there.
- Nothing is uploaded
- Your files are read and rendered by your own browser.
- No watermark
- Every export is clean, at any size, 4K included.
Start from a template
See all 203 templatesOpen one, change the words, export. Every element stays editable.
Questions
Can a video be made from my script?
Not by smooth.video itself, but its project format is published at smooth.video/llms.txt. Give it to ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant along with your script, and open the file it writes in the editor.
Can I add captions?
Yes, as text elements you place on the timeline. There's no automatic transcription.
Is there a watermark?
No, and every download is free.
Can I draw in smooth.video?
Yes, with a simple brush: the drawing becomes an image you can move, scale, rotate and fade on the timeline. It isn't made for drawing each frame.
Can I add sound?
Yes. Add an audio file and it's included in the MP4 or WebM. A GIF can't carry sound.
Are there ads?
No, and there's nothing to join.
Or skip the decision.
smooth.video is free, opens in a tab and exports without a watermark. Try it while you compare.
Open the editor- Free
- No signup
- No watermark