When comparing Anima2D vs Mango Animate Character Maker, the Slant community recommends Anima2D for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D skeletal animation tools?” Anima2D is ranked 4th while Mango Animate Character Maker is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Anima2D is:
Everything you could want from a skeletal animation system, free and because purchased by unity promises to be native in future.
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Pros
Pro Purchased by unity
Everything you could want from a skeletal animation system, free and because purchased by unity promises to be native in future.
Pro Free
Pro Spring bones
Much like spring joints native to unity, you can set bones to have dynamic spring animations based on their parents.
Pro Infinite customization
Self-import images, self-upload body part layers, customizable facial features and expressions; You can also make custom motions and save to ‘my library’.
Pro Easy to use
Free characters, premade templates, easy bone tools...
Pro Cheap
Only $139 for a Lifetime Pro license of Mango Animate CM (time-limited).
Cons
Con No longer supported by Unity.
This has been merged into the 2D Animation package.
Con Uses the Unity hierarchy
It's impossible to rename your asset after making your animation, otherwise you lose dependencies.
