GIF Maker - Make Video to GIFs Reviews

by Jsdf237

I’m very mad at GIFMaker not telling users that they could only make 2 gifs for free and then they have to pay $10 a month to continue using it. It feels like a scam. This kind of “detail” should be put in the name of GIFMaker . I would rather they app charge me upfront before I download it. If I see good reviews, I would pay to use it. If I’m told before I started making any gifs that one needs to pay after making 2, I would probably be okay with it as well. But let me use it twice and all the sudden tell me to pay feel very much like a scam. I get it that app developers need to get paid for their work, but this kind of forcing is very upsetting to me. I can afford $10 a month and GIFMaker itself is good. But I can’t deal with the way GIFMaker asks me to pay.

by SGKivette

First, let me start by I didn’t realize I had successfully started the trial. When trying to do so GIFMaker kept glitching and never showed that it completed (first red flag) so I closed out GIFMaker thinking nothing of it. DAYS later, my phone alerts me that the purchase was complete!? I tried going in to send a message to tell what happened and no such luck. I then saw I should have the option to at least turn the auto renewal off under my account settings but after clicking on every single option (even going to the website and FB page) there is no such thing to be found. I’m extremely irritated and find GIFMaker to be terrible. I can’t believe they get away with charging this much for such limited capabilities much less false advertising their subscription terms. Stay far away!!!!

by ShimmerKittyKawaii

I thought you could only make two gifs and then you'd have to pay, but it turns out you get to click two buttons and then you pay! I clicked the video to gif option, selected the wrong video, backed out. Selected it again, wrong video again, backed out. I couldn't click it anymore because I had apparently made too many gifs when I hadn't selected my video yet. Really? You're that money hungry?! Clicking two things is the free trial I get?! Alright, then.

This isn't actually a free app. You have to pay a ton per month to actually use it, it just has a little free sign so you will download it.

by TheChadIncel97

This is the worst app I have ever downloaded. Sure it has the nice tools to make a gif meme, but it isn’t worth it when they want you to pay a $9.99 monthly fee! I was only able to make one free gif but then it doesn’t allow you to make any more until you pay up. To make GIFMaker even worse is that they lie about giving a 3 day trial! Because after the 3 free days they still take your money because it automatically forces you to do the monthly fee! How is that a free trail? The other option is to pay $100 and have it payed off forever. WHO THE HELL WOULD PAY $100 DOLLARS FOR AN APP! GIFMaker is total garbage and a scam for people’s money who are desperate to make memes. Why the hell should someone have to pay a monthly fee just to make some gifs! DO NOT GET GIFMaker. Their are better ones out their that don’t charge you

by OnlyMe&NotYou

First, I suggest reading GIFMaker's privacy policy, BUT be real sure you first have fire blocking and malware protection etc on your phone's and computer's browsers, because if you click GIFMaker's privacy link, it takes you straight to Google's site, which claims, but offers no privacy protection, tracks your personal info, contacts, what you purchase and scarily more as does GIFMaker! This info is always kept, forever and never goes away even if you delete GIFMaker or the Google page. As for paying to make gifs? I use my old PaintShopPro by "JASC", not by Corel (which removed & deleted) the great "Animation Shop" for creating gifs and has different effects and timing features for free, as well as websites you can use. Just don't Google it! No right to privacy anymore... Developer: don't bother to answer.

by Nicknameqwwerttyy

I can’t lie I would have given this a 5 star if you didn’t have to pay more than Netflix just to use it.
After creating 2 gifs they force you to subscribe to their thing which is $10 per month just to creat more. This could’ve have been a potential tool for everyone to use but I guess not. Money always comes first right?
Which I do understand companies do need to make money, but the deal their selling is not one most people are willing to buy. Another company could make an app just like this and have a better deal where you don’t have to pay to use it but rather just pay to have fancy texts or something idk get creative. Not to mention there are already other apps like this or if you really want something that’s free just use your computer or a website.

by GldsGymGuy

Most people don’t read the agreement when they get an app for free, basically we authorize GIFMaker to gather all kinds of information on us, this is how they make money and you get to use GIFMaker for free. Not so much with GIFMaker. On top of all the info they get that creates revenue, GIFMaker has ads which also generates revenue. But after creating only one “video to gif” I was locked out from creating more unless I paid around $9 every month. Seriously! From what I can see this wasn’t explained anywhere before I downloaded GIFMaker , so that’s why it gets 2 stars. I will be deleting GIFMaker immediately.

by This Person Named Ashley

I would give this a 5-star rating, but I experienced a problem. I downloaded this to make myself a discord profile picture, and I didn’t know much about the gifs. When I first made my gif, I was really happy with it and I was ready to give a 5-star review. But when I tried putting the gif as my profile picture, it told me the file was too big. I was totally fine with that, and I could just make the clip faster. But I opened GIFMaker , and re-did my steps, I was told I had used up my free edit? That was really disappointing for me. And now I am currently looking for a better app.

by Eggo In LA

After you make two gifs, GIFMaker prevents you from making any more. It forces you to subscribe to the premium version of GIFMaker for a renewable $10 per month (that’s more than Netflix). If your app is called gif maker, I expect to be able to make gifs with the free version. Maybe sit through some ads, or deal with a limited feature set, but you just can’t make gifs beyond the first two.

