Comparison

Gifsky vs Loop Studio

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

Head to head
About

Gifsky

Features
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Gifsky turns videos and screen recordings into polished, shareable GIFs—without the clutter of a full creative suite. TRIM THE MOMENT Preview your video and choose the exact section you want to turn into a GIF. CONTROL THE RESULT • Choose a resolution from Small to HD • Set frame rate from 4 to 24 FPS • Adjust output quality • Change playback speed from 0.5× to 2× • Pick Loop, Bounce, or Once playback KEEP EVERY GIF CLOSE Generated GIFs are saved in a modern gallery. Open any GIF to zoom in, inspect its file size, share it, copy it, save it to Photos, or delete it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Conversion happens on your device. Gifsky requires no account and includes no ads, tracking, subscriptions, or watermarks. Your media stays under your control unless you choose to share or save it. Gifsky supports iPhone and iPad and requires iOS or iPadOS 18.5 or later. The app interface is in English.

About

Loop Studio

Easily transform videos, photos, Live Photos, and text into animated GIFs. Edit with precision using trimming, speed adjustments, and effects. Save and share your creations without ads, subscriptions, or watermarks.

Highlights
  • Create GIFs from videos, photos, Live Photos, and text
  • Trim, adjust speed, and reverse clips
  • Add captions and apply photo effects
  • Animate text with custom colors and backgrounds
  • Crop to various aspect ratios
  • Export as GIF or silent MP4
  • No ads, subscriptions, or watermarks
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Make something worth repeating. Loop Studio turns your videos, photos, Live Photos, and words into animated GIFs. Create and edit on your iPhone, with no ads, subscriptions, accounts, or watermarks. CHOOSE THE MOMENT Drag either timeline handle to trim your clip. Move the entire selection with the center grip, zoom in for precision, and scrub the ruler to inspect individual frames. Adjust speed, reverse the action, or make a back-and-forth ping-pong loop. START WITH YOUR MEDIA Import videos and photos from Photos or Files, record a clip, animate a Live Photo, or turn a burst into a sequence. Send media straight from the Photos Share sheet to the Loop Studio inbox, then open the app to edit it. MAKE IT YOURS Crop for square, portrait, story, or widescreen formats. Rotate, flip, add captions, and apply photo effects. Create animated text with your own words, colors, and backgrounds. Choose export resolution, frame rate, and repeat settings. SAVE AND SHARE Export an animated GIF or a silent MP4. Keep your creations in a local library, rename them, reopen them to edit, join GIFs, save to Photos, or share through the iOS share sheet. MADE ON YOUR DEVICE GIF creation and editing happen on your device. Loop Studio includes no advertising or analytics SDKs and does not upload your media to a developer server. Photos and iCloud imports use Apple's services. Optional online imports download a direct HTTPS video-file link you provide; watch-page downloads and public GIF hosting are not included. Requires iOS 17 or later. GIF and MP4 exports are silent.

Screenshots

Gifsky4 screens
Loop Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gifsky and Loop Studio are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gifsky versus Loop Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGifskyLoop Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 刘Franco RUGGERI

In-app purchases

None

Gifsky

No in-app purchases

None

Loop Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gifsky free?
Gifsky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Studio free?
Loop Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gifsky or Loop Studio have ads?
Neither Gifsky nor Loop Studio shows ads.

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