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Lively - Photos to GIF

Lively - Photos to GIF

Create your own GIF!

2.4K ratings
533 reviews
🔧 Utilities
📷 Photo & Video
Free
In-App Purchases

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Released
October 17, 2015
Updated
September 2, 2026

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Developer

Tiny Whale Pte. Ltd.
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Easily transform Live Photos into animated GIFs and movies. Edit your creations with trimming, speed control, and reverse playback. Save individual frames or export with a watermark, with an option to remove it via in-app purchase.

✓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
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What users say about Lively

Reviews of Lively are mixed: the Photo & Video app is rated 4.5/5 from 2.4K App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, converts Live Photos to GIFs/videos. Top complaints: crashes frequently, doesn't access full camera roll. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 🚀Easy to use
  • 👍Converts Live Photos to GIFs/videos
  • 💡Allows extracting best frame from Live Photos
  • 🚀Simple and intuitive interface

Negative things

  • 🐛Crashes frequently
  • 🐛Doesn't access full camera roll
  • 🐛Rotates some GIFs/videos incorrectly
  • 🔒Watermark issue (paid version required to remove)
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What's New in Lively

3.4

September 2, 2026

A new size for GIF images.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

$4.99

Premium

Allow users to export as many times as they want

User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

Random issue

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
BbsoaodhfnJ

SAÇMALIK

Girdiğim zaman fotoğraf felan yok diyor
HHakanGrimes

Nope

No longer works.
LLedsteplin

Abandonware

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.
SMSparky McMuffin

No longer needed. Use Shortcuts instead.

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!
JKJoshua Kaufman
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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Fails to load recent Live Photos

Bug

Exported videos have black bars on sides

Bug

Crashes on iOS 15 when importing Live Photos

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Requested Features

4 requests

Add ability to edit/enhance extracted frames

Feature

Improve export quality and resolution

Feature

Add support for sharing to more social platforms

Feature

Implement loop/boomerang feature for videos

Feature

FAQ

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.