InShot vs GIF Maker Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InShot
Effortlessly edit videos and photos with AI-powered tools. Create stunning collages, add text, music, and effects. Share your creations in high resolution to social media.
- AI Effects & Auto Captions
- Background Removal
- Smart Tracking & Smooth Slow-mo
- Video Trimming & Merging
- Filters, Effects & Transitions
- Photo Collage Maker
- High-Resolution Sharing
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InShot: Empowering Creators with Advanced Video and Photo Editing. Unlock effortless editing with easy-to-use features and powerful AI tools, elevating your video and photo editing experience to new heights. [AI Tool] - AI Effects. Experience the magic of AI with instant presets that elevate your images and videos in just one tap. - Auto Captions. AI-powered speech-to-text tool helps you say goodbye to manual text typing and makes video editing effortless. - Auto Remove Background. Remove background of videos/photos at the touch of a button. - Smart tracking. Make stickers/text move seamlessly in sync with your tracking object motion, adding dynamic flair to your videos. - Smooth slow-mo. Experience seamless slow-motion effects for buttery smooth videos. - Auto Adjust. Instantly enhance your images and videos with one-tap. - Smart collage. Make photo collages with AI Blend effects and Screenshot Stitch with effortless caption recognition. [Video editing] - Trim/Merge clips. - Reverse videos. - Add text, emoji and InShot exclusive stickers. - Add music, sound effects & voice-overs. - Add various-styles voice effects. - Speed control. Speed up/slow down video. Add speed ramping. - Keyframe editing. Add custome keyframe animations. - Chromakey. Easily edit green screen video. - Picture-in-Picture. Create multi-layered videos. [Filters, Effects & Transitions] - Lots of cinematic filters. - Unique effects such as Glitch, Fade, Noise, Beats, Weather, Retro DV, celebrate, etc. - AI effects. Clone, stroke, auto-blur, etc. - Combine clips with super transitions. [Photo Editing] - Add text and stickers to photos, make fun story. - Add filters and adjust brightness, contrast, curves, etc. [Photo Collage] - Easy-to-use photo grid collage maker. - Create seamless collages with AI Blend. - AI subtitle detection in Captions stitch mode. - High-quality pic stitch in horizontal/vertical way. [Share] - High video output resolution. Now InShot support save in 4K, 60fps. - Share to social apps, like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. [InShot Pro Unlimited Subscription] - With an InShot Pro Unlimited subscription, you have access to all features and paid editing materials including stickers, filter packages, etc. Watermark and advertisements will be removed automatically. - InShot Pro Unlimited subscription is billed monthly or annually at the rate corresponding to the selected plan. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. [Terms of Use] https://inshot.cc/terms/terms.html [Privacy Policy] https://inshot.cc/terms/privacy.html Feel free to contact us: inshot.ios@inshot.com, your feedback and suggestions are important to us! For more InShot news and tutorials, follow us on YouTube @InShot Video Editor. [Disclaimer]: InShot is not affiliated, associated, sponsored, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter. Acknowledgements: FUGUE Music https://icons8.com/music/
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.
- Convert videos & photos to GIFs
- Add stickers, text, and effects
- Change speed and loop direction
- Edit individual frames
- Trim and crop videos
- Reverse playback
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GIF Maker Studio at none against InShot's shown. InShot's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 59%) and ratings volume (2.5M vs 316). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. InShot sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month 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.
InShot holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InShot has 2.5M ratings behind it against 316, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of InShot's written reviews are positive against 59% of GIF Maker Studio's.
InShot ships an update fortnightly, GIF Maker Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InShot | GIF Maker Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5M ratings) — better | 4.6 (316 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better | 59.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.5M — better | 316 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #28 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHANTANU PTE. LTD. | NET Sigma |
Customer experience
InShot
GIF Maker Studio
User reviews
InShot
From 2.5M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Excellent editing features
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💎 Comprehensive video editing capabilities
- 🤩 Impressive effects and transitions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Saving and conversion issues
- 🐛 Glitchy performance and crashes
- 🔒 Limited cloud/cross-device sync
- 🔒 Restricted access to local media files
- 🔒 Aggressive monetization tactics
GIF Maker Studio
From 316 App Store ratingsWhat 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
InShot
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saved drafts randomly disappearing
- Video/audio desynchronization issues
- Crashes when editing long videos
- Difficulty accessing local media files
Requested features
5 requests- Green screen/chroma key support
- More advanced text animation options
- Improved audio editing tools
- Ability to save multiple projects/drafts
- Smoother integration with other apps/devices
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
InShot
- InShot Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- InShot Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- InShot Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
- Filter pack - CREATE$1.99
- Filter pack - CINEMA$1.99
- Filter pack - SKIN$1.99
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- Video Effect - FORM Pack$1.99
- Remove ads$3.99
- Transition pack - Power$3.99
- Transition pack - Glitch$3.99
- InShot Pro - Lifetime$49.99
GIF Maker Studio
- GIF Maker Studio PRO$6.991 Month
- GIF Maker Studio PRO3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- GIF Maker Studio - PRO$49.99