Another horrendous feature is GIFMaker is overloaded with ads. As a former app developer, I get it. Free apps should have ads to generate revenue, but GIFMaker goes overboard, forcing you to sit through two ads before making one gif is a bit much.

For what it’s worth, when I was able to make gifs, GIFMaker showed promise. I’d be open to supporting it if it were designed better and offered more on the free side than two gifs and you’re done.

by Davey Doggs

GIFMaker is cool and very easy to use, but if you don’t plan on paying for it, don’t waste your time. GIFMaker only allows you create TWO gifs for free (with limited features and ads every 30 seconds or so). When you try to share (save) your third gif, you will be sent to the page where you must subscribe to the premium version or the fun ends there. Most legitimate apps allow you to use them to create unlimited files that are limited in length/size or premium features as long as you don’t mind watching some ads. I’m very disappointed by the greed exhibited by the owners/creators of GIFMaker. The ad revenue isn’t enough? They really need to force users to pay a ridiculous amount for a subscription? What about a reasonable price of less than $5 to use GIFMaker without premium features? That would be a little easier to swallow.

I’ve lived long enough to know that nothing worth having is actually free, but a silly GIF creator that makes you watch a crazy amount of ads seems like something that could remain free (or reasonably priced) without the premium features.

by Spechtaculyons

Seems like a well built app, but hard to tell as the free version is very limited, and it’s not worth the price to find out.

And no, you don’t just buy it — you subscribe. Cheapest option is $10 for a month, then $60 a year, or $100 if you really want to buy it.

I’d happily pay $3, hesitantly pay $5, I might even begrudgingly pay up to $10, but the prices are ridiculous for something people goof around with to send to friends or put up on social media.

Wouldn’t recommend buying it btw, as developers tend to lose interest in apps once they have new ones to focus on, so $100 on a “lifetime membership” for an app that might not even work with the next Apple update for all you know... it seems like a bad idea.

On the other hand, if you have tons of money to spend, go for it, developers are often underpaid, and like I said, it looks like a decent app. But price is a factor in ratings, and it’s a huge factor when something’s this overpriced.

by AllyGriffin164

First of all, I thought of the functions in GIFMaker were great, it’s the only app I’ve found so far that can make a gif without speeding up, slowing down, destroying resolution or messing with the colors.

But, I thought that amount of gifs you could make before having to pay for GIFMaker was low. I know that the developers are trying to make money. But there are many ads in GIFMaker anyways (which I’m fine with.)

Great app, but maybe make it so that there were some features you had to buy instead of a subscription, or have more ads?

by FaZe_ButtCheek

just uninstall and reinstall GIFMaker every time it makes you buy premium. i find this so stupid, but GIFMaker really does work well and is high quality (i only use it for turning videos into gifs so other stuff might be broken idk) so just uninstall and reinstall every two times you make something 🤦‍♀️

Update: the response the developer made sounded like it was copied and pasted as a reply. again, GIFMaker is good but the premium is so not worth it just use the two free turns you get, uninstall GIFMaker , then reinstall and you can just repeat that.

by IzzieBot

High quality gifs, nice options and features.

My only qualm is that this is way too expensive for a casual user. I’d happily pay $5 for a stripped down version I can use the few times I need it without the bells and whistles, and with the option to buy upgrades. But the sub is really expensive.

I literally wasn’t able to save a gif because you get two “tries” and both times I had to redo the video and then realized that’s all I got. Didn’t even save a gif. I think casual users like myself are a lost market when you don’t offer options for one-time purchases

by WolfBox@%

Absolutely dependable app. It keep In lots of features. Where I can make different types of Gif. It’s also easy app to use. What you want to change into a Gif, change the speed faster or slower and it's supper serviceable.
This is the best app I have ever used. When I saw that then I take three days’ free trial and after using that I have invented that’s GIFMaker what I am actually looking for. Finally, I take subscription for a month.

Really I enjoy the features like text, filters, stickers & the option to customize the amount of canvas. “Make GIF with Live Camera” this option is much attractive for me. Now I can share GIF with my friends by social media like Instagram, Facebook, twitter. Output of high resolution still looks great. For a mobile operation it’s very nice and useful. FROM MY EXPERIENCE.

