Trio, a new up and coming social media app, puts the world of popular media at the user’s fingertips. The revolutionary app created by founders Misha Leybovich and Clay Garrett supports creativity and allows the user to generate media compilations using gifs, photos, music and videos. Many social media apps require the content publishers to be creative using their own assets, but this is where Trio sets itself apart from many others. Trio allows you to pool media from all over the internet, using the app itself as a bridge between you and your creativity tools.

“Trio focuses on using other’s content to create new, interesting content,” Leybovich said. “Teenagers are always willing to try new things and be creative.”

These pieces are sampled from other media sites such as Instagram, Vine and iTunes, with more promising to come. User’s creations vary from funny mash-ups to serious movie quote posters, as well as slideshows of social media posts. Whether you’re creating a hysterical animated compilation or making a stunning montage for a friend, Trio is the go-to app.

Trio’s design is vibrant and attractive and its animations are fluid and smooth. It loads many animations quickly, with the occasional lag nearly unnoticeable.

The controls are intuitive and familiar, with the different options (create, view, challenges, etc.) sorted by tabs at the bottom. The app also features a great design studio that makes it easy to create compilations. In addition, there is a helpful tutorial for creating content that features a type of friendly dialogue. Trio is currently only available on the Apple App Store, although the Android version is said to be released soon.

“Currently, the app is free with no advertisements,” Leybovich said. “Right now we are just trying to build our fan base.

Unfortunately, this is where the positive aspects of Trio end. Though the app has an interesting premise and portrays it well, users may feel the ideas have all been seen before. Scrolling through the app, one might wonder why they are on here, and not the actual parent apps themselves, such as Vine. For an app that is a year in the making, it’s surprising to find that the app is not a step up from its parents. The user will almost feel as if nothing is new, and, in a lot of ways, they’re right.

The app also lacks categories for content (ex. comedy, art, etc.), a feature that can be found on almost all social media apps. This feature would make it much easier to see the funny compilations, while sorting out those photo collages of someone’s grandmother. The ability to mash together almost any video or gif also makes it hard to find good content.

Many users will find themselves sifting through animations of random clips and music, which might just bring on the feeling of uselessness. Many of the animations that are meant to seem funny almost never are, and therefore viewing other’s content is a bore. The app seems like it would be better served as a utility for creating content, and not a place to view it. However, the app may show hope in terms of subscriptions. In this way, users can find funny content owners to follow and view.

Though the app has a good start with its beautiful user interface, it will have to step up its game to set itself apart from the already popular media apps. In many ways, Trio leaves a lot to be desired. In the meantime, users should stay tuned for more features or improvements that will help this app climb to the top of the app chart.