# Doodly Reviews **Vendor:** Voomly **Category:** [Animation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/animation) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 132 ## About Doodly Doodly is a drag and drop doodle video creator. ## Doodly Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find Doodly's **ease of use** exceptional, allowing quick creation of professional whiteboard videos effortlessly. (7 reviews) - Users love the **ease of video creation** with Doodly, appreciating its user-friendly features and high-quality outputs. (6 reviews) - Users find Doodly to be **affordable and easy to use** , empowering marketers and content creators without specialist help. (2 reviews) - Users find Doodly to be **high quality** , enabling easy and efficient creation of stunning whiteboard videos. (2 reviews) - Users highlight the **customizable branding features** of Doodly, making it easy to tailor videos to their needs. (1 reviews) - Content Creation (1 reviews) - Ease of Learning (1 reviews) - Easy Creation (1 reviews) - Helpfulness (1 reviews) - Intuitive Interface (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users feel the **limited selection** of characters and scenes restricts creativity in Doodly's offerings. (3 reviews) - Users find the **slow rendering** frustrating, especially when it affects adding soundtracks and creating drawing paths. (2 reviews) - Users note that **animation limitations** restrict character actions, highlighting a compromise between ease of use and flexibility. (1 reviews) - Users find the **audio issues** frustrating, especially when adding soundtracks and positioning them accurately. (1 reviews) - Users desire **more character options and gifts** in Doodly to enhance creativity and personalization in their projects. (1 reviews) - Design Issues (1 reviews) - Editing Issues (1 reviews) - Expensive Cost (1 reviews) - Feature Overload (1 reviews) - Limited Customization (1 reviews) ## Doodly Reviews ### 1. Simple Tool for beginners to create Doodles easily **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Venkata Midhun J. | Content Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2024 **What do you like best about Doodly?** It is very handy to understand and create Doodle videos. It provides lots of pre-defined assets to use and also allows us to upload our assets to use. Doodly allows you to export videos even in 4K resolution. It provides updates frequently to implement new things. It has an excellent support team and they can assist round the clock. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I've been using doodly for the past 2 years and didn't have any issue with its performance. But sometimes I feel like they can change the look and feel of the working space to look more professional. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Doodly to create Doodle video intros to YouTube Videos. ### 2. Easy to make informational videos that stand out **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2023 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Doodly is really easy to use. The design interface is very intuitive. The options for storytelling are limitless with add on features. I really like how easy it is to add text and other multimedia elements. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** There could be more export options available. While there are extensive add ons, some of them can be a bit on the expensive side. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly allows me to make interesting informational videos that I can share with my clients. These videos are quick and high quality. ### 3. Video editor with a chalkboard background. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carlos B. | CEO Fundador , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The integration of predefined images. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I have the Voomly Cloud version, but in the basic one, the images are in black and white. The tools to create a pointillism effect on images are very slow. However, it seems they are improving this option with each new version. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** In the services I provide to my clients, I offer this type of videos or as an added value to deliver. The clients are aware of this type of videos and feel benefited by having this type of videos to offer their services. ### 4. Whiteboard video creation tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carlos b. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2023 **What do you like best about Doodly?** They have improved the use of memory in video editing. Additionally, they added other characters that can be applied to any type of advertising. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** The tool for selecting nodes and generating the path of the hand that draws with more precision. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a tool that allows you to advertise in a more didactic way and attracts the attention of users with the different characters. ### 5. I like it a lot. Easy to use. Wish there were CATS! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I like Doodly a lot. I use it for instructional videos. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** My business is heavily geared towards pets. The dogs look good in the Pet Care package, but where are all the cats? A nice, semi-realistic looking package of cats, or cats and dogs, would be great. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** it gives me an entertaining and easy way to share ideas with my clients ### 6. A great resource for your videos if you are in the world of teaching **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Borja O. | Profe, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The ease of expressing complex concepts in a simple and clean way. The result is very professional and surprises the students. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** When you buy, they immediately do an "upselling" to give you access to resources that I thought were already included in the regular version of Doodly. The investment is still worth it, but I felt it was a "trick" and I didn't like it. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Help me explain complex topics related to grammar to my Spanish students in a simple and fun way. ### 7. Doodly is an easy to use animation software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Martin O. | Head of Marketing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Doodly is intuitive and easy to use. You can either start with pre-set scenes, or with a blank canvas and build the scene you have in mind. Just drag and drop the props and characters you need and with a simple click, get them what you want them to do. On the timeline you just pull the action to the time it's supposed to happen and you have your animation ready. