Which standalone Instagram app creates looping one-second videos?

The standalone Instagram app that creates looping one-second videos is Boomerang. It turns a brief burst of photographs into a short clip that plays forward and then reverses repeatedly.

Instagram launched Boomerang in October 2015 as a separate creative tool. Its distinctive effect resembles a GIF, but the app produced the motion by combining still images rather than recording a conventional continuous video. The result was designed for quick sharing on Instagram and other social platforms.

Boomerang is often confused with Hyperlapse, another standalone Instagram app. Hyperlapse was made for stabilized time-lapse footage, while Boomerang focused on a compact back-and-forth loop. Layout was different again: it arranged multiple photos into a collage, and Bolt was primarily a messaging app.

Instagram later incorporated Boomerang-style creation into its main app, while the standalone Boomerang and Hyperlapse apps eventually disappeared from app stores. The name, however, remains associated with the looping video format.