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Vow GIF & Meme Maker
Video to GIF & meme maker for Windows
Turn any clip into a GIF. No watermark. No upload.
Drop a video, pick the moment, type a top and bottom line and press Make the GIF, then paste it into any chat. Everything runs on your own PC: no watermark, no account, no upload queue and no subscription.
- No ads
- No malware
- No account
- Light & dark theme
- 10 GIFs a day, up to 10 seconds at 480p, with meme text
No ads. Ever.No pop-ups, no banners, no "offers".
No malware or bundlewareThe installer installs one thing: this app.
No account, no uploadIt works on your PC, and your files stay there.
Free daily limits, just $4.95 unlimitedNo subscription. No trial that runs out.
The problem
Most GIF makers want something from your clip
Search for a GIF maker and you get upload queues, length caps, someone else's logo on your meme and a monthly plan for a two-second loop.
Upload first, wait second
Online GIF makers want your clip on their servers first, then make you sit through the upload, the queue and the download.
Someone else's logo on your meme
Free tiers often stamp a watermark on the result, right where everyone in the chat will see it.
A subscription for a two-second clip
HD, longer clips and the good settings locked behind a monthly plan, renewing whether you make a GIF that month or not.
Ads and dodgy downloads
Pop-up ads on every page, and free "GIF makers" whose installers bring along extras you never asked for.
Too big to post
Make it, it's over Discord's limit, shrink it, make it again, still too big. Trial and error until you give up.
Banded, blotchy colours
Skies, skin and gradients turn into stripes and speckles when a GIF is made with a careless colour palette.
Vow GIF & Meme Maker fixes all of it.
How it works
Drop. Trim. Make it.
From video to a ready-to-paste GIF in seconds, and your clip never leaves your PC.
- 01
Drop a video
Drag in an MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM or AVI, or even a GIF, or paste it with Ctrl+V. Pictures become a slideshow. The first 5 seconds are picked for you.
Drop a video clip and turn it into a GIF or meme - 02
Pick the moment, add text
Drag the orange handles or press I and O while it plays. Type a top and bottom line for a classic meme, then drag the text anywhere on the picture.
...with meme text, trim, reverse, crop and more formats - 03
Make it, paste it
Press Make the GIF. The result plays straight away, ready to copy into Discord, WhatsApp or Slack, drag out of the window or find later in My GIFs.
Find every GIF you made, and drag one into a chat
Features
Everything the GIF sites do, in one clean window
For meme makers, gamers, streamers and anyone who answers in GIFs: simple for the basics, deep when you want it.
Meme text that looks right
Classic Impact top and bottom text with an outline, or any installed font, colour, box and shadow, plus emoji stickers you drag anywhere.
Fits where you post
One click to fit under Discord's 10 MB, a 256 KB emoji, a 512 KB sticker, X's 15 MB or 1 to 25 MB. It shrinks just enough.
Clean, sharp colours
Two-pass palettes with smooth dithering, or a palette per frame for gradients, with 8 to 256 colours and 5 dithering methods.
Frame-exact trim
Drag the handles, type exact times or step one frame at a time. Scroll to zoom the time line while the player loops your selection.
Speed, reverse, boomerang
Anything from 0.25x to 4x, played backwards or back and forth as a boomerang, with a fade in and out if you like.
Crop, turn and flip
8 shapes including square, 4:5 and 9:16, a free crop box, one-click black bar removal, rotate, mirror and upside down.
One-click looks
Vivid, Black & white, Sepia, Vintage, Warm, Cool, Faded, Noir, Deep fried and Invert, plus brightness, contrast, colour and sharpen.
GIF, WebP, MP4 or a picture
A GIF that plays everywhere or a still PNG or JPEG meme. Unlimited adds MP4 with sound, animated WebP and APNG.
Copy, drag, done
Copy a result into any chat or drag it out of the window. Every file you make waits in My GIFs, ready to copy or edit again.
Private by design
Everything runs on your PC with FFmpeg, which is included. Your clips are never uploaded and there is no account to make.
Light & dark theme
Easy on the eyes, day or night.
GIF & Meme Maker comes with a crisp light theme and a calm dark theme. Switch with one click, or let it follow your Windows setting by itself. It remembers your choice.
