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.

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Biteable vs Brush Ninja at a glance

BiteableBrush Ninjasmooth.video
PriceFrom US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$29 billed monthlyFree with ads, membership at US$7 a month or US$48 a yearFree, no paid plan
AccountRequiredOnly for membershipNot needed
FormatsMP4GIF, image sequence, and WebM for membersMP4, 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 does none of those.

Biteable vs smooth.video

Brush 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.video

When 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.

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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.