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** With the pre-set animations, you can get to do the characters a lot of different things - but not everything is possible. Which kinda makes sense, since if it is supposed to be easy and one-click it's just not possible to have every possible option built in that someone might need. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** If you want to make simple cartoon movies and are ok with the fact that a lot, but not every animation is possible, Doodly is for you. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easily build animated doodle movies without any knowledge of animation or any other special skills, other than basic computer operating skills. ### 8. A tool that makes video creation accessible with a good value for money ! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohamed J. | Senior Marketing Manager Tunisia & Morocco, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Very user friednly tool that doesn't require advanced skills. The tool gives to marketers and content creators the chance to create their own videos without asking the support of any specialists : it is very easy and cost effective ! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** The tool doesn't propose a lot of choice of charcters and scenes on the- one - time payment offer so you should pay more to get access to more charcters and scenes. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** I highly recommend this tools for small businesses and small entities to use for tutorials or content, however when it comes to brand image for important companies I suppose it is better to call professionals and make a flat design video that fits with the brand requirements and guidelines. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly allows you to create videos in no time and without spending a lot of money , so it is very efficient and practical. Besides, you don't need to hire any external as you can do it from scratch and on your own. ### 9. Ok, but not the best experience **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The ability to make hand-drawn doodle videos. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** A clunky editor with too much upselling. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Can create hand-drawn doodle videos which you might not be able to easily do using other video editing apps. ### 10. Create fun videos quickly, but watch out for making stale content **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nathan M. | Marketing Coordinator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Doodly is incredibly easy to use, and since it's a cloud-based application, it is not a resource hog like many video programs. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** 2 things I don't like about Doodly. 1.) Watch out for "add-on" costs. The basic image library that comes with Doodly will likely not be good enough for you, so you may end up buying a lot of extra assets. 2.) It is incredibly easy to find yourself making the same video over and over again. Be careful you don't fall into a rut and start creating stale, boring content. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly is great for making quick video presentations to easily communicate ideas. It is very intuitive and requires very little knowledge to get started. This saves time, and time is money. ### 11. Amazing App But Too Much OTO LTD Upgrade Offers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Md. Rezaul H. | Warranty & Service Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I bought this for my blogs at first and then to fulfill clients' requirements if it is needed fully. It is just amazing. It is straightforward to use, and you can create professional animated videos within minutes. It is great for explaining the concept of any service or product. I am still learning, thanks to this app. It is really simple and UNINTERRUPTED APP that I have ever purchased! And the best app I have used so far. For example, I bought Doodle Maker App at the same time. It has more features than Doodly. Still, I would highly recommend DOODLY than DOODLE MAKER APP! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Doodly is only affordable if you purchase the Basic Version, which has been sold as LTD. Though the creator sends a gift of colorful assets to Basic Doodly users, otherwise, the Basic Version comes with just the Black & White version. And then the story of push selling starts. > OTO for the Rainbow Version, i.e., colorful assets. $$ > OTO LTD for uncountable assets. $$ > OTO for the Premium Temples may be $$ > OTO for the Premium Training $$ Although they gave a nice playlist for doodly users, and honestly, those are great to start and play with the app. > OTO for the AI Voiceover App $$ > OTO for the AI Copywriter $$ > I believe a few more?! **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** - You may consider this as a great App to start under $50. - Remember you will have to spend at least another $67 dor the Rainbow or Colourful Assets/Props/Elements. - Technically this App is very sound, no crash, no errors while using this on your system. - Though it is an great functional app, still it's NOT a CLOUD BASED app. So, in order to use this app, you will need to install it on your local system. So, keep in mind, you need to carry a Laptop or a PC with you while you will be travelling if you want use this app away from your home system. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Benifts & Problem That Can be Solved by Doodly: - Doodly Explainer Doodle Maker App is a great tool for creating animated explainer videos from PowerPoint or Keynote. You can create doodle videos from the business slides or the keynote presentations. - You can also import images from the desktop and add them to your video in a very easy way. - The app is a great solution for creating professional explainer videos in a short period of time. - I would recommend it to business owners who want to create explainer videos from existing presentations. This would be a huge helping AI app. ### 12. Easy to make Explainer Videos in Doodly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Macario H. | Video Production Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Making an explainer video is as easy as dragging and dropping images. The Doodly software makes it very easy to create professional-looking whiteboard drawing videos. Very simple but creates a nice look. I like the options of different hand styles and different backgrounds from the chalkboard to a glass look. