Gif Editor vs Loop Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gif Editor
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Edit GIFs fast and offline. Crop, add text, adjust speed, and apply filters directly on your device. Features: • Trim & Crop: Cut up to 15s, resize to 1:1, 16:9, or 4:3 with an optional Smart Blur fill • Text & Stickers: Add custom meme captions or emojis and drag to position them exactly where you want • Adjustments & Filters: Fix lighting or apply live filters like Noir, Chrome, Vintage, or Fade • Speed & Loop Controls: Change playback speed (0.5x to 2.0x) and set to Normal, Reverse, or Ping-Pong • Resize & Format: Choose export resolutions from a compact 240p up to high-quality 1080p • On-Device Processing: Private and secure—no files ever leave your phone Free users: • 1 GIF export per day Premium unlocks: • No daily limit, edit and save as many GIFs as you want with a one-time payment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shotexstudio.com/gif-editor-edit-gif-files/
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loop Studio at none against Gif Editor's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Gif Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Loop Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Gif Editor | Loop Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shota Sukhiashvili | Franco RUGGERI |
In-app purchases
Gif Editor
- Premium$4.99
Loop Studio
No in-app purchases








