# GIF Maker ◐ — user reviews

> 221 indexed App Store user reviews of GIF Maker ◐ by Float Tech, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 2,975 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-maker/id1348332435/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-maker/id1348332435.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,615 · 4★ 168 · 3★ 61 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 113

## What do users think of GIF Maker ◐?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast gif generation
- 💡 Good frame rate
- 🤑 Lifetime subscription worth the price

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🚫 Removed key features like text editing
- 🔒 Watermark on free version
- 🔍 Lacking advanced editing options
- 🔥 Declining quality and functionality over time

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Gif files turn black when trying to trim or crop
- App crashes when trying to save gifs
- Inability to share or copy generated gifs
- Inconsistent performance across iOS versions

**Most requested features**

- Bring back text editing
- Add more filters and customization options
- Improve video to gif conversion quality
- Implement landscape mode for iPad
- Restore previous app functionality

## Newest reviews (14 of 221)

### 3/5 — Gifs turn black

*2026-04-16, version 26.1.0*

When you add text to a gif it makes the whole image black.. please fix

### 3/5 — Crashing a lot recently

*2026-03-23, version 26.0.4*

Been crashing a lot over the last few days.

### 2/5 — Very few features - no Timed Text

*2026-02-25, version 26.0.2*

While it can create GIFs from a video, and you can add text to that GIF, the text will be displayed for the duration of the GIF. 
Would have been much better to allow the user to select when the text appears, and for how long. 
Pretty pointless otherwise.

### 1/5 — Horrible just use what we already have to use for gifs

*2025-12-11, version 4.9.2*

If you wanna create your own gift looks, you were different app. This app doesn’t even record a video. It literally just takes a picture of a black screen with its watermark. I don’t even get me started that it doesn’t even give you options to choose from it literally just takes from your photo gallery even if you don’t have a good photo, I would literally give it -5 stars if that was an option but you know you can’t.

### 1/5 — 화질이 왤케 깨지죠??

*2025-12-04, version 4.9.2*

최근에 구매해서 쓰는데 저만 화질이 깨지나요? 넘 불편해서 돈이 아까워지고 있어요...

### 1/5 — No option for picture series

*2025-11-22*

No option to make a series of photos that I created with LensBuddy to a gif..

### 1/5 — Didn’t even work

*2025-11-05, version 4.9.2*

I was just trying to make a funny gif but when it asked me for images and when I putted them in it just brought me to a black screen, even after it asking me to put more images it still brought me the same black screen. Don’t even bother downloading the app if you’re reading this.

### 1/5 — Fake

*2025-09-30, version 4.9.2*

Pay to use

### 1/5 — Can’t copy gifs or share

*2025-09-01, version 4.9.2*

Making the GIF is easy, sharing the GIF is impossible. Saving the gift only ends with a steel image and sharing to Facebook messenger does the same.

### 1/5 — Ne fait pas son job

*2025-08-29*

Les options sont basiques mais si encore elles fonctionnaient… ce n’est pas le cas. Une fois les modifications apportées (inclusion de texte, de stickers et de filtres), la validation conserve seulement la vidéo sans le son donc mode gif mais sans les options texte, stickers et filtres. 8,99€ pour ça, c’est ce qui s’appelle une arnaque !

### 1/5 — 7일 무료사용 후 유료결제?

*2025-08-19, version 4.9.2*

7일 무료사용 후 유료결제라고 해서 결재햇는데 바로 유료결제가 되서 환불이 안되는데 어떻하나요??????

### 1/5 — 검은화면

*2025-07-16, version 4.9.2*

유료결제했는데
검은화면으로 저장됩니다
환불어떻게하죠

### 1/5 — Broken app doesn’t work anymore

*2025-06-27, version 4.9.2*

Used to work great although the editing was somewhat rudimentary. But now as of iOS 18.5 on a 14 Pro Max, if I let the video play through all of the way, it will only generate blank black boxes. I can add text, but then I have a blank black box with text.  The only way I can get it to work is to quickly generate the GIF before the video plays all of the way through in the editor.  Devs - please fix. I paid for this app!!!!

### 1/5 — Watermark

*2025-05-26, version 4.9.2*

Watermark on free version, 8 dollars a month to remove

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 强制水印

*2026-08-21, version 26.1.0*

垃圾软件，不付费就自带水印

### 1/5 — Crashing a lot recently

*2026-08-07, version 26.1.0*

Been crashing a lot over the last few days.

### 1/5 — Free Trial — Charged Card Anyways

*2026-07-14, version 26.1.0*

The one month subscription advertised a free trial, but it charged my card instead of starting the trial.

