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Explain it in motion.

Draw animated explainer reels in your browser — two ideas side by side, numbers that move, a walkthrough in beats. Nothing to install. Drawn, not generated.

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Free account first, then the playground · 5 reels a month, no card

L4 vs L7 Load Balancing — opening frame
The stage is 720 by 1280. L4 vs L7 Load Balancing · 46s loop

9:16

Stage, 720 × 1280

90

Pieces in the toolbox

10

Templates & starters

13

Reels published here

  • Circles
  • Connections
  • Words of any kind
  • Side-by-side recap
  • Callouts
  • Payoff panel
  • Panels
  • Steps
  • Figures
  • Meters
  • Bar charts
  • Lines and dots
  • Timelines
  • Big opening line
  • Opening sub-line
  • Label over a headline
  • Claim over a figure
  • Setup line
  • Setup follow-up
  • Key
  • Step counter
  • Side badge
  • Banner strip
  • Testimonial
  • Bottom caption
  • Narration
  • Source note
  • Small print

How it works

Three moves, and the reel is finished.

No timeline, no keyframes, no render queue. Pieces on a stage, beats in a row, and a Save that leaves you something you can open again tomorrow.

Fig. 2 · the playground — 01 toolbox, 02 beats, 03 save
  1. 01

    Toolbox

    Drag pieces onto a 720 × 1280 stage.

  2. 02

    Beats

    Arrange them across beats — a reel is its beats, in order.

  3. 03

    Save

    Save. The reel is done; it stays editable here, and it comes back on any device you sign in from.

What goes in a reel

Everything a comparison needs.

Free is everything the playground shipped with. Plus is what has been added since; on a Free account the editor marks those pieces with a lock.

Compare plans

Two ideas, side by side

The whole format: side A in vermillion, side B in cyan, and a divider between them that never lets the reader lose which is which. Draw the comparison once and every beat inherits it.

Numbers that move

Counters, bars and plots that animate from one value to the next across a beat — the difference is the point, so the difference is what moves.

A walkthrough in beats

A reel is its beats, in order. Add one, reorder them, and the whole thing re-times itself.

Your colours, your type

Five accents and the backdrop shelf on every plan; any exact colour and your own typeface on Plus, kept in a kit so the next reel starts where the last one left off.

Made for a phone

9:16, 720 × 1280, the shape the reel is going to be watched in — previewed at that shape the whole time you are drawing it.

Yours, and it stays yours

Every reel is kept under your name, opens on any device you sign in from, and stays editable — including everything Plus drew, after Plus ends.

Made with Diffreel

Made with the playground.

Reels from the blog: one comparison or one walkthrough each, with the written answer under it. Free to watch, no account needed.

All reels

Pricing

Free is a plan, not a countdown.

Accounts are free and stay free. Plus adds everything that has been built since, billed through Paddle, and auto-renew stops whenever you say.

Full comparison

Free

$0forever

An account and the playground. No card, no trial clock — this is the plan, not a countdown to one.

  • 5 reels a month
  • 40 of 90 toolbox pieces — everything the playground shipped with
  • 3 reel templates and 2 beat starters
  • 60 pieces per reel · 24 on one beat
  • Five accents and the backdrop shelf
  • Carries the Made with Diffreel mark
Start free

Plus

Everything unlocked

$10.00/month

Billed monthly · 31 days per month · stop auto-renew any time.

How long for
  • 50 reels a month
  • All 90 toolbox pieces, nothing locked
  • All 6 reel templates and 4 beat starters
  • 200 pieces per reel · 80 on one beat
  • Any exact colour, hand-picked backdrops, your own typeface
  • Your own brand, kept in a kit the next reel starts from

Billed in USD through Paddle, the merchant of record — cards, tax and receipts are handled there, never on this site. Renews automatically; stop it any time. 14-day money back, no questions asked. Refunds · Terms

Questions

The things people ask first.

Anything else, the about page says who makes this and why.

Do I need to install anything?

No. The playground runs in the browser you already have. Sign in and it is there, with every reel you have drawn.

Can I publish a reel to this site?

Not yet. The reels at /reels are published by the people who make Diffreel. A reel you draw is yours to keep working on, and it opens on any device you sign in from.

How does paying for Plus work?

Each term is billed upfront through Paddle, the merchant of record — cards, tax and receipts are handled there, never on this site. A term gives you 31 days per month from the day it starts and renews on its own until you stop it, from your account. Stopping auto-renew keeps Plus to the end of what you paid for.

What happens to my reels if I downgrade?

Nothing happens to them. Every reel you drew stays as it is, typeface and colours included, and stays editable. What Plus adds from then on — the brand kit, the library, earlier versions — waits until you subscribe again.

Can I use my own typeface and colours?

On Plus. Free draws with five accents and the backdrop shelf; Plus adds any exact colour on a piece, hand-picked backdrop colours and your own typeface, kept in a brand kit so the next reel starts with them.

Who owns what I draw?

You do. Diffreel keeps the reel so it can open it for you again, and does nothing else with it. The privacy notice says exactly what is stored.

Draw your first reel.

A free account and the browser you already have. The reel is yours, and it stays editable.

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