# Lumyer: Animated Photo Effects

> Add motion,GIFs & live effects

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id949876643](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id949876643)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id949876643`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lumyer
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (24,170 ratings)
- **Version:** 200.0.62
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-15
- **First published:** 2015-01-21
- **Size:** 93 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lumyer-animated-photo-effects/id949876643)
- **Website:** [https://www.lumyer.com](https://www.lumyer.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/43567125](https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/43567125)

## Description

Lumyer makes photo animation simple and fast. Turn any picture into a moving image with one-tap effects like rain, snow, sparks, or light leaks—no editing skills required.

Place and resize effects directly on your photo, combine multiple effects, adjust intensity and timing, and export as looping videos or GIFs for Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms. Premium features include unlimited effects and no watermark.

## Rankings

- #10,525 — Overall
- #39 — effect
- #91 — picture

## Review summary

Lumyer is a long-standing favorite for animated photo effects and holiday greetings, but reliability issues are widespread. Users report frequent outages, unrecognized purchases and store access problems, and degraded effect quality after updates. Support is often slow or unhelpful, and pricing changes add frustration. Despite strong past value and a large effects library, current performance appears unstable for many users.

### Pros

- Longstanding favorite app for animated photo effects.
- Useful for creating unique pictures and holiday greetings to share on social media.
- Historically offered a broad library of effects.

### Cons

- App frequently stops working or fails to load, with errors like 'oops, something went wrong' or 'try again later'.
- Purchases and subscriptions are not reliably recognized or restored; store access can fail.
- Post-update visuals can degrade (filters with dark shadows or dull gray tones) and overall quality may suffer.
- Customer support is often unresponsive or unhelpful, with slow or no follow-up on issues.
- Pricing changes (subscription-based) and refunds are a major concern and are not clearly communicated.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id949876643)