# 5SecondsApp - GIF Maker — user reviews > 367 indexed App Store user reviews of 5SecondsApp by Eric Marschner, rated 4.76/5 from 1,392 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5secondsapp-gif-maker/id555789561/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5secondsapp-gif-maker/id555789561.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,195 · 4★ 106 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 28 ## Newest reviews (15 of 367) ### 4/5 — Taiwo *2026-08-09, version 2026.4* Fresh ### 3/5 — Render Quality Has Gone Down Sadly (Updated) *2026-03-01, version 2.5.2* Latest Review: (03-01-2026) With the latest version the quality of GIFs has gone down quite a lot i think. Not sure what has happened but it’s very disappointing I think. I’ve used this app since it first released abcs have always appreciated and loved it a lot. But there are new changes I’m not a fan in the interface and just like I mentioned, the quality of the rendered GIFs seeming to be worse really stinks. I hope the developer would please just revert the app to how it used to be. It was so much better in the past in my opinion. Thanks if you’ll look into that please. iPad Pro 13 inch 2025 (M5) Updated Review: I still find this GIF creation tool to just be the very best of the best available on the App store. I have never come across another app that even rivals the top quality on display here in my opinion. I have also found the developer of this app to be very kind, helpful and super attentive in regards to maintaining this brilliant application. Oh and, I also really would like to thank Eric for adding the "Yo-Yo" effect/feature that I requested, it is very much appreciated, works wonderfully and I am just very grateful for its inclusion into the app. Unfortunately, though, with the past two or three updates I have noticed some new, not so nice, issues with this application. One of those things is that app in my use now has a tendency to crash quite a bit. This crash can take place when I am performing various actions in the application or it even sometimes occurs when I first start the app up. I always clear out my temporary memory before I start to use this program, by killing all apps in the background (which I highly advise that users do regardless of what app you are currently using). Also, the render times, app startup and just the app in general feels a lot more sluggish to me. Not sure why that is, of course, but just wanted to mention that as well. Oh and, I am using 5Seconds on an iPad 4 running iOS 8.1.1. So, I still feel that this great application deserves the five stars that I have always given it, my original review is a good indication of why. But, I just felt that it was important to alert the developer to these bugs that I was experiencing. I have found that the dev., Eric, is always hard at work improving this already superb app and exterminating any bugs that pop up. And the frequency of meaningful updates to the app is quite often. So, even though the app is misbehaving for me, I still highly recommend it and feel confident that the developer will get everything sorted out on the technical side, in due time. Thanks again, Eric, for your continued support and dedication to this application and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. God bless and thanks. Original Review: I am very happy with these two most recent updates to this application. Honestly, though, I do not think that I have ever been disappointed with an update from this top-notch developer. I really appreciate the new red outlined popup notifications of progress in the app. I also really like the new Password Protection feature that was added, thank you. In regards to that feature, I especially appreciate the fact that you can enter characters besides just numbers when creating your password and also that it cannot be recovered if you forget it. Because, in my opinion, that makes this feature that much more safe and gives the user the satisfaction of knowing that it cannot be undone through any outside servers or any other means. Others features that I am grateful for, well, not features per se, but the fact that many former bugs have now been squashed, thank you. I did notice one new bug/glitch, though. It pertains to when I make duplicates of my Gifs in the application. I haven't used the app since this most recent update and I know "Bug, UI fixes" were listed in this most recent changelog. So, this may have been addressed already. But, when I first went to make a duplicate the app crashed. My duplicate was there when I returned to the app after that, though. The second time that I tried to create a Gif duplicate, it appeared for a second then dissapeared. Luckily the app did not crash again. But I just repeated the duplicate action again and it worked fine and stayed there after that. So, hopefully this has been corrected in the most recent update, but, if not I just wanted to make the developer aware of this issue. Thank you for all of your hard work and continued support and maintenance of this wonderful Gif creating application. Thanks again and God bless. iPad 4, iOS 7.1.2 ### 3/5 — limited free version *2026-02-11, version 2.5.2* atleast it isnt "free trial" only! ### 4/5 — Great app. Crashing on wmv/avi files w Dropbox tie-in *2024-11-25, version 2.5.1* Generally, a great app for iPhone and iPad. I’ve used a lot over many years and enjoy it. Can’t beat the price. One star off because it is crashing on my iPad every time I try to import a wmv or avi file from Dropbox. ### 2/5 — Ad hype *2024-08-27, version 2.5.0* The Ad advertising this app is better than the choice of gifs and navigating it is HORRIBLE‼️ 🙉😬☹️ ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2023-05-07, version 2.4.7* The app is fantastic and easy to use and keeps the quality in tact. My only wish is that when adding text there was an orientation button for if you want the text cantered or in each corner ect and also the ability to have more characters allowed in the text box, otherwise it’s a perfect app! ### 3/5 — Bella ma… *2022-10-05, version 2.4.5* L’app fa quello che promette, è leggera e funziona bene. C’è solo una pecca da segnalare, ovvero che su iPhone 13 Pro i video quando vengono trasformati in gif vengono irrimediabilmente desaturati, cosa che su iPhone 6s non accadeva. Peccato, spero risolvano perché l’app merita di più ### 5/5 — Mama *2022-05-11, version 2.4.5* Tq ### 2/5 — Paid for SafeGIF the 'In App Purchase' *2022-04-17, version 2.4.5* The developer did not honour paid users of the SafeGIF app (silently discontinued) and decided to add InApp purchase here on what was SafeGIF. ### 2/5 — When it works *2022-02-03, version 2.4.5* It’s good when it works, but no matter what I do, most of the time it imports videos upside down. ### 5/5 — Powerful *2022-02-01, version 2.4.5* Crashes more often than it used to but still an incredibly powerful free app. Wish it would go back to previous iteration of frame edit view, when I could rotate my phone to change thumbnail size and frames weren’t cropped to fill thumbnail space. ### 2/5 — Ad hype *2021-12-26, version 2.4.4* The Ad is better than the choice of gifs 🙉😬☹️ ### 5/5 — an actual functioning app for gif production *2021-12-05, version 2.4.4* Does what it should do - no hassle. Thank you for making this. ### 5/5 — Bei gif *2021-11-07, version 2.4.4* Complimenti ### 5/5 — Nice app *2021-10-31, version 2.4.4* Could use more options like folders, longer gifs from 15, 20, 25, 30, 45 & 60 seconds & maybe special effects. Sometimes when you reopen the app it has a peekaboo moment, a window so to speak, where it displays the contents for anyone to see of the last gif played (NOT GOOD). Also, saving is a pain in the butt, make it quicker, smarter & easier to save stuff back to the Camera Roll. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad. *2025-08-20, version 2.5.1* Hard to use, poor quality gifs, imprecise video editing. ### 1/5 — Useless *2024-10-11, version 2.5.1* All these good reviews are from years ago. You create a gif and when you send it, it doesn’t work ### 1/5 — They Stopped Updating App *2022-08-16, version 2.4.5* It converts Gif to a slower than Original version and that’s the Pro Add On! It occasionally stops rendering anything. ### 1/5 — No matter what *2022-03-31, version 2.4.5* The image is upside down after gififying ### 1/5 — Too damn slow!!! *2021-12-07, version 2.4.4* The ONLY usable feature is the gif converter, the rest to slow to browse ### 1/5 — No!!! *2021-07-03, version 2.4.3* Ho fatto upgrade alla versione a pagamento da un anno circa, dopo gli aggiornamenti, mi ritrovo con la versione “free” e dovrei ricomprala??.. di nuovo!!??.. Nooo!!. Un consiglio.... lasciate perdere!!! Soprattutto quella a pagamento. ### 1/5 — Crap. *2020-07-22, version 2.3.4* Downloaded it, don’t know what to do, as there are no instructions as to how to use it. Total waste of space, as with a lot of apps that you download. ### 1/5 — Terrible do not get or install *2020-06-25, version 2.3.4* It charged me £20 ### 1/5 — Now Crap *2020-05-03, version 2.3.2* I have enjoyed the app until I upgraded to the iPhone SE 2020. Now I’m unable to type in my password. The keys don’t work. ### 1/5 — Ad support by NRA (NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION) *2019-11-23, version 2.2.7* Received ads from NRA (National Rifle Association) on more than one occasion. A bummer for apps to be accepting money from such divisive political sources. Will not use anymore, and I’ve asked all my friends to do the same. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — AWESOME *2026-05-07, version 2026.2* Awesome awesome awesome awesome and awesome ### 5/5 — Just get it. *2026-02-17, version 2.5.2* I’ve made dozens of gifs. Never crashed and easy to use. ### 5/5 — Great find *2025-12-13, version 2.5.2* Make your own animated graphics. Easy to figure out, mini uses Como truly free, and robust. Perfect fun. ### 5/5 — I Love this App *2025-07-04, version 2.5.1* I have been using this app for many years now and I love it ### 5/5 — Not to shabby *2024-11-03, version 2.5.1* I’ve had this app for awhile now and made more the my fair share of gifs. This app is kinda fun. I’ve had loads of fun with this app since I’ve had it. ### 5/5 — Simply the BEST *2024-10-31, version 2.5.1* I purchased this on 11 April 2014, and I’ve made thousands - not hundreds, but literally thousands- of gifs with it. The interface is as intuitive as you could hope for. On several occasions I’ve written the developer with a question or suggestion, and he’s responded quickly and helpfully every time. The app has worked perfectly for me on every model iPhone I’ve used from 4S to my current 13 Pro (running iOS 18.1). I absolutely love it. ### 5/5 — 🏆 Not a greedy developer 🏆 *2024-03-11, version 2.5.0* APP operates flawlessly. Definitely worth the 2$ It’s hard to find a non bank draining app these days. ❤️ ### 5/5 — No gimmicks. Works as advertised. *2024-01-14, version 2.5.0* App has lots of extra utilities and features as well. ### 5/5 — Thank you!!! *2023-03-13, version 2.4.5* After installing over 30 apps and visited many websites I finally found this gold! Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — ideal *2022-07-07, version 2.4.5* como já disseram: faz exatamente aquilo a que se propõe. e além disso te trata com respeito. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*