# Gif Viewer & Player — user reviews > 162 indexed App Store user reviews of Gif Viewer & Player by PENGHUI ZHAO, rated 4.41/5 from 318 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-viewer-and-player/id421705291/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-viewer-and-player/id421705291.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 231 · 4★ 39 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 24 ## What do users think of Gif Viewer & Player? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 👍 Able to save GIFs - 🚀 Efficient GIF playback - 💡 Ability to adjust GIF playback speed **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes when loading larger GIFs - 🔒 Limited GIF storage (only 8 allowed) - 🔋 Excessive ads - 🐛 Issues with GIF import/export **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent GIF playback quality - Inability to delete stored GIFs - Crashes when switching between apps **Most requested features** - Increase GIF storage limit - Add option to set GIFs as wallpaper - Improve integration with social media platforms - Implement a randomize feature for GIF sorting ## Newest reviews (13 of 162) ### 4/5 — UPDATE PLEASE!!!!!! *2026-07-26, version 6.9* Needs a fresh new appearance Also turn light to dark or background always black not white ### 4/5 — UPDATE PLEASE!!!!!! *2025-08-21, version 6.8* Needs a appearance light to dark or background always black not white ### 3/5 — Cache *2025-08-03, version 6.8* Clear cache………how do you do this? ### 2/5 — Ads & Restrictions *2025-02-09, version 6.7* Originally when I got this years ago, the ads were barely intrusive. Now they’re a real nuisance and sometimes unskippable, meaning you could try closing the app and hoping that the same unskippable ad doesn’t play. Also Recently, all the gifs are now locked in place with no way to move them around like before. This especially noticeable if you use the split screen function, as the app doesn’t recognize the split and cuts off half the gif image. Devs need to fix this or reverse the update that did this, because at this rate I might just use a different app. If there’s a better app option, download that. Otherwise this is what you’re in for. Good Luck. ### 3/5 — So-So *2023-05-08, version 6.3* It works great when it imports a gif. However, it’s ridiculously slow when importing. ### 3/5 — Nice app, but.., *2021-06-06, version 6.1* It would be VERY nice if the app loaded GIFs in name sequence. I have many, many “story” GIFs that need to be viewed sequentially. Currently, I have to load them in the appropriate sequence, one by one, because if I select the entire group, the app will scramble them. This should be fixable. It’s quite tedious to have a sequence of, say 10 GIFs, that have to be loaded individually. ### 4/5 — Amazing *2020-09-10, version 5.8* This was surprisingly the app i was looking for, the only thing i wish you changed was sometimes when I’m looking for a gif I download it snd when i go to save it in my camera roll it’s not there, and also i wish the gifs/images weren’t so blurry or blurred other than that it’s a very great and usefull app ### 3/5 — It’s good but... *2019-07-11, version 5.3* It could use a randomize feature to shuffle gifs in the sorting options ### 4/5 — Not bad Could be better *2019-01-08, version 5.2* Gifs should be able to be maximised easily as many appear tiny ### 3/5 — I prefer old version to the new version *2018-02-04, version 5.0* New version shows ads every minute! I don't mind ads, but they must be more rare ### 4/5 — I prefer the old version to the new one *2017-11-30, version 4.9* The current version is good enough for me, so I see no good reason to upgrade to the new one, I did take a look at it anyway and I can't import every one of my GIF's to the new version, I also downloaded my GIF from a variety of domains, therefore I won't take chances with the upgrade as I found it will give me serious trouble trying to put all of them on the upgraded version, i don't want to be harassed with the same recommendation repeatedly. ### 4/5 — Gifplayer free *2017-08-22* В целом приложение отличное. Поставил 4 за рекламу, которую нельзя закрыть (не нажимается ни крестик, ни ссылка, ничего). ### 4/5 — Surprised *2017-07-29, version 4.9* Honestly, I didn't think this would work, but it did... kind of. I wanted to download it as a gif, but it was just a still. Just convert it to video and it should download just fine. