Type a prompt
Describe the animated video you want to make.
Animated Explainer Video Maker
Turn your script, article, PDF, or brief into a structured animated explainer video without building scenes on a timeline.
Examples
Animated videos made with TapVid
Real output generated from prompts, across styles.
The workflow
How it works
AI builds it
TapVid generates the scenes, motion graphics, and narration.
Refine and export
Adjust anything by prompt, then export an MP4 or share a link.
Overview
What is an animated explainer video maker?
An animated explainer video maker turns existing content such as a script, article, PDF, or product brief into a structured sequence of scenes with motion graphics and narration.
TapVid is an Explainer Video Engine. It helps teams visualize and structure source material without assembling templates, keyframing motion, or building scenes on a timeline.
After the first draft, you can revise wording, style, or pacing in plain language and regenerate the scenes that need another pass.
In practice
From a prompt to a finished animation
Type a prompt
Describe the animated video you want. TapVid reads your prompt and plans the scenes, so you do not start from a template.
- A prompt, not a template
- Automatic scene planning
AI builds the animation
TapVid generates the animated scenes, motion graphics, and narration, built from your prompt rather than assembled from a library.
- Animation generated for your idea
- No timeline, no keyframing
Refine by prompt, then export
Change style, pacing, or wording by describing it, and regenerate any scene. Export an MP4 or share a link when it is ready.
- Edit with words, not a timeline
- Export MP4 or share a link
Why TapVid
Why make animated videos with TapVid
No templates to pick
The animation is generated for your idea, not assembled from a library.
No timeline to learn
Skip keyframes and compositing entirely; you work in prompts.
From text to finished animation
Type a prompt and get a watchable video in minutes.
Editable after generating
Change style, pacing, or wording and regenerate any scene.
On-brand and consistent
Reuse a style across a set of videos.
No skills required
A founder, marketer, or teacher can make animation without a designer.
What you can create
What you can make
One maker covers the animated formats teams reach for, from a quick social clip to a full explainer.
Explainer videos
Turn an idea into a short animated explainer that makes it click.
Social clips
On-brand animated clips sized for feeds and stories.
Ads
Short animated ads built from a prompt.
Educational videos
Animated lessons that make a concept easy to follow.
Product animations
Show how a feature works with animated callouts and steps.
Intros and openers
A branded animated intro for any video.
A closer look
No templates. No timeline.
Most animated video makers are template editors: you scroll a library, pick a scene, swap your text in, and nudge elements around until it looks close enough. That caps the result at what the templates allow and still takes real time. TapVid is not a template editor. You describe the video and the animation is generated for your idea, then refined in plain language. There is nothing to assemble and no timeline to learn, so the work is deciding what you want to say, not building it frame by frame.
Use cases
Built for Marketing, Education, and Product
Marketing
Animated clips and ads from a prompt, on brand and on time.
Education
Animated lessons and explainers without a production team.
Product
Animated demos of how features work, generated from a description.
Questions & answers
Frequently Asked Questions
- Yes. Type a prompt and TapVid generates a finished animation, structuring scenes, motion graphics, and narration for you. There is no template to pick and no timeline to edit.
- No. The AI animation generator handles scene structure, motion, and pacing. You describe what you want and refine it in plain language.
- Template makers give you pre-built scenes to assemble. TapVid generates the animation from your prompt, so the video is built around your idea instead of fitted into a template.
- You can start making animated videos for free with 300 one-time credits (valid for 7 days) and no credit card. Free exports are 720p with a watermark and clips up to 1 minute; Pro and higher are watermark-free with 1080p exports and longer clips. See all plans on our pricing page.
- TapVid focuses on 2D motion graphics: animated diagrams, typography, charts, and transitions. Check the app for the current range of styles.
- A first draft usually generates in a few minutes, and each revision takes about one to three minutes.
- Yes. Change the script, visuals, pacing, or style by describing it, and regenerate any scene. No timeline, no keyframes.
- Explainers, social clips, ads, educational videos, product animations, and intros.
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Plans & credits
Simple, credit-based pricing
3 credits = 1 second, so you only pay for what actually renders. Start free, upgrade anytime.
Pro
$49/mo
2,000 credits / mo
Max
$99/mo
6,000 credits / mo
Ultra
$199/mo
14,000 credits / mo