# Lively - Photos to GIF — user reviews > 531 indexed App Store user reviews of Lively by Tiny Whale Pte. Ltd., rated 4.50/5 from 2,374 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lively-photos-to-gif/id1049711205/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lively-photos-to-gif/id1049711205.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,949 · 4★ 157 · 3★ 57 · 2★ 41 · 1★ 170 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (18 of 531) ### 2/5 — Random issue *2025-10-25, version 3.2.1* 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 ### 2/5 — No longer needed. Use Shortcuts instead. *2024-11-07, version 3.2.1* 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! ### 3/5 — Funktioniert nicht mehr richtig *2023-08-05, version 3.2.1* 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, version 3.2.1* 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. ### 3/5 — Love the idea and simplicity but NEEDS updates bad *2023-02-25, version 3.2.1* Love this idea I even purchased to remove the watermark but then of course I started having major issues. Long lags when loading photos. Choosing photos and then saying “oops! error. please try again” but as many times as i try it doesn’t work. Selecting photos is also super buggy. Saw the last update was a year ago and wish I had seen that before buying to remove the watermark. ### 2/5 — Export is not as advertised *2022-06-16, version 3.2.1* Why do you state that one is able to export the gif or movie to FB, Instagram, etc., when, in fact, it does not go thru as a gif or movie to these sites or any type of sharing site? Love the pics it makes, but they are useless if you can’t share them. ### 4/5 — Sound Please *2022-06-11, version 3.2.1* I would like it to have the option to keep the original sound as in the moment is fully realized with sound. Like the app but just wanted to make this request. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t export anywhere *2022-06-06, version 3.2.1* Works well, but gifs and movie output wont export to google drive, email, or Facebook, unless I’m missing something. No way to ask the developers. ### 4/5 — Access to photos is limited. *2022-04-03, version 3.2.1* The app will not access all of one’s photos. You are limited to what the program decides. ### 4/5 — 매우 잘 쓰고있는데 프레임화질이...... *2022-03-27, version 3.2.1* 프레임 셀렉시 사진이 잘리지않고 셀렉할 수 있는게 너무 좋은데요, 그런데 화질 개선 좀 부탁드립니다ㅠㅠ 사진 셀렉을 해야하는데 화질이 너무 뿌옇고 잘 안보여서 셀렉하기가 힘드네요.. 프레임 화질 개선 어떻게 안되나요~? ### 1/5 — Wish my photos didn’t immediately blur out *2022-01-12, version 3.2.1* Great app easy to use EXCEPT my photos are all grainy once I move them to gif. Forwards or backs it’s very frustrating ### 1/5 — Free with a watermark *2022-01-05, version 3.2* How about the option to watch an ad and edit one Live Photo without a watermark ### 1/5 — Nem entrou *2022-01-03, version 3.1.1* Nem carregar carrega ### 1/5 — !! Schrott. !! *2021-12-28, version 3.1.1* Diese App zu öffnen ist unmöglich, nur ein weißer Bildschirm! Eigentlich nicht mal einen Stern wert!!! Fazit: Schrott ### 1/5 — Lively *2021-12-28, version 3.1.1* Nach install nur weißer Bildschirm!!! ### 1/5 — Blank screen *2021-12-26, version 3.1.1* I downloaded this app twice and when I open it, there is a blank white screen - nothing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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. ### 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, version 3.2.1* 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. ### 1/5 — Läuft nicht seit iOS 16.4 Update! *2023-05-05, version 3.2.1* Seit Update auf iOS 16.4 funktioniert die App nicht mehr, es läuft nur ein einziger Video-Durchlauf und dann stoppt das Video. Bitte Update ! Please Update the App ! ### 1/5 — No longer updated and doesn’t work with current IOS *2023-03-24, version 3.2.1* App just shows a blank screen until in crashes. Looks like no updates in over a year. ### 1/5 — Bad app *2022-06-15, version 3.2.1* It doesn’t give me all my pictures that I selected access to all photos. It’s a waste of time. It’s not good. Don’t get this app you will be disappointed in the lack of work that this creator made. ### 1/5 — That’s a bummer *2022-06-05, version 3.2.1* It puts a gigantic watermark on your picture 👎 ### 1/5 — Click export GIF, then save, then delete app *2022-02-25, version 3.2.1* Click export GIF, then save, then delete app After realizing the app serves no purpose and does nothing. If the file is saved certainly not saved to any place that can be accessed. No folder in files. Essentially the save button does nothing except tell you the app is useless and needs to be deleted. By the way, To save your file to a folder you need to click share. The new definition of the word Intuitive is “&$@# you!”. ### 1/5 — Crashes all the time *2022-01-22, version 3.2.1* This is useless. Open it up, choose your file then it just crashes. Sort it out! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — GIF-Funktionen funktionieren nicht mehr *2022-11-19, version 3.2.1* Am 20.11.2022 funktionieren die GIF-Funktionen auf dem iPhone 12 ProtzMax mit IOS 16.1.1 nicht mehr: Filmsequenz wird einmal angezeigt, kann dann nicht mehr gestartet werden. Die Bearbeitungsfunktionen werden nicht angezeigt. Kommt da ein Update, das das wieder repariert? ### 5/5 — No fuss, no bloated mess *2022-03-24, version 3.2.1* I was thinking clean simple app designs were getting to be a lost art through hurry up and develop, Vs slow down and plan it out. Lively delivers a clean simple well done app. Bravo to the planning team, and the developers, actually this is so good perhaps they are the same people ### 5/5 — Never mind, I figured it out *2021-11-17, version 2.9.10* Please disregard my last question. I figured it out on my own. Changing my rating to 5 stars. For now. lol ### 5/5 — Small Size App works nicely ✌️🎉 *2021-10-22, version 2.9.7* Nice app works perfect ### 5/5 — Superb se uper app *2021-01-28, version 2.9.5* I m love to use this app on daily basis..this app is very good m useful ...easy to use ### 5/5 — Watermark. *2020-12-21, version 2.9.1* Got a the new iPhone went to make a gif and now there is a giant watermark.... never had one before. Annoying. ### 5/5 — Фильм *2020-10-01, version 2.8* Почему, если выбрать фильм, то видео в обратном порядке идёт? Раньше такого не было ### 5/5 — Обновление *2020-09-24, version 2.7.3* Отличная программа, но до вчерашнего обновления была заметно быстрее. Теперь долго загружает livephoto, зря это обновление( ### 5/5 — Very useful! *2020-09-23, version 2.7.3* Works great! I use it turn Live Photos into gifs for Discord and android friends. Very quick and handy. The dev team seems very responsive as well. Minor bug: When exporting a movie the preview plays in reverse in the app, but it exports the clip fine. Doesn’t do this when exporting gifs. No other issues. ### 5/5 — Thank you! *2020-09-21, version 2.7.1* Amazing app yes!! --- *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 2026-08-19.*