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Cartwheel

Generate editable 3D character animation from text or phone video.

Category
3D
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
Web
Models
Self-contained (on-device)
Verified
Jun 16, 2026

Cartwheel is a generative-motion tool that turns a text prompt, a smartphone video or a motion library into production-ready 3D character animation. Outputs stay fully editable and export to Unreal, Unity, Blender and Maya, so they slot into an existing pipeline rather than locking you into one app. It targets animators, game and video creators who want to skip slow keyframing or expensive mocap.

Capabilities 2

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Text-to-3D (primary capability)
  • Image-to-3D (primary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Text- and video-to-3D-animation
  • Skips slow keyframing and mocap
  • Exports to Unreal, Unity, Blender, Maya
  • Free Creator tier to start
  • Credit/'spin' limits on lower tiers
  • Focused on character motion, not full scenes
  • Newer tool with an evolving feature set

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