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I feel like the transitions between slides could be a little better. I also wish their image library was a little bigger. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I'm stuck on how to creatively demonstrate something I find that Doodly is a nice solution. Doodly is also a fast solution for creating explainer videos. In the past I'd use After Effects and key frame the write draw process. This process is a lot slower than using Doodly. Though I'll often incorporate the Doodly video into some of my After Effect projects. ### 13. Easy to use and will be solidly good, not the best of the best **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** It's extremely inexpensive, not difficult to figure out, and somewhat customizable to your brand although it will take longer for you to make brand-specific videos than using their preset templates. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Parts of it move pretty slowly, for example when adding in soundtracks. Dragging it to the exact spot you want it to go can be pretty frustrating. Like that you can import your own features, but creating the drawing path is very time consuming. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly has been a great tool for us to create engaging videos for a very affordable price. It's a good way to visually communicate concepts, although I think a lot of people use it for marketing. ### 14. Do NOT Buy Doodly! It is a DISHONEST Company! **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ray v. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** It is nice and makes good videos. However, their one-payment deal is a trick. After a couple of months it will stop running and their support service pins it on your computer. A deceitful action, indeed. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Their dishonesty and trickery making the program stop running on our computer and not solving our issue, saying it's because of our computer limitations. It starts running fine and later, it mysteriously requires some certification that you cannot get. A dirty trick. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have tried for MONTHS to solve my problem. I simply cannot open it anymore and they say it's because my computer is running on Windows 7. Well, when I bought it, few months before, it worked fine. Now there is a mysterious certification that blocks it. However, all my other programs, and I do have many, are running perfectly. Only Doodly stopped working. They pocket your money and change a little thingy in their program to kick you out. Very deceitful and utterly dishonest. ### 15. Super easy to use! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Isabel S. | Portrait Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Very intuitive to use and get going with. I make all kinds of videos using this platform for either the doodle type videos or just as templates and then throw the rest in photoshop to finish up. I've been super pleased with their customer service, too. They seem like a great group of people who are just trying to make an awesome product. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I wish that doodly would make other features like letting pictures just appear instead of being slowly drawn in and they could flip, but I figured out how to do that in photoshop and some times I make videos now with their social media templated size, add music, and do the rest in photoshop. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** If you need a way to tell a story to explain your business better, this is great software to use. It's easy to get going with it and you can make it as detailed or as simple as you desire. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have a really long process to how I make my creations and a lot of people don't realize how much goes into them. This software does a nice job helping me tell that story so clients realize why I charge so much and are happier to spend more with me. ### 16. One of the best whiteboard creators out there! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hossamudin H. | Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** How it is super easy and time-efficient creating high-quality whiteboard videos. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Well, the rendering sometimes gets stuck or takes so long! **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating high quality whiteboard videos without prior experience, in few minutes. ### 17. Awesome Sketch Art Videos **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Evan N. | Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Doodly has a very intuitive interface that makes it easy to create a sketch video quickly. I love that I don't have to purchase add-on's to make great videos! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I haven't discovered a downside yet. I think it works as it was designed. I don't have any dislikes. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly let me quickly create new content for my website. Making fast videos and getting them uploaded to my site saves me a lot of time. ### 18. Such a super cool resource! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Seth C. | Startup Mentor + Brand Strategist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I like that it's not like other tools of this kind that I've used. It really stands out to me as valuable and worth buying. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I dislike that I think if they updated it more it could be EVEN better. But again, I think it's pretty much a flawless tool. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** I think you should give it a shot because you will absolutely not be disappointed. It is well worth your money and time. It'll end up saving you money and time in the long run. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solve tons of problems as a freelancer when I use Doodly. Not only do I use it for my clients' projects, but I also am an affiliate so I'm able to share it with my clients. ### 19. Great way to make your presentation stand out **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tammy P. | Director, KSU RCHSS Office of Digital Education, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I always get compliments on my Doodly presentations--that it's different and more engaging. There's action, but it's nothing too fast and nothing questionable. It's more calming and soothing as you watch the pictures come together. Also, there are a lot of templates to use to create a presentation. Doodly also has a lot of training created to support successful use. