Pivlite vs Gifive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pivlite
Explore over 50 million illustrations, manga, and novels. Discover trending and new works, search by keyword, title, character, or tag. Find artists and follow creators. This unofficial app offers a vast collection of fan art and original content.
- Browse 50M+ illustrations, manga, novels
- Discover popular and new works
- Search by keyword, title, character, tag
- Filter by gender popularity
- View user profiles and follow artists
- Save frequently searched keywords
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Browse over 50 million illustrations, manga, and novels from artists worldwide. Pivlite helps you discover artwork, manga, and novels you love on iPhone and iPad. FEATURES Popular Works • Explore the most popular works of the season. • Filter by Daily, Weekly, and Monthly rankings. • Browse Male, Female, Original, and Rookie categories. Following New • Quickly see new posts from artists you follow. • Stay up to date with fresh work from the community. Search • Search by work ID, illustration, manga, user, and tag. • Search title, caption, tags, and author. • Sort results by popularity (Premium). • Find and follow artists from search results. Download Center • Manage Downloading and Downloaded tasks in one place. • Save illustrations, manga, and animated works to your photo library. Novels & Reading • Read novels with bookmarks, history, and series support. • Export and enjoy long-form reading on iPhone and iPad. Follow us on Weibo (https://weibo.com/u/2975751864) or visit our website (https://www.pivlite.com).
Gifive
Easily transform videos, live photos, and still images into animated GIFs or Live Photos. This free tool supports various conversion types, allowing you to create custom animated content from your existing media.
- Convert video to GIF
- Convert live photos to GIF
- Convert photos to GIF
- Convert video to Live Photo
- Convert GIF to Live Photo
- Convert photos to Live Photo
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This is a completely free ( no ad ) GIF/Live Photo conversion tool. 1. Convert GIF, video, etc., into live photos 2. Convert live photos, video, etc., into gifs 【Making gifs (GIF)】 * convert video to GIF * convert live photos to gifs * convert photos to gifs * convert snapshot to GIF 【Creating Live Photo】 * convert video to live photos * convert gifs to live photos * convert photos into live photos * convert continuous snapshots into live photos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gifive at Free against Pivlite's $3.99. Gifive also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (3.6 vs 3.3). Pivlite's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (68% vs 58%). On ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Gifive is free to download; Pivlite costs $3.99 up front. Pivlite sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Gifive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gifive holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Pivlite's written reviews are positive against 58% of Gifive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pivlite ships an update weekly, Gifive every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pivlite | Gifive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (25 ratings) | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.1% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 泽勇 周 | 雷 戴 |
Customer experience
Pivlite
Gifive
In-app purchases
Pivlite
- 尝鲜体验包$0.99
- 图片加速月卡$1.99
- 连载追更包$6.99
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- 高级尊享包$14.99
Gifive
- Get Pro$0.99
