# gif text : animated messaging — user reviews > 87 indexed App Store user reviews of gif text by Shed Labs LLC, rated 4.13/5 from 339 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-text-animated-messaging/id495340334/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-text-animated-messaging/id495340334.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 187 · 4★ 72 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 35 ## What do users think of gif text? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 😊 Large database of searchable GIFs - 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface - 🎯 Quick way to add humor to messages - 📚 Huge variety for most situations - ⚡ Convenient for on-the-go texting - 🎨 Fun and entertaining content **Cons** - 🐛 Poor image quality and pixelation - 📏 Text and GIFs appear too small - 🏷️ Obtrusive branding/logo on GIFs - 🔧 Frequent crashes and stability issues - ⚠️ GIFs don't animate after sending - 🔋 High battery and data consumption - 📝 Limited text editing capabilities - 🎬 Blurry GIF previews - ❌ App stops working after updates - 💰 Paid features not clearly disclosed - 🚫 File size limitations for uploads **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch or during use - GIFs disappear from search results - Copy to clipboard functionality broken - GIFs fail to animate when sent - App quits unexpectedly after paid upgrade - Incompatibility with certain iOS versions - GIFs appear too small or pixelated when sent - App freezes or becomes unresponsive - File size rejection for uploads over 800KB **Most requested features** - Font selection and color customization - Multi-line text support - Favorites organization by category/folders - Sound/audio support for GIFs - Ability to upload custom GIFs - Better GIF preview before copying - Larger library of GIFs - Remove or reduce branding watermark - Facebook sharing support - Tutorial or help documentation - Faster app performance optimization ## Newest reviews (12 of 87) ### 4/5 — WIL *2021-10-13, version 4.5* Very useful. But text are very very small for us older folks! ### 4/5 — Apps with different types of funny or classic humor 😃 *2021-10-02, version 4.5* Good ### 3/5 — Mediocre at best☹️ *2021-07-16, version 4.5* Frequently selections are not animated, as shown, after I post them????? Not so funny. Disappointed ### 4/5 — Fine *2021-01-15, version 4.5* It is good just make Easter to send gifs ### 2/5 — Ummm *2020-09-23, version 4.5* Why would I raot it 12+ like wth??it has really dirty gifs not to and the logo is so annoying!!I send a gif it’s says “via gif text” like who wants that?!plus it’s so pixelated!? Other than that it’s not a bad app ### 4/5 — Gif Text *2020-06-12, version 4.5* It is great for sending on the go text! ### 2/5 — Horrible Quality *2019-03-23, version 4.5* I installed it for a couple of weeks, and the quality is so bad that I am ashamed to use them. Time to uninstall... Good Attempt... Epic Fail ### 2/5 — Enough branding *2017-04-10* I like the selection of gifs, but would use it SO much more if that "via gif text" wasn't so enormous on the gif. Like, I know you want people to know about you and use your app, but give me a break. It diffuses the message I am sending with a fun gif, and your logo\name becomes the takeaway. ### 4/5 — Good *2016-12-13, version 4.5* But how is this app any different than the GIPHY App? You can search on the GIPHY app same as this one. So what's the difference? ### 2/5 — Gifs are small now *2016-12-06, version 4.5* I'm not sure if it was the new Apple update but every time I copy and paste into text, everyone who sees it says it is too small and un-viewable. Please fix. ### 4/5 — Try it now *2016-11-19, version 4.5* Great app, lot of fun! And I love all the new GIFs added daily! ### 4/5 — Great but... *2016-11-07* It's a little glitchy and buggy you can find about 8000 naruto gifs so I'm pretty happy about that I recommend to get this app if your ok with a little LITTLE little bad quality. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Happy Mother's Day *2024-05-12, version 4.5* No “Happy Mother's Day” gif. ### 1/5 — HUGELY DISAPPOINTED! *2022-11-12, version 4.5* THIS APP ISN’T Creative. IT DOESN’T HAVE FONTS to CHOOSE FROM nor Colors Of FONTS to CHANGE. NO skip to next line. You can only type on one line. The GIFS are fuzzy viewing them. I will be DELETING ### 1/5 — No information *2021-05-24, version 4.5* It gives no payment information on how much the in app purchases would be ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-10-06* This is a app for gifs that are funny, sad, ect... however like top comedians; it’s very funny right until it became full with political bias. Is it that complicated to make funny gifs on all politicians. It seems that would benefit this app greatly because people from both parties love to make fun of the others.. y’all stoped the ball on this one by excluding the walking gif that is Joe Biden. Until fixed I’ll have to find a app that makes both look bad. ### 1/5 — Very poor Gif App *2020-08-15, version 4.5* It stopped working as soon as I sent the first gif. Don’t waste your time with this app. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2020-06-14* The quality of many of the gifs are not too good and most disappointing is that it brands every gif that you send to people. So you pay to get the gifs and then they force you to use branding when you send a gif saying the gif comes from them. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Sorry app! *2019-08-03, version 4.5* It’s not worth the free download! One star is to much to give! I will for sure search for a better gif app...... ### 1/5 — Waste of $2.99 *2018-11-14, version 4.5* Tried to upload a basic animated gif to add text to and it was over 800k so the app rejected it. 800k? That’s just weak... 800k? ### 1/5 — I lost 3 dollars *2016-11-05, version 4.5* I usually don't write reviews but I just paid three dollars so I could upload my own gifs. and add text to them (as advertised). This is the Atari of adding text to gifs. Reimburse me please. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work :( *2016-09-19, version 4.5* I open up the app, and everything is fine and dandy.. And then like, 3 seconds later, all of the GIFS disappear. I can't look any up either because it shows nothing. I've tried literally almost everything to get it to work, but nope. That wasn't gonna happen. I hope this gets fixed... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Gif lift *2022-08-09* I love this app! I use it several times a day. It’s just that little extra caring that goes into a text message 👏👌 ### 5/5 — LOVE IT *2021-09-12, version 4.5* I LOVE IT OH MY GOSH I'm absolutely obsessed with boy meets world and guess what they have a whole bunch of them as gifs ### 5/5 — Kimeral *2021-01-08, version 4.5* I love this app! I use it almost everyday.💖 ### 5/5 — Awesome App Indeed! *2019-07-31* What a quick way to put a smile on someone's face by sending a standard or personalized gif text! People ask me about this app and I tell them it's easily available in the App Store. Much gratitude for such an awesome app! ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2017-08-03* Just what I'm looking for. My only critique: I wish there was a way to categorize favorites by reaction type (e.g. "No," "Yes!", "sarcastic", "happy", etc.). ### 5/5 — Works every time! *2017-06-26, version 4.5* Awesome ### 5/5 — Very accurate and appropriate finds ... *2017-06-15, version 4.5* Thank you for the wonderful app. ### 5/5 — Gif text *2017-05-27* This app has a lot of fun additions for use with texts. It is very easy to use. ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for *2016-11-10* I love the huge database, and how you can search for literally anything. I typed in super obscure things and can always find something. The picture quality is not always the best, but I'm guessing that's because they draw these from all over the Internet. So it doesn't really matter, because there's so many for every search that I can always find a good one. ### 5/5 — Great gifs *2016-08-22, version 4.5* I love how you can find virtually anything you want --- *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 2026-07-22.*