# Pivot Animator

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Pivot Animator and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free stick figure animation program that many people fondly remember from childhood for making and sharing their own animations. Critics say its animations look crude.

## Why people recommend it

- Fond nostalgia for childhood animating (2 comments): "Countless hours lost making my own sprites, and I remember the joy of downloading other peoples sprites that were actually good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45809600)) "I remember spending hours and hours on pivot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45814359))

## What people warn about

- Unclear how it benefits users (1 comments): "I am left with wondering how the software would benefit me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387065))
- Animations look crude and poorly done (1 comments): "they were absolutely crude and incredibly poorly done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813177))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Adobe Animate](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adobe-animate.md): 9 recommend
- [Tixl](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tixl.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pivot Animator", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pivot-animator/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).