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Doodley is easy to start using, but as one wants to move into more complicated techniques--such as voiceover--it gets more complicated. I've really struggled with timings and voiceover. And I wish that the color feature were not a separate add on that costs more. Also, they don't have an enterprise license set up for our organization, so we have had to create some workarounds. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** You want to make sure you have the time to put into using Doodly to its fullest potential. It does take time to learn the features that make it great. Fortunately, extensive training is available. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly is unique. It makes your presentation stand apart. Instead of the same old PowerPoint, users can see an image take shape as a concept is being explained. As the picture comes together, the point is made--it's a powerful symmetry. Also, unlike Prezi, Doodly is accessible. The online platform also makes it easy to collaborate on presentations from a distance. It's also cost effective. ### 20. You can create professional whiteboard videos, but it is time taking and require skills. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shubhi S. | HR Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Their template collections are good and the drag and drop concept makes it a little easy. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** You can not export colored videos, for that it asks for an extra paid plugin which costs you around $60. Creating advanced animations effects like zoom, pan requires extra training. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was trying to create explainer videos for internal training videos, but now not really using it. ### 21. Draw your Imagination with Doodly! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zuber A. | Senior Analyst (Instructional Design), Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** 1) Professional, realistic videos in minutes 2) Library of content for images 3) Free music files 4) Publishing on multiple formats **What do you dislike about Doodly?** 1) All files are uploaded on the cloud; therefore, the videos rendered slowly 2) It cannot work without an internet connection 3) Library of images and other assets should be updated periodically 4) Individual assets are undeditable **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1) Brand advertising through explainer videos 2) Teaching and training content through learning by watching modality ### 22. Good software for quick chalkboard animated videos. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Namandeep B. | Co Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Templates are available for many types of videos requirements. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** By default it gives only black & white videos, For colored videos, it asks for an extra paid plugin. Characters and probes are limited, for the additional characters you need to purchase extra plugins. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am creating explainer videos with Doodly. Although I don't have much knowledge about video animations, still with Doodly I am able to create some cool animations. ### 23. I love Doodly! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** It is extrememly easy, and you can download your own elements and easily turn them into doodles. It's a fantastic addition to any video! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Sometimes when you load in a different font, it doesn't come out complete. And I wish that you didn't have to pay extra for color. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Explainer videos are the new email...this is how you communicate. Doodly makes explainer videos easy and fun. ### 24. Creating animated videos quickly and easily **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amber A. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The product is intuitive which is a time saver - just drag and drop and move images around the screen. And it is simple to add your own images to use in the videos. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** This is not really a dislike. Because of the simplicity of product use, people should understand it does not have as robust a set of editing features, such as splitting or snapping, as other animated or video-creation programs. However, this has never kept me from creating high quality projects! **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I like to create unique videos that are consistent with our branding AND are applicable to a wide range of age groups. Animated videos appeal to professionals and students - adults and children. So whether I'm creating longer and more complex explainer videos or short videos for social media, I can quickly create and post projects. Because I've had to reduce staffing due to the pandemic, I can't delegate as much as before. But I want to remain creative and provide unique and interesting content. I can do this with Doodly because it is so easy to use. ### 25. A little doodling goes a long way **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Natashja T. | Founder , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Doodly provides the means to bring about a difference to explaining concepts and ideas and breaths in mystery and fun into videos. The drawing process captivates and engages keeping viewers absorbed with each line drawn, while they anticipate the finished product. I appreciate the ease in technology to make a video and the high quality results. I also value that items can be uploaded into Doodly providing me with the ability to personalize and brand my video as required. The Reveal Path functionality is the cherry on top providing the means to teach Doodly how to draw my personalized images as if they came packaged within Doodly itself. Doodly is easy to learn with a host of online tutorials to follow getting one fast into churning out great results. