Animation Lab
Build and Learn SwiftUI
$1.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Build and learn with interactive SwiftUI animation demos, Xcode guides, reusable building blocks, and a polished developer-friendly playground.
Animation Lab is a hands-on SwiftUI learning app for developers, designers, students, and curious builders who want to understand how modern iOS interfaces are made.
Explore interactive animation demos, tweak controls in real time, study reusable code snippets, and learn how each effect works. Instead of only showing a finished result, Animation Lab helps you understand the building blocks behind it so you can use them in your own apps.
Inside the app you can explore:
• text animations like typing, dots, spinners, marquee, scramble, counters, and wave text
• motion demos like pulse, ripple, transitions, progress rings, flip cards, staggered reveals, particles, and physics
• live controls for speed, timing, spacing, scale, opacity, bounce, gravity, and more
• code snippets you can study and adapt for your own projects
• clear explanations of modifiers, logic, and SwiftUI APIs used in each example
• a Learn section with Xcode navigation guides, project structure tips, SwiftUI building blocks, workflow help, and architecture guidance
• settings for appearance, reminders, reviews, diagnostics, and app information
Animation Lab is designed to feel like both a showcase and a developer tool. You can browse polished demos, open individual experiences, adjust values live, and see how visual changes connect to real code.
Whether you are learning SwiftUI for the first time or building a production app, Animation Lab helps you:
• understand animation patterns faster
• learn where things live in Xcode
• discover reusable UI techniques
• build intuition for modifiers, state, layout, and timing
• turn examples into your own features
If you want a more practical, interactive, and developer-focused way to learn SwiftUI, Animation Lab gives you a playground you can keep coming back to.
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Update includes
New main view layout
New animations added
The developer, Rick Twilling, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Rick Twilling
- Size
- 5.5 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Richard Twilling
