GifLoop vs ImgPlay

GifLoop is an iOS app for creating and editing animated GIFs, with projects that can start from photos, camera captures, video frames, or a blank canvas. Its tools include filters, text, drawing, onion skinning, glitch and jitter effects, and background removal. Creators can choose among seven loop modes, including ping-pong, random, fade loop, and play-once; per-frame timing is available on Pro. Free exports GIF and MP4, while Pro adds MOV, Live Photo, and frame strip. The custom Swift encoder offers controls for palette, dithering, lossy compression, file-size targets, and resolution. Free is free and permits up to 15 frames per project; GifLoop Pro is $1.99, paid once as a one-time purchase. The app requires iOS 17 or later and runs on iPhone and iPad. The maker says processing stays on-device and creative content is not uploaded to its servers; the editor and all five export formats work offline.

ImgPlay is a GIF maker and video-to-GIF converter for iPhone and iPad, with an Android listing describing that app as a past model. It creates GIFs from videos, Live Photos, and burst photos, with frame-by-frame editing. AI Cutout removes backgrounds from images or video frames for transparent GIF stickers. Other tools include a meme maker with animated text, a stop-motion creator with onion skinning, and speed controls from 0.1x to 4x. Its optimizer offers target GIF sizes from 250 KB to 20 MB. Exports include GIF, MP4/MOV video, and still images, with direct sharing to Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, Facebook, iMessage, Telegram, LINE, and KakaoTalk. The free plan costs nothing and includes basic editing, speed control, crop and trim, dithering, sketch effects, and zoom-in effects. Pro Monthly costs $7.99 a month; Pro Annual costs $29.99 a year. Paid plans add all features, AI cutout, maximum-quality export, GIF optimization, and ad-free use. Videos created in the app are stored locally on phones and are not uploaded to ImgBase services or servers.