- LightClear and bright for daytime and busy offices
- DarkGentle on tired eyes late at night
- Follow WindowsChanges by itself when your PC does
Screenshots
See Vow GIF & Meme Maker in action
Real screenshots of the real app, in both of its themes: 5 light, 5 dark. Click any picture to see it full size.
Light theme
Dark theme
Who it's for
Made for anyone who speaks in GIFs
Meme makers
Turn the funniest moment of any clip into a captioned meme, as a GIF or a still picture.
Gamers and streamers
Cut highlights and clutch plays into GIFs or short MP4s to share with your squad.
Discord and group chats
Reaction GIFs, emoji and stickers that fit under Discord's limits the first time.
Social media and marketing
Product demos and teasers as light, looping GIFs or MP4s for posts, emails and slides.
Teachers and trainers
Show one step of a process on a loop, so nobody has to scrub through a whole video.
Bug reports and docs
Show the bug or the new feature in a short looping clip for a ticket, readme or wiki page.
Compare
Vow GIF & Meme Maker vs the usual GIF makers
What you actually get when you search for a GIF maker, side by side.
| Feature | Vow GIF & Meme Maker | Typical online GIF makers & apps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free every day, or $4.95 once | Monthly plans for HD and longer clips |
| Watermark on your GIF | Never | Common on free tiers |
| Your video is uploaded | Never: 100% on your PC | Yes, for online makers |
| Ads, pop-ups, bundled extras | None, ever | Common on free sites and downloads |
| Meme text and stickers | Built in, drag them anywhere | Often a separate tool |
| Fit under a file size | One click, automatic | Trial and error, or manual settings |
| Reverse and boomerang | Yes | Some tools |
| GIF, WebP, MP4 and APNG output | All of them | Often one or two |
| Works without internet | Yes | No, for online tools |
"Typical" describes what we found across the most-downloaded alternatives when we built GIF & Meme Maker. Your mileage with any one of them may vary; ours won't.
Pricing
Free every day. Just $4.95 once for the lot.
That is not a typo. Software this powerful usually means a monthly subscription; GIF & Meme Maker is $4.95, once, for life: it's almost a giveaway. Use it free for as long as you like, and unlock Unlimited only if you need more.
Free
$0forever
10 GIFs a day, up to 10 seconds at 480p, with meme text.
- 10 GIFs every day (resets at midnight)
- Each GIF up to 10 seconds at 480p
- Meme text, stickers, trim, crop, speed and looks
- Fit under Discord's 10 MB and other sizes
- Still PNG and JPEG memes, as many as you like
- No watermarks, no sign-up, nothing uploaded
Best valueUnlimited
$4.95USD, once. Yours for life.
Almost a giveaway. Less than a coffee for software this powerful: no subscription, no renewals, yours for life on 2 PCs.
Any length, HD up to the original size, MP4, WebP and APNG.
- Any number of GIFs, any length
- HD: 720p, 1080p and the original size
- MP4 with sound, animated WebP and APNG
- Timed captions and subtitles from .srt or .vtt
- One payment, yours for life on 2 PCs
- Every future update included
How unlocking works
- 1Use it free first Install Vow GIF & Meme Maker and use it on your own files. No card, no account, no time limit.
- 2Click "Unlimited" in the app Pay $4.95 USD once by card, securely through Stripe in your browser.
- 3It unlocks itself Within seconds, for life, on up to 2 of your PCs. Your license key is emailed to you, and every future update is included.
Payments by Stripe: we never see or store your card. Questions? Ask a real person.
Clean software
Safe to install. Nothing else comes with it.
Most "free" Windows downloads pay for themselves with ads, bundled extras or your data. Vow GIF & Meme Maker doesn't need to: it's paid for honestly, once, by the people who find it useful.
Download GIF & Meme Maker free- No ads, toolbars or "offers"The installer installs one thing: Vow GIF & Meme Maker. No pre-ticked boxes to watch out for.
- No administrator rights neededIt installs just for you, in your own user folder, and leaves the rest of Windows alone.
- Nothing running in the backgroundNo startup programs, no tray nags, no services. When you close it, it's closed.