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** One of the draw backs of Doodly is the high price tag for the advanced training, which with my exchange rate I choose to rather upgrade my Doodly version. Another drawback; I look so forward to receiving my upgrade messages from Toonly as it clearly illustrates what has been upgraded, what characters and objects are new etc. I do not get the same from Doodly, which I really would appreciate. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits of using Doodly is that it captivates and engages making explaining more complex messages easier to communicate and faster for the audience to understand. Doodly uses drawing imagery to explain which keeps the audience engaged. ### 26. DIY Videos Made Simple! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leo B. | Life & Health Agent/Broker, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Doodly is a very user friendly platform. As someone who has less than moderate proficiency of computers and ZERO design experience I was thoroughly impressed by how simple it is to design and create a unique cartoon video. To put it in perspective, previously we would spend dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars in hiring third parties to design videos and it would take weeks for us to get the final videos, and Doodly now lets us have a video ready by the afternoon after a few cups of coffee. If we decide to edit something later, we don't need to re-hire a third party crew and have the control to quickly make any adjustments we need. Businesses need simple ways to create marketing pieces, and Doodly delivers! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Not Applicable. Doodly Rocks! Been using since late Summer 2020 and have yet to find something I dislike. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** Video marketing typically gets great responses, and Doodly allows businesses to have creativity and control of the content they put out there. With Doodly your business is able to create unique enticing videos that can be used in all sorts of ways from advertising to prospective buyers to creating training videos for internal staff, and much more. The best part is this platform is incredibly user friendly and doesn't require someone to be a tech wizard to be able to create neat videos. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doodly videos allowed us to not only create marketing pieces but also internal training videos that can be used to get new hires up to speed. Instead of hosting live classes that would normally take 20-45 minutes we can take the core ideas and create a simple 4-5 minute video instead. ### 27. Effective delivery, and so much fun to create! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pattie S. | Distance Learning Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The intuitive interface is very helpful. I work with my tech interns on projects, and it's easy for any of us to pick up where the other left off. The content library is filled with resources., plus there's the ability to import your own images. The final product is very engaging and an effective means of delivering content. Our faculty and students love our Doodlys! On the production side, it's so refreshing to have creative control and let Doodly do the heavy lifting. And, it doesn't hurt that it's so much fun, you don't feel like you're working! It also helps that the product is very affordable, even for budget-strapped higher ed. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** The storage structure was cumbersome in early release, but folders have solved those challenges. Now that there's a folder structure, my workflow has greatly improved. Haven't had any other issues, so there's really nothing I dislike. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're using Doodly to produce short informational videos, as well as faculty introductions, etc. Being able to import a person's bitmoji and have them voiceover is a huge benefit. Many people don't want to be on video, but they are perfectly fine with their cartoon self being the star. It gives the whole video a much more natural vibe, as there's no nervous stumbling. ### 28. Doodly works great for my purposes **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Patricia P. | Sign Language interpreter, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Videos are good quality. Features are easy enough to navigate. I like to make concepts visual for my students. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I have found that finding images in the assets library is not the easiest. I would also like more college-based images in your market place... so many have a business slant. It would be GREAT to be able to buy individual assets instead of packages. I also much prefer the quality of the assets available in Marketplace to the quality of artwork that comes with the package. I have purchased a lot of the artwork I've used through megapixl.com because I can find more of the type of pictures I need through an outside source. It would also be great to be able to crop and edit images within the program, but that is just a wishlist item. :) **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** Doodly is fun and easy to use **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** During this pandemic, working from home, I have used Doodly a lot to address issues with student services in my department. We have mostly used them as FAQs. Many of the students in my department are deaf so making things very visual is a big plus. So far, we send them out in emails, but we are exploring putting them on our webpage and on our FB page. This will need to be cleared with marketing. ### 29. It’s great…Just takes time to learn **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The creativity that's possible, hands down. Its innovative and captivating. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** The learning curve. I thought it would be more intuitive. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** We eill begin uding them gor micro learnings. Short bursts of information relevant to our agency. ### 30. Doodly is a simple way to create an explainer video **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Trish H. | Creator of online courses and clinician at Working Equitation Simplified, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Easy to use. Drag and drop.Can add your own images and draw paths. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** For what it's intended to do, I don't dislike anything. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a quick way of making videos that are different and get people's attention. I have also used it to create moving things I want to edit into other videos. ### 31. great, super great, superb great **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Usman A. | Business Development Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** i like the fact that we can create videos with simple animations without having any prior skills. And it is not difficult to learn. Super easy... **What do you dislike about Doodly?** when ther eis too many assets, we cant select a group of assets to move at the same time. Currently, only 1, or all. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** All you need to do is to watch the beginners tutorials to understand how Doodly works, and how to use the features. after 2 or 3 projects, you can actually become an expert at Doodly, and move on to watching the expert tutorials to see how you can create moving animations and let your imagination run wild. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** i am using Doodly to create videos for promoting my products. and for times when we are unable to get talents to make a video, we can solve this problem with Doodly. ### 32. Excellent tool, needs more font support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kinshuk A. | Advisor - DSL, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Ease of use, focus on most important things **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I was a bit disappointed that support for Indian languages font, and non-American characters, is shaky. None of the Devnagri fonts (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi etc) render correctly. Had an email exchange on this (with even the solution) but did not happen. You are missing out on a huge market possibly. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** If you have never used a video editor or movie maker earlier, go for it. If you have used other things, but felt the need to turn out a short video double-quick that will delight your viewers, go for it. And if you want to associate with a rather nice company that supports, enhances and is serious about YOUR goals, go for it. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I mostly do it for self-entertainment, but I realize the great potential as a marketing tool. ### 33. Great but **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hesham K. | Teaching Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Results are awesome. Simplicity in adding items. Quality of doodles. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Most fonts do not support special characters (Especially Arabic characters). There is no ability to change the aspect ratio of shapes. Very useful in the case of basic shapes like rectangles, circles, etc... Performance degrades when adding many scenes. I want to be able to extend the extra period at the end of the scene without affecting the duration of each shape by dragging the scene end in the timeline. Exporting the video does not support multi-cores in the CPU. There is no ability to add folders inside the library of custom shapes. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** It is useful, but check others work before purchasing to check if it will meet your expectations **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating an educational course in a more engaging way ### 34. A great tool for learning **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** richard a. | Owner/president, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Relatively easy tool to learn how to use. Then once the videos are complete, they catch the viewers attention much better than any static presentation will. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Putting bundles in the right categories when received takes some effort. I haven't quite figured out how best to shift assets around in a useful way to make them faster to find when what I'm looking for. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a trainer, I look for any tool to keep students' attention and impart knowledge. Doodly gives me the opportunity to keep their attention in computer based training by focusing their curiosity on what the final picture will contain when finished. Unconsciously, our curiosity doesn't want incomplete pictures, so we (and my students) stick with each slide to completion and information gets into their heads. ### 35. Fun tool to add variety to your presentations. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kay F. | TSgt, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Fairly simple to navigate. I'm not very computer literate and was able to figure out how to develop scenes. Recently detailed videos were published to completely demonstrate the process. Love these. Now I'm so excited to practice those parts that I was not aware of. It is time consuming but a little bit of planning my message ahead of time will probably help. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Searching for music could be improved by adding a feature to sort by length along with style or type. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping me turn a dry subject into something unexpected. Watching a hand write while listening to the words helps the audience retain the message. Adding visual ques brings learning to life. ### 36. Doodly Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeff L. | General Manager Cruise, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** This is a great easy to use click and drag application that allows you to create high quality presentations with ease. They are also visual and light hearted so get better engagement from the audience **What do you dislike about Doodly?** There are No real issues I can think of, the additional bundles definitely mean you can keep your content fresh without having to always re-use old scenes or characters etc **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** go for the enterprise bundle to get all the really good features, otherwise you will end up doing an upgrade later anyway **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to get messaging quick to market for short life campaigns and adds more interest to our training videos and tutorials ### 37. Both pleasing & frustrating **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The fast drag and drop nature with write on functionality. doing a write on effect in AE is easily done but very time consuming whic makes it impractical. Doodly makes the write one effect (even the custom path one) fast to add. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Being an After Effects & Camtasia user, many things about Doody drive me nuts if I'm honest. The biggest annoyance (and it's a huge time waster) is that you have to watch the entire video from start to finish every time you hit the preview button. This has made me an occasional user of Doodly, as opposed to a regular user, and this major flaw would make me reticent to recommend doodly to others. Two Preview features would have me instantly promote my score from 6 to an 8. 1) Preview from the play heads current position 2) Preview selected area/region of the timeline (see how Camtasia and Or After Effects achieve this) **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** Buy the one off fee version first. I'm ok with the $67 dollars for what it gives me, but with the little annoyances and lack of certain features I would have been disappointed if I have bought an annual license **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Explainer videos to promote best working practices & to make intro clips for other video types ### 38. doodly is great and self explanatory tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ingo F. | C, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** i wish the team a lot of fun and good success for the further development. thanks Brad! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** it would be nice to have a separate rubric where you could group and sort the used characters. in any case, i will gladly recommend this tool! **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** Start with a small video and very little pages. bring them to your level of expectations. continue only if you are at the level of perfection you want to be. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** it is a tool where you really can develop your phantasy and get wonderful ideas while experimenting. the problem is, that you will love the tool so much that you spend more time than needed, using this tool :) ### 39. Good software. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wesley W. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The software is intuitve. I have used several of the video creation software. Doodly, EasySketch Pro, and VideoScribe. I would have to say that VideoScribe was the best interface as far as the drag and drop images. Easy Sketch Pro was the best price when I got it, but the interface was a bit clunky. I like Doodly's ability to import your own svg images and tracing patterns. It is pretty simple to import what you want they are giving out a bunch of free images all the time. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** The one thing that I don't love about Doodly, is that the preview of the video is often out of sync with the audio and seem a bit laggy. Usually this is just a preview issue as the rendered video is often a lot better. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am creating explainer videos for estate planning and probate concepts and processes. ### 40. people those are looking for storyboarding software . It is the answer **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mahesh Singh Y. | Training and Development Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Simple to use. You can create Impactful product training content for your target audiance. It comes with ready-made template **What do you dislike about Doodly?** frequent up-gradation of software. From doodly to toonly **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Product presentation and training nuggets I can create very spontenously ### 41. Thieves and cheaters **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Martin B. | Specialista databází, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 20, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The software it self is good. It is easy and it has quite lot of features **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I did not use it so i wanted to cancel the subscription. So i wrote them and i was talked to try 50% off version. I tried it and wrote them again to cancel it anyway. The did respond they will cancel it but next month i received a bill. I wrote them again and ingored it. This month i received another bill and found out they did not cancel the subscription (altought i asked twice) and they stealed the money from my card. I cant remove card from the system. There is no other way to cancel it than via email. I am trapped and robbed. Just dont get caught in same trap i did. Only way for me now is to block the old card and pay for the new one. So watch it. They are scummers and thieves. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I made a video just to try it. Bu it was not what i wanted. Since than i am trying to cancel my subscription and keep getting robbed ### 42. My go-to software for Microlearning and Explainer videos is Doodly! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alan B. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** One of the numerous projects I am busy with on Doodly is the creating of Microlearning Whiteboard videos for disadvantaged kids to view on their cell phones, as that is the only way for them to get the content. They have a link to a cloud storage facility and are sent just the link to view the video. Doodly Whiteboard will be assisting hundreds with a better education. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** That the Time Line cannot be zoomed down **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am busy a few hours every day with Doodly which is so easy to use and produces the products for private and corporate clients ### 43. Extremely easy to use! Love how engaging the whiteboard videos are for my audience. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark T. | Co-Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I love the interface. Everything is drag-and-drop easy to use and there are tons of high quality graphic assets to use. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** It does take me a little bit of extra time to get my entire video laid out how I want them too big. But in the end, it is completely worth it. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Replacing having to pay thousands to an artist to hand draw each scene. Doodly does it automatically for me. It's perfect when you have a lot of videos you need to create and don't want to pay someone else to hand-draw them. The costs can add up quick. ### 44. Great Product to use for training and everything else! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kerry V. | Logisitics, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 31, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I love how easy to use it is.. I watched the tutorials and started making videos the same day! **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I wouldn't say I like trying to match my voice-over with the scenes. