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24 alternatives to GifCities

The retro animated GIF search engine

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GifCities launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   GoogleGIFs▲321

   View animated GIFs in Google Image search (finally!)

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   gifMe▲63

   A beautiful search engine for gifs

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Giphy▲180

   Search animated GIFs on the web

   2013 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GifCities▲2

   The GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine

   2019 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   GIFs▲145

   Search for GIFs on Giphy, Tumblr, and reddit on your Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   shots▲154

   Turn the evolution of a website into an animated gif

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   GifYt▲109

   Product Hunt for GIFs

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Gifwit▲87

   Organize and search your favorite images on the internet

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Giflinks▲78

   Turn your links into GIFs!

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Gifs.com▲184

    Easily turn videos into a GIF

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    GIFGIF▲75

    Mapping the Emotional Language of GIFs

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    GIF MAKER▲232

    Create animated GIFs from videos (by Giphy)

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    NewsGIF▲176

    The news summarized in GIFs

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GifGrabber▲99

    Free app that helps you make animated gifs

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Tumblr GIF Maker▲93

    The home of GIFs just got GIFFier

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    GIFpitch▲126

    Your startup pitch, in an animated GIF

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Gifdub▲118

    GIFs + sound!

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Serious▲78

    A GIF collection and curation app

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Gifalytics▲95

    Celebrate your web traffic with real-time GIF notifications

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Giphy 4.0▲159

    The GIF search engine

    2020 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Gmixr▲69

    Search animated gifs to match your music.

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Gifgasm▲88

    Create GIF slideshows using image search

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Giphy for iOS▲116

    All of the GIFs

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    GIFMUSE▲203

    A GIF Museum. Amazing GIFs, curated daily

    2018 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →