5 really fun and functional GIF keyboard apps that you should check out

GIF keyboards are loads of fun. They are also the virus which contributes to an online society of people expressing their thoughts solely via the medium of moving pictures. Don't mind the dystopia, here's a GIF of a cat in a shark suit chasing a duckling on a roomba, because we love fluffy animals and comical absurdity.

Anyway, if you use messengers or Facebook a lot, you are probably familiar with Giphy and might have browsed some of the GIF keyboards featured as optional installs in FB Messenger. In case you're looking for more variety, feel free to check out these five applications you may not have heard of before.

Truth be told, they all do the same exact thing, which is enabling you to bombard your friends with animated responses. They also do it equally well. But each app has something going on about it that could make you choose it over the rest! Here they are, without further ado.

UPchat GIF Keyboard (iOS)

Getting UPchat is like getting infinite stickers and emojis for free. The custom keyboard lets you easily create and send GIFs over text and e-mail. The app also lets you search for popular GIFs and images to send alongside the ones made by you. This can happen with every word you type, so the animations and images are always relevant to the conversation you're having. Good times!