### 1/5 — Mark

*2026-06-18, version 26.1.0*

Turns black when I try to edit

### 1/5 — Stupid  gif

*2026-05-17, version 26.1.0*

Its rated R

### 1/5 — Eigentlich gekauft...

*2026-04-10*

...und jedes mal beim Öffnen der App musste ich nun "auf Einkäufe wiederherstellen " gehen damit es ohne Wasserzeichen funktioniert. Doch nun bekomme ich die Rückmeldung " no items to restore" 
Auch ist die Qualität der erzeugten Gifs nicht besonders gut. Die Erfahrung das getätigte Käufe irgendwann " gelöscht " werden und man zum neuerlichen Abo oder Kauf aufgefordert wird finde ich bedenklich. Wenn ich nicht darauf vertrauen kann das ich meine getätigten Käufe entsprechend nutzen kann verzichte ich weitestgehend auf den Kauf von Apps hier. Ich habe diese App gelöscht. Kann ich definitiv nicht empfehlen.

### 1/5 — After Crop the Video the gifs are black

*2026-03-07*

I bought this app and now the GIFs turn black after I changed the size of the video... so the GIFs are completely black...

### 1/5 — Used to work great

*2026-02-12, version 26.0.2*

Used to work great, no anytime you edit anything, the screen turns black. Paid $7 for this.

### 1/5 — Screen blacks out when you try to increase the speed or really edit anything.

*2026-01-24, version 26.0.0*

Been an issue for a few weeks. Anytime I upload a short video to convert into a gif, the screen blacks out. It’s an intermittent issue and I haven’t been able to identify exactly what causes it. It’s made the app unusable though. I’ve attempted redownloading and the issue persists.

### 1/5 — Black screen when making gif

*2025-12-29*

Bought a few months ago and it worked great. Now it does not work anymore. I even re-downloaded it; same issue. I thought the lifetime pass and now it’s worthless. This company received $8 from a consumer and then stopped delivering the product.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great tool for sharing video

*2026-07-04, version 26.1.0*

A+

### 5/5 — 잘못 눌러서 결제되었는데 환불가능할까요

*2026-01-25*

무료 체험판이라고 해서 써보고 구독 결정하자 싶어 눌렀는데 바로 4,400원 결제되었어요.. 죄송스럽지만 환불을 해주심 감사하겠습니다 ㅠㅠ

### 5/5 — Best one I could find

*2025-12-30, version 4.9.2*

I was struggling to find a gif maker app that was free and this app does just that. Now of course they do keep their watermark on your gif and the gif that comes out is pretty high quality. If you don’t like that then they have an option to pay a $8.00 ONE TIME PAYMENT for unlimited gif creation as opposed to other apps which only give you the option for a monthly subscription. Definitely worth the money spent. ❤️✝️

### 5/5 — happy for the app

*2025-10-23, version 4.9.2*

its so helpful and I love everything in the app!

### 5/5 — GIFを使いたかった

*2025-09-29*

無料で出来るものを探していて使ってみました。有料版にも促されますが、無料版を選べばずっと無料で使えそうです。画質は落ちますしロゴはつきますが使えるので良かったです！

### 5/5 — 일괄 삭제 기능 or 선택 기능이 있었으면 좋겠습니다.

*2025-09-19*

다른 gif maker들보다 화질도 더 좋게 뽑히고, 평생 회원권이 있고, 주기적으로 관리한다는 느낌이 들어서 유료 버전 구매했습니다. 다만, 하나하나 삭제하는 게 좀 힘들어서 제목과 같은 기능이 있었으면 좋겠습니다.

I purchased the paid version because it produces better quality images than other GIF makers, comes with a lifetime membership, and feels like it's regularly managed. However, deleting images one by one is a bit cumbersome, so I'd like to see features like batch deletion or selection.

### 5/5 — Works well.

*2025-03-26, version 4.9.2*

It has a good frame rate. But it is very hard on the phone to fine tune the start and stop frames for the gif.

### 5/5 — Worth the $8

*2025-01-26, version 4.9.2*

I’ve used the watermarked version of this app for years, but I finally figured I’d treat myself to the real deal, & honestly, for the $8, considering a lifetime of use… totally worth it.

### 5/5 — 업데이트 후 기능축소

*2024-10-16, version 4.9.0*

트림과 크롭기능만 생기고 필터며 밝기조절 등 다른 기능이 사라졌어요!!!

### 5/5 — 잘쓰고있는데요

*2024-08-08*

평생 패스권 구매했는데 왜  매달 4400원이
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