iStopMotion for Mac

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffOctober 2, 2025

With its advanced features and clean interface, iStopMotion for Mac enables you to create stop motion and time-lapse animations with ease. This premium app is fast, accessible, and delivers a good user experience, making it appealing for casual users. Having been built specifically for Mac OS X, the app has deep integration with other OS X features and applications.

At the end of the straightforward installation process, iStopMotion for Mac plays a short video that highlights the majority of the features it offers. Due to the nature of video editing, the app may refuse to run on old systems -- specifically on those that lack a modern graphics card. The UI is relatively clean and does not overwhelm you, even if you haven't used video creation tools before. In terms of performance, the program feels speedy even when you're working with 1080p videos. You'll be impressed with the iMovie and Final Cut Pro integration, as well as with the companion app available for iPhone, which lets you use the phone's camera directly with iStopMotion in real time.

If you want to create stop motion and time-lapse animations and want an accessible UI, you should try iStopMotion for Mac. While other apps like iMovie and Final Cut Pro offer more features, this app's clean interface minimizes the learning curve, making it a more convenient solution for non-experts.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of iStopMotion for Mac 3.2.2.

What’s new in version 3.8.2

Make DSLR cameras work on macOS 10.12 Sierra. Fixed a crash when removing the value from the timelapse time interval input field. Fixed a crash when closing a document.

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GENERAL

Release: November 9, 2017

Latest update: October 2, 2025

Version: 3.8.2

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System

Mac OS X
OS X 10.9
OS X 10.8
Mac OS X 10.7

Additional Requirements: macOS 10.7 - 10.12

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 41,488

Downloads Last Week: 2

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User Reviews

4.1/5

9 User Votes

Expensive & difficult license in order to use on my Mac
TuuTuuTangoFebruary 24, 2013
Pros
Makes for some very fluid time lapse captures.
Cons
License agreement and getting the software to work on my Mac was exacerbating and a royal pain.
Summary
The company who developed this software is located in Germany. You must spend $500 in order to download their product through a firm here in the USA. Getting my download and then getting the license to work on my Mac was a pain and required many e-mails to both the vendor and the company in Germany. Trying to update, if you get a new OS is impossible because there is no continuity in the license agreement, especially if your original email address is no longer valid. Bottom line, I feel I trhough away $500 on this product.
Great Fun!
SoonieJanuary 13, 2005
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I use this with my iSight. My kids and I use it quite a bit, and they actually control the snapping of the picture. They really enjoy the results with their Lego models and dolls and such. Great support, good documentation and feature set. No regrets, except that I don't get to use it as much as I like.
like it a lot
bukrogrzJune 23, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />this pretty much kicks ass... no probs so far at all. can't complian about features considering the price tag which is free for the lite ver.. definately give more usefulness to my digital camcorder and this is the stuff i had hoped to be able to do with it. keep it up!
12 inch gloryApril 16, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Great program! I have been looking for something like this that will let me use my mac for stop shot animation. Works fine with my
HarlohMarch 26, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Ã‚Â Put a slick time-lapse function in it, and I'll buy it. having to jump back and forth to the mouse or keyboard each time
cmdrslmdrJanuary 27, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Just tried it out. It crashed once when I tried "Present Movie" to see what I had done so far and lost all frames to
of_the_animatorJanuary 17, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Works just fine with my 867 Powermac and Sony DCR-TRV340. Paid for the licence because, 1) I'm very impressed that someone wrote this. 2) This
of_the_animatorJanuary 17, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Works just fine with my 867 Powermac and Sony DCR-TRV340. Paid for the licence because, 1) I'm very impressed that someone wrote this. 2) This
VersionTrackerUserOpinionDecember 21, 2002
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Great idea. The app needs a lot of work though. Java is not that cool.

Developer’s Description

By Boinx Software Ltd.

Stop motion animation & time-lapse.

Remember how you watched, fascinated, when King Kong climb the Empire State building? When Luke Skywalker rode the ice beasts? When Wallace and Gromit hunted down the Were-Rabbit? For centuries now, stop motion animation has made the fantasies of film makers come true. Now it's time to tell your story, frame by frame.