- Everything includedAll it needs is inside the installer, so you never have to fetch a "required component" from somewhere else.
- Uninstalls cleanlyOne click in Windows Settings > Apps. Your own files are never touched.
- A real company behind itMade, published and supported by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company, with real people answering every message.
Step-by-step guide
How to make a GIF from a video on Windows
Turn a video clip into a GIF with meme text in about a minute, without uploading it anywhere.
Step 1: get it freeDownload and install it free
Get Vow GIF & Meme Maker from this page and run the installer. It needs no administrator rights and no account, and FFmpeg is already inside, so there is nothing else to download.
Drop your video on the window
Drag the clip onto the app, press Ctrl+O, or copy it in Explorer and press Ctrl+V. MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV and many more open directly.
Pick the moment
Drag the orange handles on the time line, or play the clip and press I at the start and O at the end. The arrow keys move one frame at a time.
Add your text
Open Text & stickers and type a top and a bottom line. Drag the text where you want it, or change the font, colour and outline.
Press Make the GIF
Choose a size, set Fit under to Discord 10 MB if you are sharing it there, and press Make the GIF or Ctrl+Enter. Press Copy and paste it straight into your chat.
Technical details
GIF & Meme Maker at a glance
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11, 64-bit
- Engine
- FFmpeg, included and run on your own PC
- Opens
- MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, TS, 3GP, GIF, APNG, pictures
- Saves
- GIF, PNG, JPEG (free) · MP4, WebP, APNG (Unlimited)
- Fit under
- Discord 10 MB, emoji 256 KB, sticker 512 KB, X 15 MB, 1-25 MB
- Internet
- Not needed: works fully offline
- Install
- Per-user, no administrator rights, no account
- Languages
- English
- Theme
- Light, dark or follow Windows: one click to switch
- Version
- 1.0.0, released 7 November 2026
- Publisher
- XTO Pty Ltd (Australia)
FAQ
Questions about GIF & Meme Maker
Is Vow GIF & Meme Maker really free?
Yes. You can make 10 GIFs every day for free, each up to 10 seconds at 480p, with meme text, stickers, crop, speed, looks and fit-under-size. Still PNG and JPEG memes are free and unlimited, and nothing is ever watermarked. Unlimited, a one-time $4.95 USD payment, removes the daily limit and adds any length, HD up to the original size, MP4, WebP and APNG output and timed captions.
Does it upload my videos?
No. Everything runs on your own PC with FFmpeg, which comes inside the installer. Your clips never leave your computer, there is no account, and making GIFs needs no internet connection.
Will there be a watermark on my GIF?
Never, on the free version or on Unlimited. Your GIFs and memes come out exactly as you made them, with nothing added.
Can it make a GIF small enough for Discord?
Yes. Choose Fit under and pick Discord 10 MB, a 256 KB emoji, a 512 KB sticker, X's 15 MB or a size from 1 to 25 MB. If the result is too big, it lowers the frame rate, size and colours just enough and tries again, up to 7 times, keeping the best file under the target.
What can it open?
MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, TS and MTS, 3GP, OGV and VOB videos, plus existing GIFs and APNGs. Drop pictures (JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP or TIFF) and they become a slideshow you can turn into a GIF.
How is it different from EZGIF, GIPHY or Kapwing?
It runs on your PC, so there is no upload and no upload limit, and it never adds a watermark. It puts meme text like Kapwing's, quality controls and fit-to-size like EZGIF's, and reverse and boomerang like GIPHY's into one window, with a frame-exact trim. And there is no subscription: Unlimited is $4.95 once.
Can I make an MP4 or WebP instead of a GIF?
Yes, with Unlimited: MP4 (H.264, with sound) for the smallest files, animated WebP and APNG. The free version makes GIFs and still PNG or JPEG pictures. If your settings go past the free limits, the app tells you before you make anything and offers to make the free version instead.
Is it safe to install?
Yes. It is made and published by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company. The installer contains no ads, no toolbars and no bundled software, needs no administrator rights, and uninstalls cleanly from Windows Settings.
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Turn any video clip into a GIF or meme, with no watermark. Free to use every day, $4.95 once if you ever want Unlimited.
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- No malware
- No account
- No subscription