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# Mobile DIY GIFs
'MyFaceWhen' iPhone App Allows On-The-Go Hilarity

By Jennifer Gosnell | Published 2012-05-19 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/myfacewhen-iphone-app
References: [mashable](http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/myfacewhen-iphone-app/) & [youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xNVeVYSO2Kc)

The popular 'MyFaceWhen' blogging concept has majorly caught on as of recent and even inspired this fantastic new app. The 'MyFaceWhen' [iPhone](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/phone-gags) App released on Thursday allows you to capture your reaction as a hilarious GIF on-the-go. Only available for [iPhones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/emoji-reactions) as of now, the humorous new application will ensure that you are able to make a GIF in realtime and apply it to any situation.

Available for only $0.99, the timely app has caught onto a major Internet movement. GIFs have popped up everywhere, creating humor out of almost any topic. The easy-to-use app simplifies GIF-making for even the most technologically challenged. Allowing for specific to your life GIFs, the [GIF creator](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memingo) is sure to be a hit among the web crowd who will want to jump on the GIF hilarity.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 4.5/10
- Popularity: 40% | Activity: 86% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial
- Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile)

## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Realtime GIF Creation:** The 'MyFaceWhen' iPhone app allows users to create GIFs in realtime, providing a disruptive innovation opportunity for the mobile GIF-making industry.
- **Simplified Gif-making:** The easy-to-use app simplifies GIF-making for even the most technologically challenged, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity for the GIF creation software industry.
- **Personalized Gifs:** The app allows users to create GIFs specific to their lives, opening up a disruptive innovation opportunity for the personalized GIF market.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Mobile Gif-making:** The 'MyFaceWhen' iPhone app introduces a new way to create GIFs on mobile devices, disrupting the mobile GIF-making industry.
- **GIF Creation Software:** The simplified GIF-making process of the 'MyFaceWhen' app presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the GIF creation software industry.
- **Personalized GIF Market:** The ability to create personalized GIFs with the 'MyFaceWhen' app opens up a disruptive innovation opportunity for the personalized GIF market.

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