# Doodly review (2026): is it worth $41 a month, billed yearly? > Whiteboard doodle video maker for Mac and PC Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Doodly is desktop software for making whiteboard-style doodle videos, where drawings appear as a hand sketches them on a canvas. It ships with drawn characters, props and backgrounds, and lets you add your own images and voiceover. On the vendor's site it is sold as part of the Voomly Cloud suite. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** Voomly - **Website:** https://www.doodly.com - **Runs on:** macOS, Windows - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you only want Doodly, as it is bundled in a $41 a month suite. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Doodly is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $41 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Voomly Cloud, which includes Doodly. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Voomly Cloud | $41 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) | Includes the Standard version of Doodly, plus Toonly, Talkia, People Builder, Pyks, 7TB of storage and unlimited video funnels. | | Voomly Pro | $66 per month, billed annually ($79 billed monthly) | Includes the Enterprise versions of Doodly and the other suite tools, with 10TB of storage. | Read from https://www.voomly.com/vc-pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Doodly before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The Voomly pricing page shows Voomly Cloud at $490 a year (saving $98) and Voomly Pro at $790 a year (saving $158). Source: https://www.voomly.com/vc-pricing ## Key features - **Doodle and whiteboard styles:** Make whiteboard, blackboard, glassboard and green-screen animations by dragging drawings onto a canvas, where Doodly draws them on screen. - **Smart Draw for your own images:** Upload your own images and set a custom draw path by pointing and clicking, so imported art is sketched in like the built-in doodles. - **Built-in artwork:** The vendor says the library holds 200 characters with 20 poses each, 20 background scenes and hundreds of props, all drawn by its own artists. - **Voiceover and music:** Record a voiceover inside the editor or import audio, and drag royalty-free music tracks onto the timeline. - **Export options:** Export MP4 files from 480p to 1080p or a custom size, at 24 to 60 frames per second. ## Good for - Marketers making short whiteboard explainer videos - Teachers and trainers who want sketch-style lessons - Non-designers who want ready-made characters and props ## Worth knowing - Runs on Mac and Windows only; the homepage mentions no Linux or mobile app. - The pricing page lists Voomly Cloud and Voomly Pro, not Doodly alone; the homepage also shows a $67 promotional price against a stated $468 a year. - Pro includes the Enterprise versions of the tools; the Cloud plan includes Standard versions. - Voomly Plus ($16 per month billed annually) is cheaper but its listing does not mention Doodly. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Doodly makes whiteboard videos where drawings appear as if a hand sketches them. It is sold as part of Voomly Cloud at $41 a month on yearly billing, a suite price for one small tool, and it runs on Mac and Windows only. - **Value for money: D.** Voomly Cloud, the plan that includes Doodly's Standard version, is $41 a month billed yearly ($49 monthly). That is in the dearest tenth of video tools, which start at $40, and the cheaper Plus plan doesn't mention Doodly. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 14-day free trial of Voomly Cloud. The pages read don't say whether a card is needed. - **Features: C.** Drag-in drawings, Smart Draw for your own images, voiceover, music and 480p to 1080p export. It does its one job fully, but it is a narrow one, and the Standard version is the one in Cloud. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Building a video means placing scenes and timing draws, so expect to learn it. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Mac and Windows programs only. No Linux, phone or web version, and no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Voomly's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - Doodly's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 8 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 24 of 133) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $41 a month, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 81 of the 88 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 65 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Doodly you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 120 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $492 a year. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Video editing, Text to speech ## Alternatives - [Vyond](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vyond): Animated and AI avatar video maker for training and business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/doodly-vs-vyond) - [Animaker](https://toolgpa.com/tools/animaker): Browser-based animated video maker with characters and AI voices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/animaker-vs-doodly) - [Biteable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/biteable): Template-based online video maker for work videos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/biteable-vs-doodly) - [Renderforest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/renderforest): AI video, image, audio and website maker with templates. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/doodly-vs-renderforest) - [Wideo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wideo): Online maker for animated explainer and marketing videos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/doodly-vs-wideo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.doodly.com - https://www.voomly.com/vc-pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/doodly Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).