# Lively - Photos to GIF — Create your own GIF! > Convert Live Photos to GIFs and movies with editing tools. (iPhone/iPad app by Tiny Whale Pte. Ltd..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lively-photos-to-gif/id1049711205 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Tiny Whale Pte. Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/369008122) - Category: Photo & Video, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.50/5 from 2,375 App Store ratings · 533 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 8 MB - Languages: Australian English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) and 1 more - Released: 2015-10-17 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lively-photos-to-gif/id1049711205/reviews.md ## What is Lively? Make GIF and Movie from your Live Photos. Lively lets you make GIF and Movie from Live Photos at ease. You can now share your Live Photos with your friends on iMessage, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Slack, Tumblr and more. Lively gives you full control of your GIFs with extensive editing features: trim, play backward, auto reverse and speed control. GIF size too big? You can make it smaller too. Last by not least, full 3D Touch support. Gotta press that screen. Oh, you can pick a single frame from the video part to save. Your child moves right the moment you take the shot? No worry, just grab the right frame from the video. All that, with correct metadata as the original Live Photo.​ Lively lets you export for free with a watermark. A single in-app purchase allows you to remove the watermark. Important: You need an iPhone 6S/6S Plus or above to capture Live Photos. You can still use the app on older iPhone, just get your friends to send you one via iMessage. ## Key features - Create GIFs and Movies from Live Photos - Trim, play backward, auto reverse - Speed control for animations - Adjust GIF size - Select single frames from video - Full 3D Touch support ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium | $4.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Lively? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 👍 Converts Live Photos to GIFs/videos - 💡 Allows extracting best frame from Live Photos - 🚀 Simple and intuitive interface **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🐛 Doesn't access full camera roll - 🐛 Rotates some GIFs/videos incorrectly - 🔒 Watermark issue (paid version required to remove) **Commonly reported bugs** - Fails to load recent Live Photos - Exported videos have black bars on sides - Crashes on iOS 15 when importing Live Photos **Most requested features** - Add ability to edit/enhance extracted frames - Improve export quality and resolution - Add support for sharing to more social platforms - Implement loop/boomerang feature for videos ## Recent user reviews (10 of 533) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lively-photos-to-gif/id1049711205/reviews.md ### 2/5 — Random issue *2025-10-25* Changes colour so it’s discoloured when saved as a gif or still frame but the colour is retained for the movie? Needs sorting but other than that normally 5/5 for saving Live Photos with retained quality ### 2/5 — SAÇMALIK *2025-03-22, version 3.2.1* Girdiğim zaman fotoğraf felan yok diyor ### 1/5 — Nope *2025-03-04, version 3.2.1* No longer works. ### 1/5 — Abandonware *2024-12-03, version 3.2.1* Hasn’t been updated in two years. App crashes if you load a Live Photo into the GIF maker—even from the long press shortcut from the Home Screen. ### 2/5 — No longer needed. Use Shortcuts instead. *2024-11-07* This is a great app, but there’s no a shortcut that does this. Go to Shortcuts and search for “Make GIF.” Add the shortcut and turn on “Show in Share Sheet.” Then you can use the share button to run the shortcut from Photos. Enjoy! ### 1/5 — Changed *2024-09-18, version 3.2.1* Used to work seamlessly, but now force closes when I’m trying to make a video into a GIF ### 1/5 — Not even worth it even if this app was free *2024-08-02* terrible, Really it’s a garbage app so happy i didn’t pay for this app I did try it out and then tried to send the gif to a friend, after an hour of waiting for the gif to be sent without success I deleted the message and the app. Just a terrible app. ### 3/5 — Funktioniert nicht mehr richtig *2023-08-05* Die App zeigt nur noch einen kleinen Teil der Bilder und Alben, und da nur die Bilder aus dem letzten Jahr. Zugriff auf alle Bilder habe ich gewährt. Auch die App zu löschen und neu zu installieren hat nichts gebracht. So ist die App jetzt für mich wertlos geworden. ### 4/5 — OK *2023-07-02, version 3.2.1* OK ### 4/5 — Great except for 1 issue *2023-06-20* Had no problems with this app for years. However I got a new phone with iOS 16. Installed the app. Now inside the app the GIF preview only plays once. Doesn’t matter if Reverse or Back-And-Forth is checked off — it plays the preview once, then plays again and stops 1/4 the way through it. Trimming the GIF is still no issue, and it’ll play it fine while scrubbing, but still won’t play a whole preview again. ## Frequently asked questions about Lively ### What does Lively do? Lively allows you to convert your iPhone's Live Photos into animated GIFs and movies. You can then share these creations across various social media platforms and messaging apps. ### What editing features are available? The app offers extensive editing capabilities including trimming the animation, playing it backward, auto-reversing the loop, and controlling the playback speed. You can also adjust the GIF size to make it smaller. ### How much does Lively cost? The app is free to download and use, and you can export your creations with a watermark. To remove the watermark, a single in-app purchase is available. ### What are the compatibility requirements? To capture Live Photos, you need an iPhone 6S/6S Plus or newer. However, you can still use the app on older iPhones by receiving Live Photos from friends via iMessage. ### Can I save specific moments from my Live Photo? Yes, you can pick a single frame from the video part of your Live Photo to save. This is useful if you want to capture a specific moment, like a child's movement, right at the time of the shot. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.3 — 2026-08-27 Various improvements and bug fixes. ### 3.2.1 — 2022-01-05 Fix a crash in iOS 15.2 ### 3.2 — 2022-01-03 Fix a crash in iOS 15.2 ### 3.1.1 — 2021-12-14 Lively now support iPads too. ### 3.1 — 2021-12-12 Lively now support iPads too. ## Apps similar to Lively | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [GIF Maker ◐](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gif-maker/id1348332435) | 4.7 (2,975) | Free | Photo & Video | | [ImgPlay: GIF Maker & Meme](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/imgplay-gif-maker-and-meme/id989843523) | 4.8 (45,320) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Video to Live Wallpapers Maker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-to-live-wallpapers-maker/id1397834699) | 4.3 (11,715) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Video to Live: wallpaper maker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-to-live-wallpaper-maker/id1643672724) | 4.5 (118) | Free | Photo & Video | | [VIMAGE 3D Live Photo Animation](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vimage-3d-live-photo-animation/id1291728987) | 4.7 (2,473) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Parallax: 3D Photo Editor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/parallax-3d-photo-editor/id1477551336) | 4.7 (5,648) | Free | Photo & Video | ## More apps by Tiny Whale Pte. 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