Ratings and reviews

Hey Lauren, thanks for the feedback — sorry to hear that! Simplicity and ease of use have always been our top priorities. We recently introduced some UI changes in the latest version 2.7.0, and hopefully they’ve made things clearer. We’ve also added some new “Zero to Hero” guides you can find in the library popover — give them a look! Valerie ✌️

Hey Charlie, thanks for the compliment and apologies for the troubles! From our internal testing, I know that there can be an initial lag when the editor is just launched. And when doing a lot of trimming, it may stall the editor altogether. For now, if the app gets frozen, the temporary solution is to quit the app and continue editing again—Gifox should always preserve recent changes. Many issues also happen with larger and longer recordings—it helps a lot if they’re smaller in size and shorter in length. We’re working on a big update that will include several editor improvements—hopefully, this will sort out all these problems. We will do our best to sort this out.

Hey Bubba, thanks for giving Gifox a try and for sharing your thoughts! I get that status bar apps aren't for everyone and we had a few similar requests in the past to have an option for Gifox to run as a regular app, especially after it became more than just a recorder. This is in our backlog, we'll do this eventually, but currently focused on other priorities. Regarding having to export all the time – we need to store the original recording / composition if we want to keep the editing functionality (trim, crop, apply different compression settings). If we simply save everything "as is", the editing ability would be lost, so that's why we're taking the "export" approach. That said, we know the app is far from ideal, especially the editor. We've recently posted "what's next for Gifox" article outlining some near-term plans – check it out here and feel free to comment further on this: https://medium.com/gifox/whats-next-for-gifox-e80dffc0a0db Valerie ✌️

Thanks for your feedback! Gifox actually does allow to drag-and-drop an image sequence to convert it into an animated GIF. But it sounds like you might be looking for compositing different layers together and animating everything? Adding overlays over existing GIFs is something we plan to do eventually, but right now, editing is fairly simple – trimming, cutting, cropping, duplicating, and rearranging tracks. You can create more complex animations using special software and then use Gifox to convert them into a GIF. We have pretty detailed docs on editing, but I agree, tutorials could be handy – I did make a note and will have a think how this can be done best! Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and I hope you can give Gifox another try! Valerie ✌️

Hey Steve, thanks for the feedback — great point! 💯 I’ve taken note of it. In the meantime, try using the lock icon in area selection mode — it saves your previous selection, so you might not need to crop every time. If you haven’t seen it yet, we recently published a post titled “What’s Next for Gifox” outlining upcoming improvements and future plans — you can check it out on our LinkedIn or X profiles. Also, feel free to share your ideas here: https://github.com/Gifox/Tracker/issues/299 . Valerie ✌️

Hello! To edit an existing GIF it needs to be imported into the library first – simply drag and drop it on the status bar app icon and then press the edit video icon (next to reveal in Finder). Please see editing docs for further details at gifox.app/docs/editing or drop us a message at [email protected] – we'd be happy to help! – Valerie ✌️