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** Simple to use and full of options! You will not be disappointed. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** TRAINING On Demand, we no longer have to work hard to bring everyone together for formal training. We can offer it on demand as the employee is available. ### 45. Fun and effective **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robb C. | Director of Marketing, Education, Membership, and Events, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The program is as fun to use as it is to see the final videos. Easy-to-use and produces effective promotional and educational videos. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I have yet to encounter any negatives with the platform. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to produce quick, easy, and entertaining promotional and educational videos that people can relate to, regardless of culture or language. ### 46. Doodly has made engaging video creation easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Comprehensive tutorials and easy to use interface **What do you dislike about Doodly?** The organization of the character and asset items is clunky and could be more user-friendly. Segmenting in more depth would help speed up the creation process **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Great for simple and clear information delivery that is engaging and interesting for the audience ### 47. Recommend to the whole Faculty! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vicki L. | Dean of Academics and Student Life, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** As the Dean of Academics at a small college, Doodly does everything I need to create short and fun videos for our students. The tutorials are great and really help you get going immediately. I recommend this at all Faculty Development Meetings as a fun way to connect a simple message to our students. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** You must buy all additional pictures, and sometimes I had to pay $29 for a single picture. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** You really can do all that they say you can do with this app. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Facilitate communication with students, something they will engage with. ### 48. Doodly - Easy and great results **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jason M. | Senior Account Manager, Business development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** I really like the fact that Doodly is easy to use. The video settings are very configurable and the finished video always works. There is also a good number of templates and props to use and build your story. The community drawings are also excellent and a great addition. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** I can't see any downside to using Doodly **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** None **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't need any camera skills or spend a lot of time worrying about lighting angles etc. Doodly is helping me create content fast that is visually pleasing. ### 49. User Friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fred B. | Math & Computer Science Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** Easy to use. Able to move and adjust each scene to get the best view and timing for the final presentation. Doodly has helped me improve my design skills. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Having to purchase bundles to get specific images to make my video. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** It is worth the expense and time to create unique presentations that will have the impact that you are trying to have. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sharing information with students. Students enjoy different ways of getting the information that I am trying to share with them. ### 50. User-friendly way to create engaging videos **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Seán K. | Marketing/Communications and Student Recruitment, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Doodly?** The drag-and-drop feature when creating videos is so easy and adjusting the font settings is great for consistency. **What do you dislike about Doodly?** Sometimes it can be difficult to find the right character/item. It would be helpful to be able to crop a character/item. **Recommendations to others considering Doodly:** For anyone with little or no experience, this is a very simple platform yet the finished product resembles videos you've been admiring online for years. **What problems is Doodly solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not a problem as such but it's definitely a great tool for my line of work (student recruitment). ## Doodly Discussions - [When is help for Indian language fonts (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi etc) happening ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/37264-when-is-help-for-indian-language-fonts-hindi-bengali-marathi-etc-happening) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [mathematics teaching](https://www.g2.com/discussions/32181-mathematics-teaching) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What is Doodly used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-doodly-used-for) - 1 comment - [Which is better Doodly or Toonly?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-is-better-doodly-or-toonly) - 1 comment - [Is Doodly a good program?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-doodly-a-good-program) - 1 comment - [View Doodly pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/doodly/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+22%3A32%3A31+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=825bbb61-d5a5-4667-ae3e-8067349be068&secure%5Btoken%5D=6e7126faeff489484bea08e581e2f21b4c9d3b7dd0a965a98054b52d5052fb73&format=llm_user) ## Doodly Features **Generative AI** - AI Image-to-Text - AI Text-to-3D **Agentic AI - Animation** - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration ## Top Doodly Alternatives - [Animaker](https://www.g2.com/products/animaker/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,023 reviews) - [Vyond](https://www.g2.com/products/vyond/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (493 reviews) - [Powtoon](https://www.g2.com/products/powtoon/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (272 reviews)