Using your smartphone to make stop-motion videos has been possible for a while thanks to the many available apps, but the Stikbot app uses an entirely different approach. Their free app will work like all the others that you may have tried by taking your first shot and using the ghost of the first image as a guide to setup the next frame. For instance, you can make a fork move around your plate by keeping the plate lined up in every frame while you randomly move the fork around it in each frame. Stikbot differs from others by adding optional stick figures that they sell for around 10 bucks. The stick figures are designed to help make more interesting stop-motion movies because they have flexible arms and legs as well as suction cups on them all. It's an interesting combo of options for that emerging young movie maker: http://www.stikbot.toys
