Gifox
A macOS desktop application for recording screen activity and converting it into animated GIFs with editing and sharing capabilities
- Vendor
- Interactive Works LTD
- Also known as
- gifox
Available worldwide
What is Gifox?
Gifox is a native macOS tool that captures screen recordings, converts videos to GIFs, provides built-in editing features for trimming and cropping, and integrates with cloud storage services for easy sharing.
What Gifox does
The capabilities that matter for gif tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Desktop local application
- Screen recording direct to gif capture
- ✓
- Lossy compression and frame rate reduction algorithms
- ✓
- Webp and mp4 modern format export support
- -
- Standardized meme text macro library and templates
- -
- Video to gif conversion trimming and cropping
- ✓
- AI background removal for transparent stickers
- -
- Custom watermark stamping for brand protection
- -
- Slack discord and imessage native integration
- -
- Frame by frame canvas drawing and pixel editing
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- Gpl or permissive oss license
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Dropbox→•
- Google Drive→•
- Imgur→•
Gifox alternatives
Other gif tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- KapwingBrowser-based multimedia creation platform for teams to produce videos, images, and audio contentlow · 26%
- Make A GIFCreate and share animated GIFs from videos, images, YouTube links, and webcam footagelow · 37%
- ScreenToGifDesktop screen recording software with simultaneous multi-source audio capture and built-in editing toolslow · 25%
- KapFree, open-source screen recording tool for macOSlow · 8%
- PeekA lightweight screen recording tool for creating animated GIFs and silent videoslow · 29%
Compare Gifox
Side by side against other gif tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.04 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Architecture model: desktop_local_application · Screen recording direct to gif capture: Yes · Video to gif conversion trimming and cropping: Yes · Lossy compression and frame rate reduction algorithms: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: GB · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-01 · 75% |