Comparison

Giftr vs GIF Maker Studio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Giftr

Transform your photos into animated memories with this advanced yet easy-to-use GIF maker. Add music, stickers, and text, then edit with powerful tools. Explore your creations in 3D AR and share them across social media.

Highlights
  • Create animated memories from photos
  • Real-time stop motion editing
  • Add music, stickers, and text
  • Advanced photo editing tools
  • Explore memories in 3D Augmented Reality
  • Save as Video, Live Photo, or GIF
  • Share to social media platforms
Features
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Explore your photos in a new brand way. Giftr creates magical animated memories with your pictures. Designed to be the most advanced GIF maker for iOS. Giftr is also very easy to use and packed with editing tools. It’s the ideal App for advanced and novice users. Experience the new generation & world’s fastest stop motion editor with real-time rendering. Create your own memories: - Add, remove, re-order frames on the fly while you’re editing. - Adjust speed, duration & play mode - Add music to your memories - More than 200 stickers, Bitmoji & GIPHY animated stickers - Powerful & highly customizable text tool - Crop, straighten, rotate, skew - Contrast, saturation, brightness, vignette, exposure, temperature, tint, shadows, highlights, selective HSL, sharpen, hue, fade, … - Grain, color shift, double exposure, color & gradient overlay - More than 7 million filters to discover Browse your memories: - Listed in chronological order - Highlights of the past years - Favorites & recents - Plotted on a map - In 3D with Augmented Reality Save your memories: - To your library as Videos, Live Photos, Animated GIFs - Or to your Files Share your memories: - Snapchat, TikTok, GIPHY - WhatsApp, iMessage, Email - Facebook, Instagram Story - And many more... Enjoy Giftr's smart algorithm, powered by Artificial Intelligence. It will keep on surprising with animated and engaging memories. Feel secure about your privacy: - All processing is done locally on your device - We never upload or look at your photos If you love taking pictures, we think you’ll agree Giftr is a must-have app. We invite you to try it out and drop us a line at hello@giftr.cool and let us know what you think! Privacy Policy: www.giftr.cool/privacy Terms of Use: www.giftr.cool/terms

About

GIF Maker Studio

Easily transform photos and videos into animated GIFs. Enhance your creations with stickers, text, filters, and effects. Control playback speed, looping, and frame-by-frame editing for unique animated content.

Highlights
  • Convert videos & photos to GIFs
  • Add stickers, text, and effects
  • Change speed and loop direction
  • Edit individual frames
  • Trim and crop videos
  • Reverse playback
Features
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Turn your photos & videos into fun GIFs in a super quick and easy way! Add stickers, effects, text, filters and much more :) You can also change the speed of the video/GIF, make it loop, reverse the direction and even edit each individual frame! Features: • Convert videos & photos to GIFs • Make videos from GIFs • Trim • Crop • Change Speed • Loop • Adjust FPS • Reverse • Filters • Effects • Add Animated Stickers • Add Text • Add Backgrounds • Reorganize Frames • Edit Frames • Preserve Transparency ------------------------------- PRO Subscription ------------------------------- Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually depending on the selected subscription plan. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. If you subscribe before a free trial ends, the remainder of the trial period will be forfeited. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your account settings in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://net-sigma.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://net-sigma.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Giftr4 screens
GIF Maker Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GIF Maker Studio at none against Giftr's shown. GIF Maker Studio also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 26%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Giftr's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Giftr sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and GIF Maker Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GIF Maker Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 416 and 322 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Giftr's written reviews are positive against 61% of GIF Maker Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Giftr ships an update every 2 weeks, GIF Maker Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Giftr versus GIF Maker Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGiftrGIF Maker Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (416 ratings)4.6 (322 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.2% of reviews60.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings416 — better322
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYooshr LtdNET Sigma

Customer experience

Giftr

All ratings417 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive26.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative71.4%

GIF Maker Studio

All ratings322 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative30.3%

User reviews

Giftr

From 416 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use (for some)
  • 🚀 Fast editing (mentioned once)
  • 💡 Creative potential (mentioned once)
  • ✨ Super program (mentioned once)

Room to improve

  • 💰 Charged for free trial
  • ❌ Not a GIF maker (multiple users)
  • 💸 Expensive subscription
  • 🤷‍♀️ No clear tutorials/directions
  • 🚫 App crashes on save

GIF Maker Studio

From 322 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for creating GIFs
  • 👍 Very useful app
  • 👍 Top app for memes
  • 👍 Good quality GIFs
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Infinite loading issue
  • 🐛 Cannot convert video to GIF
  • 🐛 No customer support
  • 🐛 Complicated and doesn't work
  • 🐛 Requires payment for basic editing

Bugs and requests

Giftr

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes on save
  • Constant error when trying to email
  • App stopped working, requires adding more pictures
  • Saving fails with storage error
  • App freezes or is unresponsive
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  • App crashes after photo access

Requested features

7 requests
  • Individual frame speed control
  • Larger thumbnail view
  • Instant save to photos button
  • Add text manipulation for size
  • Fix app crashing on save
Show 2 more
  • Improve speed control limitations
  • Add more tutorials

GIF Maker Studio

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Infinite loading when creating GIFs
  • App crashes when selecting videos for GIF creation
  • Cannot convert videos to GIFs
  • No response from customer support via email

Requested features

5 requests
  • Extend subscription for downtime
  • Allow resizing of GIFs with a slider
  • Explain loop and dithering options
  • Allow sound in GIFs
  • Option to set GIF as wallpaper for free

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Giftr

Subscriptions3
  • Giftr Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Giftr Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Giftr Pro Yearly3 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Everything Forever$109.99
3 purchases

GIF Maker Studio

Subscriptions2
  • GIF Maker Studio PRO$6.991 Month
  • GIF Maker Studio PRO3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • GIF Maker Studio - PRO$49.99

Questions

Is Giftr free?
Giftr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GIF Maker Studio free?
GIF Maker Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Giftr or GIF Maker Studio?
GIF Maker Studio is rated higher. Giftr averages 4.2 out of 5 from 416 ratings, while GIF Maker Studio averages 4.6 from 322 ratings.
Do Giftr or GIF Maker Studio have ads?
Giftr shows ads; GIF Maker Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, Giftr or GIF Maker Studio?
Giftr ships an update every 2 weeks, and GIF Maker Studio monthly. Most recently, Giftr was updated on November 2, 2026 and GIF Maker Studio on November 3, 2026.

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