I want to say the developer they worked well but they should decrease ads from GIFMaker . I think it should be annoying for people who doesn’t really like ads.

by Cherie Fairy

Giving only the ability to make TWO gifs from video to those who do not have premium is extraordinarily limiting and may even make people not want GIFMaker. Not everyone has the means to pay this kind of money every month to MAKE A GIF! Sure, paying to have features like effects and filters, I get that. But paying to be able to make more than 2 GIFs is ridiculous.

The reason for 4 stars is cause the gifs can be made pretty long and the quality is overall good. But, again, I would love to be able to make as many of them as I want without having to pay to just simply make them. GIPHY has an app that allows you to make as many as you want (granted, I’m not a huge fan of how the quality is sometimes and sometimes it gets screwy, which is why I came to this one).

Just a tip going ahead. Most people looking for GIF creation apps are looking for something they don’t have to pay for and they can just make things real easy with. Also, nothing in your case, people want one where they don’t get an obnoxious watermark of GIFMaker name in the corner cause they’re making them “for free”. It’s a GIF, they’re not making jewelry.

by 115striker

It’s an all around good app, but I feel as if there should be a feature that you can place an image in front of a gif. And customize the image duration to about 0.02 seconds so we can see mostly the gif when looking at it, but when it is still you see the picture. It’d be a great way to support profile pictures for example discord with its gif profile picture feature.

by Andrew81856

Great app good experience overall except 1 thing when making a gif it said I ran out of credit and I think you shouldn’t force your users into paying for something that they have to make themselves not saying the premium option should be removed but you should just make it so those who don’t get premium can still ur your services but with ads that way you still make money from those who don’t have the extra money to pay for a premium subscription sadly because of this I had to delete this overall great app but if you could change the policy it wouldn’t negatively affect your income and it would positively affect your users maybe just increase the amount of ads slightly to balance it out

by Wild Thing😎😎😍😍

This worked great the quality was great I partly liked this so much because any other apps like this that I have had were all horrible I used this to make a slideshow for my kids birthday party and she was so happy with it I was freaking out because I couldn’t find a good app for this and I found it last minute and I was worried about the timing but it was super quick enough time for the party thank you for this wonderful app

by Akka.Studio

Total gif package in here. This surprising app provides an user almost every possible gif making options. I used several types gif apps. To using many gif app finally I reached my decision that this is perfect. Seriously... this is amazing. Some gif apps are only reverses gif and some are based on only adjusting gif looping or speed. Photo to gif option, meme creation, video 2 gif all types are available in this marvellous gif application. An user can store his created gif in GIFMaker's storage either wants to share this.

by LindaHx3

Okay so here’s my review, since it asked me so many times. First, it only allows you to make one gif!! THEN U HAVE TO PAY THE SUBSCRIPTION. I purchased to see if it was better than the free trial, and omg!! It’s even worse because it doesn’t improve the issues but continues to glitch. ALSO ONCE YOU HAVE PURCHASED THERE IS NO OPTION IN SETTINGS TO CANCEL THE SUBSCRIPTION AND INSTEAD IT CRASHES WHEN YOU HIT THE TINY BAG LOGO IN THE UPPER HAND CORNER OF GIFMaker HOW CONVENIENT! THEN YOU ACCESS THEIR WEBSITE AND THERE ISN'T A PHONE NUMBER TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE INSTEAD THERE IS A RANDOM EMAIL BOX! I WAS BEGINNING TO PANIC SINCE ITS $10 AFTER 3 DAYS OF FREE TRIAL PER MONTH. IT WASNT UNTIL APPLE SENT ME MY RECEIPT THROUGH EMAIL THAT I SAW THE OPTION TO REVIEW MY SUBSCRIPTION THEN I WAS ABLE TO CANCEL! PLS DO NOT USE GIFMaker ITS SO MISLEADING AND SO HORRIBLE.

by Nikku##%

GIFMaker helps me to creating GIF from photos and videos very easily and I am super impressed with the quality of GIFMaker . GIFMaker allows to me to customize my GIF as I need. I can share my GIF to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, etc. and my friends are amazed. Now I can add stickers, add text, filters, frame, emoji and artworks...!!

This application has new many features and enjoyable GIF MAKER with attractive design…!!

**I wish there was a “favorites” button or another way to show most recent GIF’s I’ve sent.

by Leftthelighton

I usually use photoshop to make my GIFs but I’m not always on my desktop. I’ve tried finding some apps to make a GIF but they always max out around 6 seconds or less in overall length.

GIFMaker let me import a video 10 seconds in length, allows you to do the typical rewind or “boomerang” affects to it. And it’s pretty simple to operate.

My original intention was to use it once to make a gif and then delete it, but it’s actually nice enough I think I’ll keep it around just in case.

by Beatles_rock_sox

I tried several gif maker apps for a specific video I wanted to loop. This one didn’t make me pay or rate GIFMaker 5 stars to upload a video (instead of filming live), didn’t cost extra to make the gif without a watermark, and quickly made the gif I needed. Good editing options as well.