Best Photo To Gif Apps

240+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.3 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated September 2026

Out of 240+ photo to gif apps on iOS, 20 are free and the rest sit in the paid tier. This page sorts them so you can compare both sides before you commit.

Compare top Photo To Gif Apps (September 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Lively - Photos to GIFLively - Photos to GIFFree4.5★ (2.4K)NoYesSep 2026
2GIF Maker by MomentoGIF Maker by MomentoFree4.6★ (25K)NoYesSep 2026
3Gif Maker: Photo to GIFGif Maker: Photo to GIFFree4.3★ (248)NoYesSep 2026
4Photo to GIF - Gif MakerPhoto to GIF - Gif MakerFreeYesYesMay 2026
5ImgPlay: GIF Maker & MemeImgPlay: GIF Maker & MemeFree4.8★ (45K)NoYesSep 2026
6Video to GIF - GIF MakerVideo to GIF - GIF MakerFree4.4★ (1.6K)YesYesSep 2026
7GIPHY: The GIF Search EngineGIPHY: The GIF Search EngineFree4.8★ (717K)YesNoSep 2026
8Animly: Live Photo to GIFAnimly: Live Photo to GIFFreeNoYesAug 2026

Top Picks for Photo To Gif

Lively - Photos to GIF#1
4.5😐(2.4K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Easily transform Live Photos into animated GIFs and movies. Edit your creations with trimming, speed control, and reverse playback. Save individual frames or export with a watermark, with an option to remove it via in-app purchase.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Converts Live Photos to GIFs/videos
  • 💡 Allows extracting best frame from Live Photos
  • 🚀 Simple and intuitive interface

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Doesn't access full camera roll
  • 🐛 Rotates some GIFs/videos incorrectly
  • 🔒 Watermark issue (paid version required to remove)
GIF Maker by Momento#2

GIF Maker by Momento by Popixels Ltd.

Video to GIF & Stop Motion
Strong Contender
📷 Photo & Video
4.6😊(25K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Easily transform photos, live photos, and videos into animated GIFs. Enhance your creations with a wide range of stickers, filters, effects, and music. Share your animated creations instantly across popular social media platforms and messaging apps.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Easiest and most creative GIF app
  • 🚀 Best video editing app
  • 👍 Solid GIF making app
  • 👍 Ridiculously high-quality and superbly simple
  • 👍 Reliable
  • 👍 Ingenious, fun and generous app
  • 👍 Best GIF maker app out there
  • 👍 Brilliant and fun
  • 👍 Great app for social marketers
  • 👍 Must have app

Room to Improve

  • 🔒 Useless on free version
  • 🔒 Demands payment to make and save a GIF
  • 🔒 Expensive, with a huge watermark if you try to record
  • 🔒 Needs to pay for everything, keeps reloading and not working right
  • 🔒 Virtually useless unless you pay
  • 🔒 Subscription too much
  • 🐛 Not for video, and GIFs play too fast
  • 🐛 Frequent glitching and crashing
  • 🐛 Shuts down when selecting high definition or too many photos

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FAQ about Photo To Gif

What are the best photo to gif apps for iPhone?
Lively - Photos to GIF tops our photo to gif apps ranking as of September 2026, with a 4.5-star average from 2.4K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top photo to gif apps we rank are free to download, including Lively - Photos to GIF and GIF Maker by Momento.
Lively - Photos to GIF has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of September 2026.
We track 240+ photo to gif apps on the iOS App Store as of September 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
Lively allows you to convert your iPhone's Live Photos into animated GIFs and movies. You can then share these creations across various social media platforms and messaging apps.
The app offers extensive editing capabilities including trimming the animation, playing it backward, auto-reversing the loop, and controlling the playback speed. You can also adjust the GIF size to make it smaller.

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