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Click through ads blocking access *2023-02-11, version 6.3* I don’t mind click through ads in free apps, but recently ALL the ads are in Chinese and I can’t tell which button closes the ad. I do not want to accidentally buy or register for something. This has made the app useless. ### 1/5 — Can no longer save gifs *2021-12-29, version 6.2* It was a great app until my last update. Now there’s no way to save gifs. The option no longer comes up at all and I’ve tried multiple gifs. ### 1/5 — Korean Ads Everywhere?!? *2021-06-29, version 6.1* Don’t know why that whatever option I click on after I downloaded this app…it pulls up Korean ads. I’m removing this app before I get my phone hacked. And I was the one who had the issue w/ the old 5.0 version. ### 1/5 — Garbage app. *2021-05-10, version 6.1* I click to select photos and it says something along the lines of transferring but does nothing. ### 1/5 — Twitter *2018-01-15* Não da pra salvar gifs do Twitter ### 1/5 — Baixando... *2017-12-21* Bom, não sei se é baixa gifs do twitter, estou baixando ainda e se baixar, dou 5 estrelas! ### 1/5 — Loading.... *2017-09-19, version 4.9* The loading it takes is just too much too handle, not only after waiting for 3-4 min for one gif to open*drums roll* it doesn't open :), Bad app. ### 1/5 — stupid af *2017-09-15, version 4.9* i tried to download a gif from twitter using the browser option and it didn't work. ### 1/5 — Bad quality *2017-03-12* Too many pop ups ### 1/5 — I agree...useless *2016-12-16, version 4.9* Nothing but ads and more ads and more ads ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Does not import previous version’s GIFs *2024-05-18, version 6.4* Unacceptable… ### 5/5 — Works so well! *2020-11-24, version 6.0* I love love LOVE how you can import with the browser option. That is really helpful. It’s so easy to save a gif. I’ve always struggled saving gifs from google because they’re always still images. Thank you again. ### 5/5 — Better than any other GIF-focused app *2020-09-22, version 5.8* This app handles GIFs perfectly, preserving the filetype in the iOS gallery and allowing reuse in any chat app. I've relied on this app for years to organize reaction GIFs that I use in apps. I recommend the pro upgrade completely for the additional unlocks it provides. Also, I recommend the pro upgrade because it supports the developer. The developer is among those few that respond to constructive feedback, something I sppreciate very much! ### 5/5 — ITS TOTALY FREE *2020-08-13, version 5.8* Comparing to the first app shown while you tying “gif viewer”,it’s feature is MUCH MORE Perfect ### 5/5 — Не работает *2019-07-30* Что-то пошло не так. Выбираю gif картинку, нажимаю чтобы просмотреть и сохранить, а она не открывается. Исправьте пожалуйста. ### 5/5 — I really love this app it’s the best!!! *2019-06-26, version 5.3* All I can say is that IT IS LOVELY ### 5/5 — LOVE THIS APP! *2018-07-20, version 5.0* Never change! I’ve downloaded this app tons of times(ya bc iPhones are always running outta space🙄)and each time it’s GREAT! Thanks to the creator(s) 🤘🏼 ### 5/5 — Ни чо так *2017-09-19* Я скачивал приложение только для Вк, но ничего не получилось😖 Но в целом приложение выполняет свою работу на ура ### 5/5 — Awesome!!! *2017-06-06, version 4.9* Exactly what I needed. An app to save all my gifs onto. Added bonus that you can save them as videos to your camera roll!!! ☺️ Been looking for an app like this for the past hour but all of them were paid and downloaded the gifs in low quality. This one is high quality and free and I love it. Thank you! ❤️ ### 5/5 — Amazing. *2017-06-04, version 4.9* i use this app to get gifs for my trailers, and it works amazingly. this is the only app i will use. --- *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 2026-08-23.*