Use phone apps for review, not whole episodes
Eight tools in the register name apps. Animaker, MagicLight, PixVerse and Flixly have iOS and Android apps, Steve AI an iOS app, Vyond a mobile app, Showrunner an iOS app marked as coming soon to the USA and LlamaGen Mac and Windows apps as well. From 6 source pages, read 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-25; no maker pays to be listed.
A phone suits checking a clip, approving a shot or making a small change on the move.
Building an episode, with its character sheets and dozens of shots, is still easier on a large screen.
Apps and web versions do not always offer the same tools; the pages read rarely say where they differ.
Krikey AI goes the other way, with an editor that runs in the browser and nothing to download.
| Tool | Feature | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Animaker | Platform | iOS and Android apps beside the web |
| MagicLight | Platform | Android and iOS apps beside the web |
| PixVerse | Platform | Apps on the App Store and Google Play beside the web |
| Steve AI | Platform | An iOS app for creating and editing videos |
| Showrunner | Platform | An iOS app, marked as coming soon to the USA, beside the web |
| Krikey AI | Platform | A browser-based editor with no downloads |
Inclusion rule. Register readings this page relies on. Order. The order the text uses them.
1From the makers' pages
Animaker: Animation Maker - iOS App
Animaker, home page
Download Magiclight.ai for free Android iOS
MagicLight, home page
App Store … Google Play
PixVerse, home page
Yes, there’s an iOS app that enables you to create and edit videos anywhere.
Steve AI, home page
Watch, remix, and create your own show in the iOS App.
Showrunner, about page
Easy browser-based editor (no downloads)
Krikey AI, home page
- ProductsiOS and Android apps beside the web
- DownloadAndroid and iOS apps beside the web
- Download appApps on the App Store and Google Play beside the web
- FAQAn iOS app for creating and editing videos
- Showrunner on iOSAn iOS app, marked as coming soon to the USA, beside the web
- For businessA browser-based editor with no downloads
2A series pipeline, animated or not
The series side of “Use phone apps for review, not whole episodes” looks like this in SceneMixer's own guides:
Character sheets are always portrait and scene images always widescreen, whatever ratio the videos use.
SceneMixer, Vertical 9:16 or Landscape 16:9 — “Will choosing 9:16 make my character images vertical?” (read 2026-10-13)
An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.
SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)